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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 867 

To improve student academic achievement in science, technology, engineering, 

and mathematics subjects. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 25, 2015 

Mr. MERKLEY (for himself and Mr. FRANKEN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To improve student academic achievement in science, 

technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This part may be cited as the ‘‘STEM Education for 

5 the Global Economy Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IMPROVING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, 

2 AND MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION AND STU3 DENT ACHIEVEMENT. 

4 Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

5 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by add6 ing at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘PART D—IMPROVING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, 

8 ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS IN9 STRUCTION AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT 

10 ‘‘Subpart 1—Improving STEM Instruction and 

11 Student Achievement 

12 ‘‘SEC. 4401. PURPOSE. 

13 ‘‘The purpose of this subpart is to improve student 

14 academic achievement in science, technology, engineering, 

15 and mathematics, including computer science, by— 

16 ‘‘(1) improving instruction in such subjects 

17 through grade 12; 

18 ‘‘(2) improving student engagement in, and in19 creasing student access to, such subjects; 

20 ‘‘(3) improving the quality and effectiveness of 

21 classroom instruction by recruiting, training, and 

22 supporting highly rated teachers and providing ro23 bust tools and supports for students and teachers in 

24 such subjects; and 


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1 ‘‘(4) closing student achievement gaps, and pre2 paring more students to be college and career ready 

3 in such subjects. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 4402. DEFINITIONS. 

5 ‘‘In this subpart: 

6 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en7 tity’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) a State educational agency; or 

9 ‘‘(B) a State educational agency in part10 nership with 1 or more State educational agen11 cies. 

12 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE SUBGRANTEE.—The term ‘eligi13 ble subgrantee’ means— 

14 ‘‘(A) a high-need local educational agency; 

15 ‘‘(B) an educational service agency serving 

16 more than 1 high-need local educational agency; 

17 ‘‘(C) a consortium of high-need local edu18 cational agencies; or 

19 ‘‘(D) an entity described in subparagraph 

20 (A) or (C) of paragraph (3) that has signed a 

21 memorandum of agreement with an entity de22 scribed in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of this 

23 paragraph to implement the requirements of 

24 this subpart in partnership with such entity. 


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1 ‘‘(3) OUTSIDE PARTNER.—The term ‘outside 

2 partner’ means an entity that has expertise and a 

3 demonstrated record of success in improving student 

4 learning and engagement in the identified subjects 

5 described in section 4404(b)(2), including any of the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(A) A nonprofit or community-based or8 ganization, which may include a cultural organi9 zation, such as a museum or learning center. 

10 ‘‘(B) A business. 

11 ‘‘(C) An institution of higher education. 

12 ‘‘(D) An educational service agency. 

13 ‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means— 

14 ‘‘(A) any of the 50 States; 

15 ‘‘(B) the District of Columbia; 

16 ‘‘(C) the Bureau of Indian Education; or 

17 ‘‘(D) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 4403. GRANTS; ALLOTMENTS. 

19 ‘‘(a) RESERVATIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro21 priated for this part for a fiscal year, the Secretary 

22 shall reserve— 

23 ‘‘(A) not more than 2 percent to provide 

24 technical assistance to States under this sub25 part; 


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1 ‘‘(B) not more than 5 percent for State ca2 pacity-building grants under this subpart, if the 

3 Secretary is awarding such grants in accord4 ance with paragraph (2); and 

5 ‘‘(C) 10 percent for the STEM Master 

6 Teacher Corps program under subpart 2. 

7 ‘‘(2) CAPACITY-BUILDING GRANTS.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In any year for which 

9 funding is distributed competitively, as de10 scribed in subsection (c)(1), the Secretary may 

11 award 1 capacity-building grant to each State 

12 that does not receive a grant under subsection 

13 (c), on a competitive basis, to enable such State 

14 to become more competitive in future years. 

15 ‘‘(B) DURATION.—Grants awarded under 

16 subparagraph (A) shall be for a period of 1 

17 year. 

18 ‘‘(b) FORMULA GRANTS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year for 

20 which the amount appropriated to carry out this 

21 part, and not reserved under subsection (a)(1), is 

22 equal to or more than $300,000,000, the Secretary 

23 shall award grants to States, based on the formula 

24 described in paragraph (2). 


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1 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 

2 shall allot to each State— 

3 ‘‘(A) an amount that bears the same rela4 tionship to 35 percent of the excess amount de5 scribed in paragraph (1) as the number of indi6 viduals ages 5 through 17 in the State, as de7 termined by the Secretary on the basis of the 

8 most recent satisfactory data, bears to the num9 ber of those individuals in all such States, as so 

10 determined; and 

11 ‘‘(B) an amount that bears the same rela12 tionship to 65 percent of the excess amount as 

13 the number of individuals ages 5 through 17 

14 from families with incomes below the poverty 

15 line in the State, as determined by the Sec16 retary on the basis of the most recent satisfac17 tory data, bears to the number of those individ18 uals in all such States, as so determined. 

19 ‘‘(3) FUNDING MINIMUM.—No State receiving 

20 an allotment under this subsection may receive less 

21 than one-half of 1 percent of the total amount allot22 ted under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year. 

23 ‘‘(4) PUERTO RICO.—The amount allotted 

24 under paragraph (2) to the Commonwealth of Puer25 to Rico for a fiscal year may not exceed one-half of 


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1 1 percent of the total amount allotted under para2 graph (1) for such fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(5) REALLOTMENT OF UNUSED FUNDS.—If a 

4 State does not successfully apply, the Secretary shall 

5 reallot the amount of the State’s allotment to the re6 maining States in accordance with this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(c) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year for 

9 which the amount appropriated to carry out this 

10 part, and not reserved under subsection (a)(1), is 

11 less than $300,000,000, the Secretary shall award 

12 grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to 

13 enable such eligible entities to carry out the activi14 ties described in this subpart. 

15 ‘‘(2) DURATION.—Grants awarded under this 

16 subsection shall be for a period of not more than 3 

17 years. 

18 ‘‘(3) RENEWAL.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If an eligible entity 

20 demonstrates progress, as measured by the 

21 metrics described in section 4406(a), the Sec22 retary may renew a grant for an additional 2- 

23 year period. 


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1 ‘‘(B) REDUCED FUNDING.—Grant funds 

2 awarded under subparagraph (A) shall be 

3 awarded at a reduced amount. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 4404. APPLICATIONS. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity or State de6 siring a grant under this subpart, whether through a com7 petitive grant under section 4403(c) or through an allot8 ment under section 4403(b), shall submit an application 

9 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accom10 panied by such information as the Secretary may require. 

11 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, an application sub12 mitted under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

13 ‘‘(1) A description of the needs, including as14 sets, identified by the State or eligible entity, based 

15 on a State analysis, which— 

16 ‘‘(A) may include results from a relevant 

17 pre-existing analysis of science, technology, en18 gineering, and mathematics education quality 

19 and outcomes in the State or States served by 

20 the eligible entity; 

21 ‘‘(B) shall include data for elementary 

22 school and secondary school grades, as applica23 ble, to the extent that such data are available, 

24 on— 


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1 ‘‘(i) student achievement in science, 

2 technology, engineering, and mathematics; 

3 ‘‘(ii) science, technology, engineering, 

4 and mathematics teacher evaluations; 

5 ‘‘(iii) student access to mathematics 

6 and science courses needed to enroll in 

7 credit-bearing coursework at institutions of 

8 higher education in the State or States 

9 served by the eligible entity; 

10 ‘‘(iv) access to science, technology, en11 gineering, and mathematics courses for 

12 students through grade 12 who— 

13 ‘‘(I) are eligible to receive a free 

14 or reduced priced lunch under the 

15 Richard B. Russell National School 

16 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 

17 or 

18 ‘‘(II) come from families with an 

19 income that is below the poverty line; 

20 ‘‘(v) student achievement gaps in 

21 science, technology, engineering, and math22 ematics subjects; 

23 ‘‘(vi) the percentage of students who 

24 successfully— 


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1 ‘‘(I) complete Advanced Place2 ment or International Baccalaureate 

3 courses in science, technology, engi4 neering, and mathematics subjects; or 

5 ‘‘(II) complete rigorous, credit6 bearing postsecondary education 

7 courses in science, technology, engi8 neering, and mathematics subjects; 

9 ‘‘(vii) available instructional systems 

10 and supports, such as curricula, instruc11 tional materials, professional development, 

12 teacher evaluation systems, and assess13 ments; 

14 ‘‘(viii) science, technology, engineer15 ing, and mathematics teacher qualifica16 tions; and 

17 ‘‘(ix) teacher shortages and teacher 

18 distribution among local educational agen19 cies and schools in science, technology, en20 gineering, and mathematics subjects; 

21 ‘‘(C) shall include labor market informa22 tion regarding the industry and business work23 force needs within the area served by the eligi24 ble entity; 


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1 ‘‘(D) shall include an analysis of the qual2 ity of pre-service preparation at all public insti3 tutions of higher education (including alter4 native pathways to teacher licensure or certifi5 cation) for individuals preparing to teach 

6 science, technology, engineering, and mathe7 matics subjects in a preschool, elementary 

8 school, or secondary school in the State; and 

9 ‘‘(E) shall include an analysis of the imple10 mentation of any multi-tier systems of support 

11 that have been employed in the State or States 

12 served by the eligible entity to address the 

13 learning needs of students in any science, tech14 nology, engineering, and mathematics subjects. 

15 ‘‘(2) An identification of the specific science, 

16 technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects 

17 that the State or eligible entity will address through 

18 the activities described in section 4405, consistent 

19 with the needs identified under paragraph (1) (re20 ferred to in this subpart as identified subjects). 

21 ‘‘(3) A description, in a manner that addresses 

22 any needs identified under paragraph (1), of— 

23 ‘‘(A) how grant funds will be used by the 

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1 grams of instruction that are aligned with the 

2 college and career ready standards and aca3 demic assessments; 

4 ‘‘(B) how grant funds will be used to sup5 port subgrantees and other high-need local edu6 cational agencies in the employment of multi7 tiered systems of support to provide early inter8 vening services, as described in section 

9 613(a)(4)(A)(ii) of the Individuals with Disabil10 ities Education Act, and to increase student 

11 achievement in identified subjects; 

12 ‘‘(C) the process that the State or eligible 

13 entity will use for awarding subgrants, includ14 ing how relevant stakeholders will be involved; 

15 ‘‘(D) how the State’s or eligible entity’s ac16 tivities and subgrants will be coordinated with 

17 other Federal, State, and local programs and 

18 activities, including career and technical edu19 cation programs authorized under the Carl D. 

20 Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 

21 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); 

22 ‘‘(E) the technical assistance that the 

23 State or eligible entity will provide to sub24 grantees to support the activities undertaken by 

25 the subgrantees; 


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1 ‘‘(F) how the State or eligible entity will 

2 evaluate the activities funded, both at the State 

3 and subgrantee level, with funds provided under 

4 this subpart, and in a manner consistent with 

5 any evaluation activities carried out by the In6 stitute of Education Sciences under section 

7 4407, or the National Science Foundation; 

8 ‘‘(G) how the State or eligible entity will 

9 allocate funds in a manner that will provide 

10 services to both elementary schools and sec11 ondary schools; 

12 ‘‘(H) how the State or eligible entity will 

13 provide targeted support to improve instruction 

14 in high-need local educational agencies and 

15 high-need schools; 

16 ‘‘(I) how the State or eligible entity’s pro17 posed project will ensure an increase in access 

18 for students who are members of groups under19 represented in science, technology, engineering, 

20 and mathematics subject fields to high-quality 

21 courses in 1 or more of the identified subjects; 

22 and 

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1 form efforts related to science, technology, engi2 neering, and mathematics instruction. 

3 ‘‘(4) Assurances that the State or eligible entity 

4 will monitor implementation of approved subgrantee 

5 plans. 

6 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—A State or eligible en7 tity that submits a request to use the additional State ac8 tivities reservation described in section 4405(d)(2), shall 

9 provide, in a manner that addresses the needs identified 

10 under subsection (b)(1), a description of the activities that 

11 the eligible entity will carry out with such funds, con12 sistent with section 4405. 

13 ‘‘SEC. 4405. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. 

14 ‘‘(a) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—Each State or eligible 

15 entity that receives a grant under this subpart shall use 

16 the grant funds to carry out each of the following activi17 ties: 

18 ‘‘(1) Increasing access for students through 

19 grade 12 who are members of groups underrep20 resented in science, technology, engineering, and 

21 mathematics subject fields to high-quality courses in 

22 the identified subjects. 

23 ‘‘(2) Implementing evidence-based programs of 

24 instruction based on high-quality standards and as25 sessments in the identified subjects. 


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1 ‘‘(3) Providing professional development and 

2 other comprehensive systems of support for teachers 

3 and school leaders to promote high-quality instruc4 tion and instructional leadership in the identified 

5 subjects. 

6 ‘‘(4) Providing technical assistance to sub7 grantees and other high-need schools and local edu8 cational agencies in order to improve student 

9 achievement and narrow achievement gaps in identi10 fied subjects, including through— 

11 ‘‘(A) the development and implementation 

12 of multi-tier systems of support; and 

13 ‘‘(B) the development of curriculum or in14 structional materials consistent with the prin15 cipals of universal design for learning. 

16 ‘‘(b) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Each State or eligi17 ble entity that receives a grant under this subpart may 

18 use the grant funds to carry out 1 or more of the following 

19 activities: 

20 ‘‘(1) Recruiting qualified teachers and instruc21 tional leaders who are trained in identified subjects, 

22 including teachers who have transitioned into the 

23 teaching profession from a career in science, tech24 nology, engineering, and mathematics fields. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Recruiting and training teachers to teach 

2 dual credit and dual enrollment postsecondary-level 

3 courses to high school students in identified subjects. 

4 ‘‘(3) Providing induction and mentoring serv5 ices to new teachers in identified subjects. 

6 ‘‘(4) Developing instructional supports, such as 

7 curricula and assessments, which shall be evidence8 based and aligned with State college and career 

9 ready academic content standards, and may include 

10 Internet-based curricula and Internet-based instruc11 tional supports. 

12 ‘‘(5) Implementing an interdisciplinary ap13 proach, by integrating instruction in 1 or more 

14 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 

15 subjects with reading, English language arts, or in16 struction in other core academic subjects and 

17 noncore academic subjects. 

18 ‘‘(c) SUBGRANTS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State or eligible enti20 ty that receives a grant under this section shall 

21 award subgrants, on a competitive basis, to eligible 

22 subgrantees. 

23 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM SUBGRANT.—A State or eligible 

24 entity shall award subgrants under this subsection 

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1 quality, evidence-based, effective programs that are 

2 consistent with the purpose of this subpart. 

3 ‘‘(3) SUBGRANTEE APPLICATION.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible sub5 grantee desiring a subgrant under this sub6 section shall submit an application to the State 

7 or eligible entity at such time, in such manner, 

8 and accompanied by such information as the 

9 State or eligible entity may require. 

10 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF SUBGRANTEE APPLI11 CATION.—At a minimum, the application de12 scribed in subparagraph (A) shall include the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(i) A description of the activities that 

15 the eligible subgrantee will carry out, and 

16 how such activities will improve teaching 

17 and student academic achievement in the 

18 identified subjects, in a manner consistent 

19 with scientifically valid research. 

20 ‘‘(ii) A description of how the eligible 

21 subgrantee will use funds provided under 

22 this subsection to serve students and 

23 teachers in high-need schools. 

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1 nated with other Federal, State, and local 

2 programs and activities, including career 

3 and technical education programs author4 ized under the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

5 Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

6 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.). 

7 ‘‘(iv) If the eligible subgrantee is 

8 working with outside partners, a descrip9 tion of how such outside partners will be 

10 involved in improving instruction and in11 creasing access to high-quality learning ex12 periences in the identified subjects. 

13 ‘‘(4) SUBGRANTEE USE OF FUNDS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.—Each 

15 subgrantee under this subsection shall use the 

16 subgrant funds to carry out activities for stu17 dents through grade 12, consistent with the ac18 tivities described in the subgrantee’s applica19 tion, which shall include— 

20 ‘‘(i) high-quality teacher and instruc21 tional leader recruitment, support, and 

22 evaluation in the identified subjects; 

23 ‘‘(ii) professional development, which 

24 may include development and support for 

25 instructional coaches, to enable teachers 


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1 and instructional leaders to increase stu2 dent achievement in identified subjects, 

3 through— 

4 ‘‘(I) implementation of classroom 

5 assessments; and 

6 ‘‘(II) differentiation of instruc7 tion in identified subjects for all stu8 dents, including for students who are 

9 children with disabilities and students 

10 who are English learners; 

11 ‘‘(iii) activities to— 

12 ‘‘(I) improve the content knowl13 edge of teachers; and 

14 ‘‘(II) facilitate professional col15 laboration, which may include pro16 viding time for such collaborations; 

17 ‘‘(iv) the development, adoption, and 

18 improvement of high-quality curricula and 

19 instructional supports that— 

20 ‘‘(I) are aligned with State col21 lege and career ready academic con22 tent standards; and 

23 ‘‘(II) the eligible subgrantee will 

24 use to improve student academic 

25 achievement in identified subjects; 


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1 ‘‘(v) the development or improvement, 

2 and implementation, of multi-tier systems 

3 of support to provide early intervening 

4 services and to increase student achieve5 ment in 1 or more of the identified sub6 jects; and 

7 ‘‘(vi) integrating instruction in the 

8 identified subjects with instruction in read9 ing, English language arts, or other core 

10 and noncore academic subjects. 

11 ‘‘(B) ALLOWABLE USE OF FUNDS.—In ad12 dition to the required activities described in 

13 subparagraph (A), each eligible subgrantee that 

14 receives a subgrant under this subsection, may 

15 also use the subgrant funds to— 

16 ‘‘(i) support the participation of un17 derserved populations in nonprofit competi18 tions related to science, technology, engi19 neering, and mathematics subjects (such 

20 as robotics, science research, invention, 

21 mathematics, computer science, and tech22 nology competitions); 

23 ‘‘(ii) broaden secondary school stu24 dents’ access to, and interest in, careers 


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1 that require academic preparation in 1 or 

2 more identified subjects; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) broaden secondary school stu4 dents’ access to early college high schools, 

5 dual enrollment, or concurrent enrollment 

6 courses in science, technology, engineering, 

7 and mathematics subjects, including pro8 viding professional development to teachers 

9 and leaders related to this work. 

10 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—Each subgrantee that 

11 receives a subgrant under this subsection shall 

12 not expend more than 15 percent of the 

13 subgrant funds on the activities described in 

14 subparagraph (B). 

15 ‘‘(D) MATCHING FUNDS.—A State or eligi16 ble entity shall require an eligible subgrantee 

17 receiving a subgrant under this subsection to 

18 demonstrate that such subgrantee has obtained 

19 a commitment from 1 or more outside partners 

20 to match, using non-Federal funds or in-kind 

21 contributions, not less than 15 percent of the 

22 amount of subgrant funds. In the case of sig23 nificant financial hardship, an eligible sub24 grantee may apply to the State or eligible entity 

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1 a waiver of a portion of the minimum matching 

2 funds requirement. 

3 ‘‘(d) STATE ACTIVITIES.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State or eligible enti5 ty that receives a grant under this subpart may use 

6 not more than 5 percent of grant funds for— 

7 ‘‘(A) administrative costs; 

8 ‘‘(B) monitoring the implementation of 

9 subgrants; 

10 ‘‘(C) providing technical assistance to sub11 grantees; and 

12 ‘‘(D) evaluating subgrants in coordination 

13 with the evaluation described in section 4407. 

14 ‘‘(2) RESERVATION.—Each State or eligible en15 tity that receives a grant under this subpart may 

16 submit a request to the Secretary to reserve not 

17 more than 15 percent of grant funds, inclusive of 

18 the amount described in paragraph (1), for addi19 tional State activities, consistent with subsections 

20 (a) and (b). 

21 ‘‘SEC. 4406. PERFORMANCE METRICS; REPORT. 

22 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE

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1 formance metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of the ac2 tivities carried out under this subpart. 

3 ‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Each State or eligible entity 

4 that receives a grant under this subpart shall prepare and 

5 submit an annual report to the Secretary, which shall in6 clude information relevant to the performance metrics de7 scribed in subsection (a). 

8 ‘‘SEC. 4407. EVALUATION. 

9 ‘‘From the amount reserved in accordance with sec10 tion 9601, the Secretary shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) acting through the Director of the Insti12 tute of Education Sciences, and in consultation with 

13 the Director of the National Science Foundation— 

14 ‘‘(A) evaluate the implementation and im15 pact of the activities supported under this sub16 part, including progress measured by the 

17 metrics established under section 4406(a); and 

18 ‘‘(B) identify best practices to improve in19 struction in science, technology, engineering, 

20 and mathematics subjects; and 

21 ‘‘(2) disseminate, in consultation with the Na22 tional Science Foundation, research on best prac23 tices to improve instruction in science, technology, 

24 engineering, and mathematics subjects. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 4408. SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT. 

2 ‘‘Funds received under this subpart shall be used to 

3 supplement, and not supplant, funds that would otherwise 

4 be used for activities authorized under this subpart. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 4409. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. 

6 ‘‘A State that receives funds under this subpart for 

7 a fiscal year shall maintain the fiscal effort provided by 

8 the State for the subjects supported by the funds under 

9 this part at a level equal to or greater than the level of 

10 such fiscal effort for the preceding fiscal year. 

11 ‘‘Subpart 2—STEM Master Teacher Corps Program 

12 ‘‘SEC. 4421. PURPOSE. 

13 ‘‘The purpose of this subpart is to establish a STEM 

14 Master Teacher Corps program that— 

15 ‘‘(1) elevates the status of the STEM teaching 

16 profession by recognizing and rewarding outstanding 

17 STEM teachers; 

18 ‘‘(2) attracts and retains effective STEM teach19 ers, particularly in high-need schools, by offering 

20 them additional compensation, instructional re21 sources, and instructional leadership roles; and 

22 ‘‘(3) creates a network of outstanding STEM 

23 teacher-leaders who will— 

24 ‘‘(A) share best practices and resources; 

25 ‘‘(B) take on leadership responsibilities in 

26 their schools, districts, States (if part of the 


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1 participating area), or consortia with the au2 thority to provide professional support to their 

3 STEM colleagues not participating in the 

4 STEM Master Teacher Corps; 

5 ‘‘(C) aid in the development and retention 

6 of beginning teachers by serving as their role 

7 models and providing them with instructional 

8 support; and 

9 ‘‘(D) inform the development of STEM 

10 education policy. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 4422. DEFINITIONS. 

12 ‘‘In this subpart: 

13 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en14 tity’ means a consortium of high-need local edu15 cational agencies or 1 or more State educational 

16 agencies, acting in partnership with 1 or more— 

17 ‘‘(A) institutions of higher education; or 

18 ‘‘(B) nonprofit organizations with a dem19 onstrated record of success in preparing or im20 proving the effectiveness of STEM teachers. 

21 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPATING AREA.—The term ‘partici22 pating area’ means— 

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1 tium of State educational agencies, the State or 

2 States; or 

3 ‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible entity that 

4 includes a consortium of local educational agen5 cies, the area served by such agencies. 

6 ‘‘(3) RURAL SCHOOL.—The term ‘rural school’ 

7 means a public school— 

8 ‘‘(A) designated with a school locale code 

9 of Distant Town, Remote Town, Fringe Rural, 

10 Distant Rural, or Remote Rural; and 

11 ‘‘(B) served by a local educational agency 

12 in which not less than two-thirds of the stu13 dents served by the agency attend a school des14 ignated with 1 of the school locale codes listed 

15 in subparagraph (A). 

16 ‘‘(4) STEM.—The term ‘STEM’ means science, 

17 technology, engineering, and mathematics, including 

18 computer science. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 4423. STEM MASTER TEACHER CORPS PROGRAM. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

21 ‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From the amount 

22 reserved under section 4403(a)(1)(C), the Secretary, 

23 in consultation with the Director of the National 

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1 retary, shall establish a STEM Master Teacher 

2 Corps program by awarding, on a competitive basis, 

3 1 or more grants of not less than $15,000,000 each 

4 to eligible entities to enable the eligible entities to 

5 establish the program, in accordance with section 

6 4425. 

7 ‘‘(2) PLANNING GRANTS.—The Secretary may 

8 award planning grants to eligible entities to enable 

9 the entities to make plans to establish the program, 

10 in accordance with section 4425. 

11 ‘‘(b) DURATION OF GRANT.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant awarded under 

13 this subpart shall be for a period of not more than 

14 5 years. 

15 ‘‘(2) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall— 

16 ‘‘(A) review, 3 years after an eligible entity 

17 is awarded a grant under this subpart, the per18 formance of the entity during the 3-year period; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(B) fund the remaining grant period for 

21 such entity if the Secretary determines, based 

22 on such review, that the entity is achieving sat23 isfactory results. 

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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para2 graph (2), an eligible entity that receives a grant 

3 under this subpart shall provide, from non-Federal 

4 sources, an amount equal to not less than 50 per5 cent of the amount of the grant, which may be pro6 vided in cash or in-kind, to carry out the activities 

7 supported by the grant. 

8 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

10 waive the 50-percent matching requirement 

11 under paragraph (1) for an eligible entity that 

12 the Secretary determines is unable to meet such 

13 requirement. The Secretary shall set a match14 ing requirement for such eligible entities ac15 cording to the sliding scale described in sub16 paragraph (B). 

17 ‘‘(B) SLIDING SCALE.—The amount of a 

18 match under subparagraph (A) shall be estab19 lished based on a sliding fee scale that takes 

20 into account— 

21 ‘‘(i) the relative poverty of the popu22 lation to be targeted by the eligible entity; 

23 and 

24 ‘‘(ii) the ability of the eligible entity to 

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1 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary shall not 

2 consider an eligible entity’s ability to match funds 

3 when determining which eligible entities will receive 

4 grant awards under this subpart. 

5 ‘‘SEC. 4424. APPLICATION. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 

7 grant under this subpart shall submit an application to 

8 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con9 taining such information as the Secretary may require. 

10 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under 

11 this section shall include— 

12 ‘‘(1) a description of the STEM Master Teach13 er Corps program that the eligible entity intends to 

14 carry out, including the number of Corps members 

15 the entity intends to select, the intended distribution 

16 of subjects and grade levels taught, the geographic 

17 and economic characteristics of the local educational 

18 agencies that are part of the participating area, such 

19 as the rural-urban continuum codes and proportion 

20 of high-need schools served, and the type of activi21 ties proposed for recruitment of Corps members; 

22 ‘‘(2) a description of the roles and responsibil23 ities that each participating local educational agency, 

24 State, institution of higher education, or nonprofit 

25 organization, as applicable, will have; 


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1 ‘‘(3) a demonstration that the entity has suffi2 cient capacity to carry out the activities described in 

3 section 4425; 

4 ‘‘(4) a description of the member selection proc5 ess and criteria that the applicant will use to select 

6 members of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in ac7 cordance with section 4425(b); 

8 ‘‘(5) a description of how the eligible entity in9 tends to facilitate networking and sharing of best 

10 practices and educational resources relating to 

11 STEM education among Corps members, particu12 larly at rural schools, if applicable, and make a se13 lection of these best practices and resources more 

14 widely available to other teachers and the STEM 

15 educational community, including through electronic 

16 means; 

17 ‘‘(6) a demonstration that the entity has a clear 

18 plan for— 

19 ‘‘(A) offering research-based professional 

20 development to Corps members, including train21 ing on instructional leadership, mentoring, en22 gaging and effectively teaching historically 

23 underachieving or underrepresented groups in 

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1 who are children with disabilities, and effective 

2 STEM teaching methods, such as incorporating 

3 hands-on STEM projects into their lesson 

4 plans; and 

5 ‘‘(B) tracking the effectiveness of such 

6 professional development; 

7 ‘‘(7) a demonstration that the entity has a clear 

8 plan for evaluating the impact of the professional 

9 support provided by STEM Master Teacher Corps 

10 members to other teachers in their school, district, 

11 and participating area; 

12 ‘‘(8) a description of how the local educational 

13 agencies and schools served by the eligible entity in14 tend to align STEM Master Teacher Corps mem15 bers’ duties with school systems and activities al16 ready in place, if applicable, such as professional de17 velopment and mentoring; 

18 ‘‘(9) an explanation of how STEM Master 

19 Teacher Corps members will be afforded the time, 

20 authority, and resources to fulfill requirements 

21 under the program, and how other teachers will be 

22 afforded the time to receive professional support 

23 from Corps members; 

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1 ter Teacher Corps members carry out the respon2 sibilities described in section 4425(c) to the fullest 

3 extent practicable, and a description of the actions 

4 to be taken if a member does not carry out such re5 sponsibilities; and 

6 ‘‘(11) a description of how the grant funds will 

7 be financially managed. 

8 ‘‘(c) CRITERIA FOR AWARDING GRANTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

10 grants under this subpart on the basis of merit con11 sidering, at a minimum, the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) The extent to which the local edu13 cational agencies that are part of the eligible 

14 entity are committed to integrating the pro15 gram into existing school structures, policies, 

16 operations, and budgets, such as by enabling 

17 STEM Master Teacher Corps members to take 

18 on leadership roles in their schools, districts, 

19 and participating area, in addition to their 

20 classroom duties, including assisting in the de21 velopment and implementation of professional 

22 development activities and driving the instruc23 tional program of the school. 

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1 mentorship activities, and networking opportu2 nities. 

3 ‘‘(C) Demonstration that the local edu4 cational agencies and schools they serve have 

5 removed barriers to full participation in the 

6 program, including affording Corps members 

7 and the teachers they mentor the time to par8 ticipate in activities required by the program. 

9 ‘‘(D) The number and quality of the indi10 viduals that will be served by the program. 

11 ‘‘(E) The capacity of the eligible entity to 

12 effectively carry out the program. 

13 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

14 subpart, the Secretary shall give priority to— 

15 ‘‘(A) eligible entities that intend to include 

16 large numbers of teachers in the STEM Master 

17 Teacher Corps; and 

18 ‘‘(B) eligible entities that intend to include 

19 rural schools, particularly high-need rural 

20 schools, in the participating area to be served. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 4425. REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity receiving a 

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1 ‘‘(1) administer the selection of teachers for 

2 membership in the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in 

3 accordance with the requirements of subsection (b); 

4 ‘‘(2) provide compensation to each public school 

5 teacher who is selected and serves as a member of 

6 the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in recognition of 

7 the teacher’s teaching accomplishments, leadership, 

8 and increased responsibilities, which amount shall— 

9 ‘‘(A) supplement, and not supplant, the 

10 teacher’s base salary; and 

11 ‘‘(B) be equal to— 

12 ‘‘(i) in the case of a teacher who 

13 teaches at a high-need public school, in14 cluding a high-need charter school, 

15 $15,000 per year for each year the teacher 

16 serves as a member of the Corps; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a teacher who 

18 teaches at a public school, including a 

19 charter school, that is not a high-need 

20 school, $5,000 per year for each year the 

21 teacher serves as a member of the Corps; 

22 ‘‘(3) provide research-based professional devel23 opment activities for members of the STEM Master 

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1 velopment in order to determine whether to alter 

2 professional development activities; 

3 ‘‘(4) provide discretionary resources for STEM 

4 Master Teacher Corps members at high-need public 

5 schools to use in their classrooms and schools, in6 cluding for after school activities to enrich STEM 

7 education and for equipment and technology to fa8 cilitate long distance networking, mentoring, and 

9 sharing of best practices; 

10 ‘‘(5) assist in coordinating instructional leader11 ship roles for STEM Master Teacher Corps mem12 bers and mentoring relationships between STEM 

13 Master Teacher Corps members and other teachers 

14 in the same school, school district, and participating 

15 area in which the Corps members serve as instruc16 tional leaders; 

17 ‘‘(6) facilitate efforts by STEM Master Teacher 

18 Corps members to inform STEM education policy at 

19 the national, State, and local levels; 

20 ‘‘(7) help defray costs associated with affording 

21 STEM Master Teacher Corps members the time to 

22 fulfill their duties as Corps members; and 

23 ‘‘(8) support other activities that advance the 

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1 ‘‘(b) SELECTING MEMBERS OF THE STEM MASTER

2 TEACHER CORPS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) SELECTION CRITERIA FOR CORPS MEM4 BERS.—The eligible entity shall select, as members 

5 of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, exemplary 

6 STEM teachers at the elementary school and sec7 ondary school levels who teach in the participating 

8 area, which may also include special education 

9 teachers and teachers of English learners who teach 

10 a STEM subject. In selecting the members, the eligi11 ble entity shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) make decisions based on the teach13 er’s— 

14 ‘‘(i) ability to improve student aca15 demic achievement in the STEM fields, as 

16 demonstrated by, if applicable, student 

17 academic growth in such fields; 

18 ‘‘(ii) ability to enhance student en19 gagement in such fields; and 

20 ‘‘(iii) record of leadership in the 

21 teacher’s school and involvement in profes22 sional and outreach activities; and 

23 ‘‘(B) evaluate the teacher’s ability and 

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1 ‘‘(i) teacher evaluations of pedagogical 

2 skills; 

3 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of content knowl4 edge; 

5 ‘‘(iii) the performance and improve6 ment of the teacher’s students on tests; 

7 ‘‘(iv) demonstration of practical pro8 fessional experience in the teacher’s dis9 cipline, such as having worked in industry 

10 or research; 

11 ‘‘(v) involvement in STEM discipline 

12 professional societies; 

13 ‘‘(vi) STEM outreach and community 

14 involvement; and 

15 ‘‘(vii) certification by the National 

16 Board for Professional Teaching Stand17 ards, or other equivalently rigorous, per18 formance-based, peer-reviewed certification, 

19 as a high-performing teacher. 

20 ‘‘(2) OVERALL CORPS MEMBERSHIP REQUIRE21 MENTS.—An eligible entity receiving a grant under 

22 this subpart shall ensure that— 

23 ‘‘(A) not more than 5 percent of the 

24 STEM teachers who teach in the participating 

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1 ‘‘(B) not less than 75 percent of the 

2 STEM Master Teacher Corps members are 

3 teachers at high-need schools; 

4 ‘‘(C) the proportion of STEM Master 

5 Teacher Corps members in the participating 

6 area who teach at rural high-need schools is not 

7 less than the proportion of all teachers who 

8 teach at rural high-need schools in the partici9 pating area; 

10 ‘‘(D) there are multiple cohorts of STEM 

11 Master Teacher Corps members; and 

12 ‘‘(E) the STEM Master Teacher Corps in13 cludes teachers from each of the disciplines of 

14 science, technology, engineering, and mathe15 matics, if teachers from each of these dis16 ciplines meeting the standards of Corps mem17 bership are available in the participating area 

18 and may include teachers of career and tech19 nical education. 

20 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL

21 TEACHERS.—An eligible entity may select STEM 

22 teachers who teach at private schools in the partici23 pating area to be members of the STEM Master 

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1 ‘‘(A) not more than 5 percent of teachers 

2 selected as STEM Master Teacher Corps mem3 bers shall be teachers at private schools; and 

4 ‘‘(B) private school teachers shall not be 

5 eligible for compensation described in sub6 section (a)(2), discretionary resource funds de7 scribed in subsection (a)(4), or for defrayment 

8 funds described in subsection (a)(7). 

9 ‘‘(c) CORPS MEMBER REQUIREMENTS.—Each teach10 er selected to be a member of the STEM Master Teacher 

11 Corps who wishes to join the Corps shall enter into an 

12 agreement with the eligible entity, under which the teacher 

13 shall, as a condition of receiving the compensation de14 scribed in subsection (a)(2) and the discretionary re15 sources described in subsection (a)(4), agree to carry out 

16 the responsibilities of a master teacher as required by the 

17 eligible entity, including— 

18 ‘‘(1) participating in professional development 

19 activities offered by the program; 

20 ‘‘(2) networking and sharing best practices and 

21 educational resources with other members of the 

22 STEM Master Teacher Corps; and 

23 ‘‘(3) contributing to the professional develop24 ment of the teacher’s colleagues, which may include 

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1 STEM teachers through regular weekly professional 

2 development sessions and individual coaching, where 

3 possible, leading professional learning communities, 

4 and taking on other instructional leadership roles in 

5 the teacher’s school, district, State, if part of the 

6 participating area, or consortium. 

7 ‘‘(d) COLLECTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

8 ‘‘(1) MONITORING COMPLIANCE.—Each eligible 

9 entity that receives a grant under this subpart shall 

10 monitor whether each teacher the entity selects to be 

11 a member of the STEM Master Teacher Corps is in 

12 compliance with the Corps member requirements de13 scribed in subsection (c). 

14 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF REPAYMENT.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A teacher selected to 

16 be a member of the STEM Master Teacher 

17 Corps shall repay the additional compensation 

18 provided for a school year described in sub19 section (a)(2) to the eligible entity if— 

20 ‘‘(i) the entity finds the teacher not in 

21 compliance with the Corps member re22 quirements described in subsection (c) and 

23 the entity determines the teacher should no 

24 longer be a member of the Corps for such 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the teacher withdraws during 

2 such year from membership in the Corps 

3 without an accepted excuse, as determined 

4 by the eligible entity. 

5 ‘‘(B) COMPENSATION RETURNED TO THE

6 TREASURY.— 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro8 vided in clause (ii), an eligible entity that 

9 receives repaid compensation under sub10 paragraph (A) shall return such compensa11 tion to the United States Treasury. 

12 ‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An el13 igible entity that receives repaid compensa14 tion under subparagraph (A) may retain a 

15 percentage, determined by the Secretary, 

16 of such repayment to defray administrative 

17 costs associated with the collection. 

18 ‘‘SEC. 4426. PERFORMANCE METRICS; REPORT. 

19 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PERFORMANCE

20 METRICS.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of 

21 the Institute of Education Sciences, shall establish per22 formance metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of the ac23 tivities carried out under this subpart. 

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1 an annual report to the Secretary, which shall include in2 formation relevant to the performance metrics described 

3 in subsection (a). 

4 ‘‘SEC. 4427. SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT. 

5 ‘‘Funds received under this subpart shall be used to 

6 supplement, and not supplant, funds that would otherwise 

7 be used for activities authorized under this subpart. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 4428. EVALUATION. 

9 ‘‘From the amount reserved in accordance with sec10 tion 9601, the Secretary shall— 

11 ‘‘(1) acting through the Director of the Insti12 tute of Education Sciences, and in consultation with 

13 the Director of the National Science Foundation— 

14 ‘‘(A) evaluate the implementation and im15 pact of the activities supported under this sub16 part, with regard to the program’s success in 

17 achieving the purpose described in section 4421; 

18 ‘‘(B) identify optimal strategies for the de19 sign, implementation, and continuing develop20 ment of the STEM Master Teacher Corps pro21 gram; and 

22 ‘‘(C) identify best practices for developing, 

23 supporting, and retaining STEM teachers based 

24 on lessons learned from the STEM Master 

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1 ‘‘(2) disseminate findings from the evaluation 

2 conducted under paragraph (1) to the STEM edu3 cation field and make the findings publicly avail4 able.’’. 

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