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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2598 

To establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master 

Teacher Corps program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 20, 2011 

Mr. BISHOP of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math 

(STEM) Master Teacher Corps program. 

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 Act may be cited as the ‘‘STEM Master Teacher 

5 Corps Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Numerous recent reports by national advi9 sory groups, including the President’s Council of Ad10 visors on Science and Technology and National 


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1 Academies’ committees, have highlighted the need to 

2 raise student achievement in STEM fields to enable 

3 the United States to maintain its competitive edge 

4 in the global economy. 

5 (2) Nearly all of the top 30 fastest growing oc6 cupations require science, technology, engineering, or 

7 mathematics skills, according to the Bureau of 

8 Labor Statistics. 

9 (3) Recent standardized tests show United 

10 States students’ mathematics and science perform11 ance is only average or below average compared with 

12 their international peers. American students placed 

13 25th in mathematics and 17th in science out of 34 

14 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Devel15 opment countries in the 2009 Program for Inter16 national Student Assessment. 

17 (4) Too few American students graduate from 

18 high school with the interest and the preparation to 

19 successfully pursue STEM degrees in college. Well 

20 over half of college students in China and Japan 

21 major in STEM fields, compared with only a third 

22 of U.S. students. 

23 (5) Several researchers, including at Stanford 

24 University, have found that the effects of well-pre25 pared teachers on student achievement can be 


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1 stronger than the influences of student background 

2 factors, such as poverty, language background, and 

3 minority status. 

4 (6) The Harvard Graduate School of Education 

5 report ‘‘Who Stays in Teaching and Why’’ cites re6 search that shows more young people would consider 

7 teaching if it offered more opportunities for advance8 ment, and that if schools fail to offer teachers these 

9 opportunities throughout their teaching careers, they 

10 may risk losing them permanently. It also reports 

11 that well implemented mentoring and induction pro12 grams provide the support novices need to feel satis13 fied and remain in their schools. 

14 (7) Researchers at the University of Pennsyl15 vania have found that STEM teachers migrate with16 in the teaching profession to better paying jobs at 

17 better-funded schools, resulting in local imbalances 

18 and leaving schools in high-poverty communities 

19 struggling to find knowledgeable teachers. 

20 (8) Individuals with strong STEM skills have 

21 opportunities for more lucrative careers outside of 

22 teaching. According to the Organisation for Eco23 nomic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the 

24 United States ranks in the bottom third of OECD 

25 countries in terms of teacher salary relative to per 


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1 capita GDP. Furthermore, data from the National 

2 Association of Colleges and Employers show the me3 dian salary offered to recent college graduates in 

4 certain STEM-related fields, including physics, com5 puter science, accounting, and engineering, is 

6 $24,000 higher than that offered to new secondary 

7 school teachers and $30,000 higher than that of8 fered to new elementary school teachers. 

9 SEC. 3. STEM MASTER TEACHER CORPS. 

10 Subpart 5 of part A of title II of the Elementary and 

11 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6651 et 

12 seq.) is amended— 

13 (1) by inserting before section 2151 the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘CHAPTER A—NATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF 

16 DEMONSTRATED EFFECTIVENESS’’; 

17 and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘CHAPTER B—STEM MASTER TEACHER 

20 CORPS 

21 ‘‘SEC. 2155. PURPOSE. 

22 ‘‘The purpose of this chapter is to establish a STEM 

23 Master Teacher Corps program that— 

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

25 profession by recognizing and rewarding outstanding 


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1 STEM teachers thereby making STEM teaching 

2 more attractive; 

3 ‘‘(2) attracts and retains effective STEM teach4 ers, particularly in high-need schools, by offering 

5 them additional compensation, instructional re6 sources, and instructional leadership roles; and 

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

8 teacher-leaders who will— 

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

10 ‘‘(B) take on leadership responsibilities in 

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

12 participating area), or consortia with the au13 thority to provide professional support to their 

14 STEM colleagues not participating in the 

15 STEM Master Teacher Corps; 

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

17 of beginning teachers by serving as their role 

18 models and providing them with instructional 

19 support; and 

20 ‘‘(D) inform the development of STEM 

21 education policy. 

22 ‘‘SEC. 2156. DEFINITIONS. 

23 ‘‘In this chapter: 

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1 cies or 1 or more State educational agencies, acting 

2 in partnership with 1 or more— 

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

4 ‘‘(B) nonprofit organizations with a dem5 onstrated record of success in preparing or im6 proving the effectiveness of STEM teachers. 

7 ‘‘(2) HIGH-NEED SCHOOL.—The term ‘high8 need school’ means a public school, which may be a 

9 public charter school, that meets 1 or more of the 

10 following criteria: 

11 ‘‘(A) Not less than 40 percent of the stu12 dents enrolled at the school— 

13 ‘‘(i) receive or are eligible to receive a 

14 free or reduced price lunch under the Rich15 ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

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

17 ‘‘(ii) are from low-income families, as 

18 determined using 1 of the measures of pov19 erty specified under section 1113(a)(5). 

20 ‘‘(B) The school is among the lowest per21 forming 10 percent of schools in the State in 

22 which it is located. 

23 ‘‘(C) In the case of a public high school, 

24 the school has a graduation rate of 65 percent 

25 or less. 


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1 ‘‘(D) In the case of a public school con2 taining middle grades, the school feeds into a 

3 public high school that has a graduation rate of 

4 65 percent or less. 

5 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPATING AREA.—The term ‘partici6 pating area’ means— 

7 ‘‘(A) in the case of an eligible entity that 

8 includes a State educational agency or consor9 tium of State educational agencies, the State or 

10 States; or 

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

12 includes a consortium of local educational agen13 cies, the area served by such agencies. 

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

15 technology, engineering, and mathematics. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 2157. STEM MASTER TEACHER CORPS PROGRAM. 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

18 ‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, in 

19 consultation with the Director of the National 

20 Science Foundation and the heads of other appro21 priate Federal agencies, as determined by the Sec22 retary, shall establish a STEM Master Teacher 

23 Corps program by awarding, on a competitive basis, 

24 1 or more grants of not less than $15,000,000 each 

25 to eligible entities to enable the eligible entities to 


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1 establish the program, in accordance with section 

2 2159. 

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

4 award planning grants to eligible entities to enable 

5 the entities to make plans to establish the program, 

6 in accordance with section 2159. 

7 ‘‘(b) DURATION OF GRANT.— 

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

9 this chapter shall be for a period of 5 years. 

10 ‘‘(2) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall review, 3 

11 years after an eligible entity is awarded a grant 

12 under this chapter, the performance of the entity 

13 during the 3-year period to determine if the entity 

14 is achieving satisfactory results and to make rec15 ommendations as to whether the program should be 

16 continued after completion of the 5-year period of 

17 the pilot project. 

18 ‘‘(c) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para20 graph (2), an eligible entity that receives a grant 

21 under this chapter shall provide, from non-Federal 

22 sources, an amount equal to not less than 50 per23 cent of the amount of the grant, which may be pro24 vided in cash or in-kind, to carry out the activities 

25 supported by the grant. 


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1 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.— 

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

3 waive the 50-percent matching requirement 

4 under paragraph (1) for an eligible entity that 

5 the Secretary determines is unable to meet such 

6 requirement. The Secretary shall set a match7 ing requirement for such eligible entities ac8 cording to the sliding scale described in sub9 paragraph (B). 

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

11 match under subparagraph (A) shall be estab12 lished based on a sliding fee scale that takes 

13 into account— 

14 ‘‘(i) the relative poverty of the popu15 lation to be targeted by the eligible entity; 

16 and 

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

18 obtain such matching funds. 

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

20 consider an eligible entity’s ability to match funds 

21 when determining which eligible entities will receive 

22 grant awards under this chapter. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 2158. APPLICATION. 

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

25 grant under this chapter shall submit an application to 


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1 the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con2 taining such information as the Secretary may require. 

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

4 this section shall include— 

5 ‘‘(1) a description of the STEM Master Teach6 er Corps program that the eligible entity intends to 

7 carry out, including the number of Corps members 

8 the entity intends to select, the intended distribution 

9 of subjects and grade levels taught, the geographic 

10 and economic characteristics of the local educational 

11 agencies that are part of the participating area, such 

12 as the rural-urban continuum codes and proportion 

13 of high-need schools served, and the type of activi14 ties proposed for recruitment of Corps members; 

15 ‘‘(2) a description of the roles and responsibil16 ities that each participating local educational agency, 

17 State, institution of higher education, or nonprofit 

18 organization, as applicable, will have; 

19 ‘‘(3) a demonstration that the entity has suffi20 cient capacity to carry out the activities described in 

21 section 2159; 

22 ‘‘(4) a description of the member selection proc23 ess and criteria that the applicant will use to select 

24 members of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in ac25 cordance with section 2159(b); 


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1 ‘‘(5) a description of how the eligible entity in2 tends to facilitate networking and sharing of best 

3 practices and educational resources relating to 

4 STEM education among Corps members, particu5 larly at rural schools, if applicable, and make a se6 lection of these best practices and resources more 

7 widely available to other teachers and the STEM 

8 educational community, including through electronic 

9 means; 

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

11 plan for— 

12 ‘‘(A) offering research-based professional 

13 development to Corps members, including train14 ing on instructional leadership, mentoring, en15 gaging and effectively teaching historically 

16 underachieving or underrepresented groups in 

17 STEM fields, such as girls, minorities, low-in18 come students, English language learners, and 

19 students with disabilities, and effective STEM 

20 teaching methods, such as incorporating hands21 on STEM projects into their lesson plans; and 

22 ‘‘(B) tracking the effectiveness of such 

23 professional development; 

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

25 plan for evaluating the impact of the professional 


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1 support provided by STEM Master Teacher Corps 

2 members to other teachers in their school, district, 

3 State (if part of the participating area), or consor4 tium; 

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

6 agencies and schools served by the eligible entity in7 tend to align STEM Master Teacher Corps mem8 bers’ duties with school systems and activities al9 ready in place, if applicable, such as professional de10 velopment and mentoring; 

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

12 Teacher Corps members will be afforded the time, 

13 authority, and resources to fulfill requirements 

14 under the program, and how other teachers will be 

15 afforded the time to receive professional support 

16 from Corps members; 

17 ‘‘(10) a demonstration that the entity has a 

18 clear plan for oversight to ensure that STEM Mas19 ter Teacher Corps members carry out the respon20 sibilities described in section 2159(c) to the fullest 

21 extent practicable, and a description of the actions 

22 to be taken if a member does not carry out such re23 sponsibilities; and 

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

25 be financially managed. 


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

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

3 grants under this chapter on the basis of merit con4 sidering, at a minimum, the following: 

5 ‘‘(A) The extent to which the local edu6 cational agencies that are part of the eligible 

7 entity are committed to integrating the pro8 gram into existing school structures, policies, 

9 operations, and budgets, such as by enabling 

10 STEM Master Teacher Corps members to take 

11 on leadership roles in their schools, districts, 

12 States, if part of the participating area, or con13 sortia, in addition to their classroom duties, in14 cluding assisting in the development and imple15 mentation of professional development activities 

16 and driving the instructional program of the 

17 school. 

18 ‘‘(B) The quality of the proposed profes19 sional development, teacher leadership and 

20 mentorship activities, and networking opportu21 nities. 

22 ‘‘(C) Demonstration that the local edu23 cational agencies and schools they serve have 

24 removed barriers to full participation in the 

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1 and the teachers they mentor the time to par2 ticipate in activities required by the program. 

3 ‘‘(D) The number and quality of the indi4 viduals that will be served by the program. 

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

6 effectively carry out the program. 

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

8 chapter, the Secretary shall give priority to— 

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

10 large numbers of teachers in the STEM Master 

11 Teacher Corps; and 

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

13 rural schools, particularly high-need rural 

14 schools, in the participating area to be served. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 2159. REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS. 

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

17 grant under this chapter shall use grant funds to— 

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

19 membership in the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in 

20 accordance with the requirements of subsection (b); 

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

22 teacher who is selected and serves as a member of 

23 the STEM Master Teacher Corps, in recognition of 

24 the teacher’s teaching accomplishments, leadership, 

25 and increased responsibilities, which amount shall— 


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

2 teacher’s base salary; and 

3 ‘‘(B) be equal to $15,000 per year for each 

4 year the teacher serves as a member of the 

5 Corps; 

6 ‘‘(3) provide research-based professional devel7 opment activities for members of the STEM Master 

8 Teacher Corps, as described in subsection 

9 2158(b)(6), and track the effectiveness of such pro10 fessional development in order to determine whether 

11 to alter professional development activities; 

12 ‘‘(4) provide discretionary resources for STEM 

13 Master Teacher Corps members at high-need public 

14 schools to use in their classrooms and schools, in15 cluding for afterschool activities, to enrich STEM 

16 education and to facilitate long-distance networking, 

17 mentoring, and sharing of best practices, including 

18 equipment and technology; 

19 ‘‘(5) assist in coordinating instructional leader20 ship roles for STEM Master Teacher Corps mem21 bers and mentoring relationships between STEM 

22 Master Teacher Corps members and other teachers 

23 in the same school, school district, State, if part of 

24 the participating area, or consortium in which the 

25 Corps members serve as instructional leaders; 


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

2 Corps members to inform STEM education policy at 

3 the national, State, and local levels; 

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

5 STEM Master Teacher Corps members the time to 

6 fulfill their duties as Corps members; and 

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

8 purpose of this chapter. 

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

10 TEACHER CORPS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) SELECTION CRITERIA FOR CORPS MEM12 BERS.—The eligible entity shall select, as members 

13 of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, exemplary 

14 STEM teachers at the elementary school and sec15 ondary school levels who teach in the participating 

16 area, which may also include special education 

17 teachers and teachers of English language learners 

18 who teach a STEM subject. In selecting the mem19 bers, the eligible entity shall— 

20 ‘‘(A) make decisions based on multiple 

21 measures, including the teacher’s— 

22 ‘‘(i) ability to improve student aca23 demic achievement in the STEM fields, as 

24 demonstrated by, if applicable, student 

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1 ‘‘(ii) ability to enhance student en2 gagement in such fields; 

3 ‘‘(iii) record of leadership in the 

4 teacher’s school and involvement in profes5 sional and outreach activities; 

6 ‘‘(iv) record of teaching students not 

7 on grade level or not on track to graduate 

8 college and career ready; and 

9 ‘‘(v) demonstrated ability to facilitate 

10 student academic achievement growth with 

11 the students described in clause (iv), where 

12 such measures are available; and 

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

14 record based on multiple measures, such as— 

15 ‘‘(i) teacher evaluations of pedagogical 

16 skills; 

17 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of content knowl18 edge; 

19 ‘‘(iii) the performance and improve20 ment of the teacher’s students on tests; 

21 ‘‘(iv) demonstration of practical pro22 fessional experience in the teacher’s dis23 cipline, such as having worked in industry 

24 or research; 


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1 ‘‘(v) involvement in STEM discipline 

2 professional societies; 

3 ‘‘(vi) STEM outreach and community 

4 involvement; and 

5 ‘‘(vii) certification by the National 

6 Board for Professional Teaching Stand7 ards, or other similar certification, as a 

8 high-performing teacher. 

9 ‘‘(2) OVERALL CORPS MEMBERSHIP REQUIRE10 MENTS.—An eligible entity receiving a grant under 

11 this chapter shall ensure that— 

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

13 STEM teachers who teach in the participating 

14 area are members of the Corps; 

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

16 STEM Master Teacher Corps members are 

17 teachers at high-need schools; 

18 ‘‘(C) there are multiple cohorts of STEM 

19 Master Teacher Corps members; and 

20 ‘‘(D) the STEM Master Teacher Corps in21 cludes teachers from each of science, tech22 nology, engineering, and mathematics, if teach23 ers from each of these disciplines meeting the 

24 standards of Corps membership are available in 

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1 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL

2 TEACHERS.—An eligible entity may select STEM 

3 teachers who teach at private schools in the partici4 pating area to be members of the STEM Master 

5 Teacher Corps, except that— 

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

7 selected as STEM Master Teacher Corps mem8 bers shall be teachers at private schools; and 

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

10 eligible for compensation described in sub11 section (a)(2), discretionary resource funds de12 scribed in subsection (a)(4), or for defrayment 

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

14 ‘‘(c) CORPS MEMBER REQUIREMENTS.—Each teach15 er selected to be a member of the STEM Master Teacher 

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

17 agreement with the eligible entity, under which the teacher 

18 shall, as a condition of receiving the compensation de19 scribed in subsection (a)(2) and the discretionary re20 sources described in subsection (a)(4), agree to carry out 

21 the responsibilities of a mentor teacher as required by the 

22 eligible entity, including— 

23 ‘‘(1) participating in professional development 

24 activities offered by the program; 


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

2 educational resources with other members of the 

3 STEM Master Teacher Corps; and 

4 ‘‘(3) contributing to the professional develop5 ment of the teacher’s colleagues, which may include 

6 providing school-based professional support to other 

7 STEM teachers through regular weekly professional 

8 development sessions and individual coaching, where 

9 possible, leading professional learning communities, 

10 and taking on other instructional leadership roles in 

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

12 participating area, or consortium. 

13 ‘‘(d) COLLECTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

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

15 entity that receives a grant under this chapter shall 

16 monitor whether each teacher the entity selects to be 

17 a member of the STEM Master Teacher Corps is in 

18 compliance with the Corps member requirements de19 scribed in subsection (c). 

20 ‘‘(2) COLLECTION OF REPAYMENT.— 

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

22 be a member of the STEM Master Teacher 

23 Corps shall repay the additional compensation 

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

2 compliance with the Corps member re3 quirements described in subsection (c) and 

4 the entity determines the teacher should no 

5 longer be a member of the Corps for such 

6 year; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) the teacher withdraws during 

8 such year from membership in the Corps 

9 without an accepted excuse, as determined 

10 by the eligible entity. 

11 ‘‘(B) COMPENSATION RETURNED TO THE

12 TREASURY.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro14 vided in clause (ii), an eligible entity that 

15 receives repaid compensation under sub16 paragraph (A) shall return such compensa17 tion to the United States Treasury. 

18 ‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An el19 igible entity that receives repaid compensa20 tion under subparagraph (A) may retain a 

21 percentage, determined by the Secretary, 

22 of such repayment to defray administrative 

23 costs associated with the collection. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 2160. REPORT AND EVALUATION. 

2 ‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE AND REPORTING COSTS.—Of 

3 the amounts appropriated for this chapter for any fiscal 

4 year, the Secretary may use not more than 6 percent of 

5 the funds appropriated for such fiscal year for administra6 tive costs and report and evaluation costs under this sec7 tion, except that the Secretary may use not more than 3 

8 percent of the funds appropriated for such fiscal year for 

9 administrative costs. 

10 ‘‘(b) REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity receiv12 ing a grant under this chapter shall provide an an13 nual report to the Secretary that— 

14 ‘‘(A) summarizes the activities assisted 

15 under the grant and program outcomes; and 

16 ‘‘(B) includes, with respect to each mem17 ber of the STEM Master Teacher Corps, the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(i) The name of the member. 

20 ‘‘(ii) The school at which the member 

21 teaches and the location of such school. 

22 ‘‘(iii) The subject area the teacher 

23 teaches. 

24 ‘‘(iv) The grade level the teacher 

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1 ‘‘(2) PUBLICATION.—Each eligible entity receiv2 ing a grant under this chapter shall publicize the in3 formation described in paragraph (1)(B). 

4 ‘‘(c) IES EVALUATION.—The Secretary, acting 

5 through the Director of the Institute of Education 

6 Sciences, shall— 

7 ‘‘(1) evaluate the implementation and impact of 

8 the program under this chapter, particularly with re9 gard to the program’s success in achieving the pur10 pose described in section 2155; 

11 ‘‘(2) identify optimal strategies for the design, 

12 implementation, and continuing development of the 

13 STEM Master Teacher Corps program; and 

14 ‘‘(3) identify best practices for developing, sup15 porting, and retaining STEM teachers based on les16 sons learned from the program. 

17 ‘‘(d) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall dissemi18 nate findings from the evaluation conducted under sub19 section (c) to the STEM education field and make the 

20 findings publicly available. 

21 ‘‘(e) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 4 

22 years after the establishment of the program under this 

23 chapter, and not later than 2 years thereafter, the Sec24 retary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on Edu25 cation and the Workforce and the Committee on Science, 


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1 Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives 

2 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor3 tation and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

4 and Pensions of the Senate, a report that summarizes— 

5 ‘‘(1) the activities assisted under the program 

6 under this chapter; 

7 ‘‘(2) the outcomes of the program; and 

8 ‘‘(3) any recommendations regarding changes 

9 to, the termination of, or the continuation and ex10 pansion of the program. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 2161. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

13 this chapter $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and such 

14 sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding 

15 fiscal years.’’. 

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