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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2726

To provide for improved instruction in mathematics and science education.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 23, 1993

Mr. SAWYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To provide for improved instruction in mathematics and

science education.

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 ‘‘Mathematics Edu5 cation Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds that—

8 (1) society is entering a new age of information;

9 (2) effects of technological innovation on busi10 ness, government, and industry are paralleled by
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1 dramatic changes in the physical, social, and life

2 sciences;

3 (3) more than many other areas of study and

4 application, mathematics is taking new directions;

5 (4) although rapid changes are occurring,

6 teaching mathematics has remained relatively un7 changed;

8 (5) to equip students for productive, fulfilling

9 lives in the information age, the definition of success

10 in mathematics is being transformed; and

11 (6) to meet these challenges the Federal Gov12 ernment needs to transform its method of support

13 for equal access to quality instruction at all levels of

14 mathematics to reflect the directions given in the

15 Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School

16 Mathematics established by the National Council of

17 Teachers of Mathematics.

18 SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

19 It is the purpose of this Act—

20 (1) to create an innovative funding program

21 that will provide the schools of the Nation with the

22 ability to improve mathematics education programs

23 at all grade levels; and

24 (2) to support locally-based mathematics edu25 cation programs that take into account and use ex-
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1 isting resources of the community with regards to

2 school-based mathematics programs, including

3 schools of higher education, State departments of

4 education, business personnel, labor unions, and

5 members of professional associations.

6 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the Fund

8 for the Improvement of Mathematics (referred to in the

9 Act as the ‘‘Fund’’) to provide grants to schools to im10 prove mathematics education and implement the Curricu11 lum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics.

12 (b) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Education

13 shall select a national mathematics education professional

14 association which has demonstrated at least a ten-year

15 professional and financial commitment to improving math16 ematics education in the Nation to administer the Fund.

17 To be eligible to administer the Fund, an association shall

18 provide assurances that such association shall—

19 (1) implement the goals of the Curriculum and

20 Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics;

21 (2) remain involved during the five-year funding

22 period and the succeeding five-year period;

23 (3) assess progress of schools to improve math24 ematics education; and
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1 (4) give priority in funding and assistance to

2 schools in the most disadvantaged areas in a State.

3 (c) LIMITATION.—Not more than $250,000 during

4 the first year and $125,000 during each of the following

5 four years shall be used by the association selected to

6 administer the Fund for administrative costs.

7 SEC. 5. GRANTS.

8 The Fund shall provide grants of not more than

9 $50,000 each year to schools and institutions of higher

10 education to improve mathematics education and to meet

11 the goals outlined in the Curriculum and Evaluation

12 Standards for School Mathematics.

13 SEC. 6. APPLICATIONS.

14 In addition to such other information and assurances

15 as the administrator of the Fund may reasonably require,

16 applications to the Fund for grants and contracts shall—

17 (1) describe the students to be served, and the

18 resources that exist in the community and school;

19 (2) describe assessment measurements to be

20 used to evaluate mathematics education improve21 ments;

22 (3) describe expected improvements in mathe23 matics education during the ten-year period begin24 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
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1 (4) describe how other resources that exist in

2 the community shall be used to improve mathe3 matics education.

4 SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

5 There are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000

6 for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1997.

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