$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, $10,000,000 for fiscal year 
2011, and $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. 
SEC. 203. GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall ensure that mas-
ter’s degree programs for in-service mathematics and 
science teachers that will strengthen their subject area 
knowledge and pedagogical skills are instituted in accord-
ance with section 9(a)(8) of the National Science Founda-
tion Authorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n(a)(8)). 
The degree programs shall be designed for current teachers, 
who will enroll as part-time students, and to allow partici-
pants to obtain master’s degrees within a period of 3 years. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS.—The Director shall, 
in awarding grants to carry out subsection (a), consider 
the distribution of awards among institutions of higher edu-
cation of different sizes and geographic locations. 
(c) 
PROGRAM
ACTIVITIES.—Activities 
supported 
through master’s degree programs established under sub-
section (a) may include— 
(1) development of courses of instruction and re-
lated educational materials; 
(2) stipends to defray the cost of attendance for 
students in the degree program; and 
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(3) acquisition of computer and networking 
equipment needed for online instruction under the de-
gree program. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the National Science 
Foundation for the purposes of this section $46,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2008, $50,600,000 for fiscal year 2009, 
$55,700,000 for fiscal year 2010, $61,200,000 for fiscal year 
2011, and $67,300,000 for fiscal year 2012. 
SEC. 204. CURRICULAR MATERIALS. 
The Director, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Education, shall convene a national panel of experts on 
mathematics and science education to identify and collect 
K–12 mathematics, science, and technology teaching mate-
rials that have been demonstrated to be effective and to rec-
ommend the development of new materials in areas where 
effective materials do not exist. The Director and Secretary 
shall develop ways to disseminate effective materials and 
support efforts to develop new materials, in accordance with 
the recommendations of the national panel. Recommenda-
tions made under this section shall not be considered a 
mandate of specific K–12 curricula. 
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SEC. 205. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND 
MATHEMATICS 
TALENT 
EXPANSION 
PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 8(7) of the National 
Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘competi-
tive, merit-based’’ and all that follows through ‘‘in re-
cent years.’’ and inserting ‘‘competitive, merit-re-
viewed multiyear grants for eligible applicants to im-
prove undergraduate education in science, mathe-
matics, engineering, and technology through— 
‘‘(i) the creation of programs to increase the 
number of students studying toward and com-
pleting associate’s or bachelor’s degrees in 
science, technology, engineering, and mathe-
matics, particularly in fields that have faced de-
clining enrollment in recent years; and 
‘‘(ii) the creation of centers (in this para-
graph referred to as ‘Centers’) to develop under-
graduate curriculum, teaching methods for un-
dergraduate courses, and methods to better train 
professors and teaching assistants who teach un-
dergraduate courses to increase the number of 
students completing undergraduate courses in 
science, technology, engineering, and mathe-
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matics, including the number of nonmajors, and 
to improve student academic achievement in 
those courses. 
Grants made under clause (ii) shall be awarded joint-
ly through the Education and Human Resources Di-
rectorate and at least 1 research directorate of the 
Foundation.’’; 
(2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(B) In selecting projects under subparagraph 
(A)(i), the Director shall strive to increase the number 
of students studying toward and completing bacca-
laureate degrees, concentrations, or certificates in 
science, mathematics, engineering, or technology who 
are— 
‘‘(i) individuals identified in section 33 or 
34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Oppor-
tunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b); or 
‘‘(ii) graduates of a secondary school that is 
administered by a local educational agency that 
is receiving grants under title I of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6301 et seq) as a result of having within 
its jurisdiction concentrations of children from 
low income families.’’; 
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(3) in subparagraph (C)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘The types of’’; 
(B) by redesignating clauses (i) through (vi) 
as subclauses (I) through (VI), respectively; 
(C) by striking ‘‘under this paragraph’’ and 
inserting ‘‘under subparagraph (A)(i)’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(ii) The types of activities the Foundation may 
support under subparagraph (A)(ii) include— 
‘‘(I) creating model curricula and labora-
tory programs; 
‘‘(II) developing and demonstrating re-
search-based instructional methods and tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(III) developing methods to train graduate 
students and faculty to be more effective teachers 
of undergraduates; 
‘‘(IV) conducting programs to disseminate 
curricula, instructional methods, or training 
methods to faculty at the grantee institutions 
and at other institutions; 
‘‘(V) conducting assessments of the effective-
ness of the Center at accomplishing the goals de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii); and 
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‘‘(VI) conducting any other activities the 
Director determines will accomplish the goals de-
scribed in subparagraph (A)(ii).’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (D)(i), by striking ‘‘under 
this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘under subparagraph 
(A)(i)’’; 
(5) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking ‘‘under 
this paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘under subparagraph 
(A)(i)’’; 
(6) after subparagraph (D)(iii), by adding at the 
end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iv) A grant under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall 
be awarded for 5 years, and the Director may extend 
such a grant for up to 2 additional 3 year periods.’’; 
(7) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘under this 
paragraph’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘under subparagraph (A)(i)’’; 
(8) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (J); and 
(9) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(F) Grants awarded under subparagraph 
(A)(ii) shall be carried out by a department or de-
partments of science, mathematics, or engineering at 
institutions of higher education (or a consortia there-
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ing the dissemination activities described in sub-
paragraph (C)(ii)(IV); and 
‘‘(ii) the extent to which the faculty, staff, 
and administrators of the applicant institution 
are committed to improving undergraduate 
science, mathematics, and engineering education. 
‘‘(H) In awarding grants under subparagraph 
(A)(ii), the Director shall endeavor to ensure that a 
wide variety of science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics fields and types of institutions of higher 
education, including 2-year colleges and minority- 
serving institutions, are covered, and that— 
‘‘(i) at least 1 Center is housed at a Doc-
toral/Research University as defined by the Car-
negie Foundation for the Advancement of Teach-
ing; and 
‘‘(ii) at least 1 Center is focused on improv-
ing undergraduate education in an interdiscipli-
nary area. 
‘‘(I) The Director shall convene an annual meet-
ing of the awardees under this paragraph to foster 
collaboration and to disseminate the results of the 
Centers and the other activities funded under this 
paragraph.’’. 
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(b) REPORT ON DATA COLLECTION.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor shall transmit to Congress a report on how the Director 
is determining whether current grant recipients in the 
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent 
Expansion Program are making satisfactory progress as re-
quired by section 8(7)(D)(ii) of the National Science Foun-
dation Authorization Act of 2002 and what funding actions 
have been taken as a result of the Director’s determinations. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the National Science 
Foundation for the program described in paragraph (7) of 
section 8 of the National Science Foundation Authorization 
Act of 2002— 
(1) $44,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, of which 
$4,000,000 shall be for the grants described in sub-
paragraph (A)(ii) of that paragraph; 
(2) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for the grants described in sub-
paragraph (A)(ii) of that paragraph; 
(3) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for the grants described in sub-
paragraph (A)(ii) of that paragraph; 
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(4) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for the grants described in sub-
paragraph (A)(ii) of that paragraph; and 
(5) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, of which 
$10,000,000 shall be for the grants described in sub-
paragraph (A)(ii) of that paragraph. 
SEC. 206. HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFI-
NITION. 
Section 4(8) of the National Science Foundation Au-
thorization Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n note) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(8) HIGH-NEED
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘high-need local educational agency’ 
means a local educational agency that— 
‘‘(A) is receiving grants under title I of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq) as a result of hav-
ing within its jurisdiction concentrations of chil-
dren from low income families; and 
‘‘(B) is experiencing a shortage of highly 
qualified teachers, as defined in section 9101 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), in the fields of science, 
mathematics, or engineering.’’. 
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SEC. 207. TEACHER LEADERS. 
The National Science Foundation Authorization Act 
of 2002 is amended— 
(1) in section 4(11)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘MASTER TEACHER’’ and in-
serting ‘‘TEACHER LEADER’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘master teacher’’ and in-
serting ‘‘teacher leader’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘mas-
ter teachers’’ and inserting ‘‘teacher leaders’’; 
and 
(2) in section 9— 
(A) in subsection (a)(3)(E), by striking 
‘‘master teachers’’ and inserting ‘‘teacher lead-
ers’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a)(4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘MASTER
TEACHERS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘TEACHER LEADERS’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘master teachers’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘teacher 
leaders’’. 
SEC. 208. LABORATORY SCIENCE PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) To remain competitive in science and tech-
nology in the global economy, the United States must 
increase the number of students graduating from high 
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school prepared to pursue postsecondary education in 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 
(2) There is broad agreement in the scientific 
community that learning science requires direct in-
volvement by students in scientific inquiry and that 
laboratory experience is so integral to the nature of 
science that it must be included in every science pro-
gram for every science student. 
(3) In America’s Lab Report, the National Re-
search Council concluded that the current quality of 
laboratory experiences is poor for most students and 
that educators and researchers do not agree on how to 
define high school science laboratories or on their pur-
pose, hampering the accumulation of research on how 
to improve labs. 
(4) The National Research Council found that 
schools with higher concentrations of non-Asian mi-
norities and schools with higher concentrations of 
poor students are less likely to have adequate labora-
tory facilities than other schools. 
(5) The Government Accountability Office re-
ported that 49.1 percent of schools where the minority 
student population is greater than 50.5 percent re-
ported not meeting functional requirements for lab-
oratory science well or at all. 
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(6) 40 percent of those college students who left 
the science fields reported some problems related to 
high school science preparation, including lack of lab-
oratory experience and no introduction to theoretical 
or to analytical modes of thought. 
(7) It is in the national interest for the Federal 
Government to invest in research and demonstration 
projects to improve the teaching of laboratory science 
in the Nation’s high schools. 
(b) GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 8(8) of the National 
Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through 
(F) as clauses (i) through (vi), respectively; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘A program of 
competitive’’; and 
(3) by inserting at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(B) In accordance with subparagraph (A)(v), 
the Director shall establish a research pilot program 
designated as ‘Partnerships for Access to Laboratory 
Science’ to award grants to partnerships to improve 
laboratories and provide instrumentation as part of a 
comprehensive program to enhance the quality of 
mathematics, science, engineering, and technology in-
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struction at the secondary school level. Grants under 
this subparagraph may be used for— 
‘‘(i) purchase, rental, or leasing of equip-
ment, instrumentation, and other scientific edu-
cational materials; 
‘‘(ii) maintenance, renovation, and im-
provement of laboratory facilities; 
‘‘(iii) development of instructional pro-
grams designed to integrate the laboratory expe-
rience with classroom instruction and to be con-
sistent with State mathematics and science aca-
demic achievement standards; 
‘‘(iv) training in laboratory safety for 
school personnel; 
‘‘(v) design and implementation of hands-on 
laboratory experiences to encourage the interest 
of individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of 
the Science and Engineering Equal Opportuni-
ties Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b) in mathe-
matics, science, engineering, and technology and 
help prepare such individuals to pursue postsec-
ondary studies in these fields; and 
‘‘(vi) assessment of the activities funded 
under this subparagraph. 
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‘‘(C) Grants may be made under subparagraph 
(B) only to a partnership— 
‘‘(i) for a project that includes significant 
teacher training and professional development 
components; or 
‘‘(ii) that establishes that appropriate teach-
er training and professional development is 
being addressed, or has been addressed, through 
other means. 
‘‘(D) Grants awarded under subparagraph (B) 
shall be to a partnership that— 
‘‘(i) includes an institution of higher edu-
cation or a community college; 
‘‘(ii) includes a high-need local educational 
agency; 
‘‘(iii) includes a business or eligible non-
profit organization; and 
‘‘(iv) may include a State educational agen-
cy, other public agency, National Laboratory, or 
community-based organization. 
‘‘(E) The Federal share of the cost of activities 
carried out using amounts from a grant under sub-
paragraph (B) shall not exceed 50 percent. 
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‘‘(F) The Director shall require grant recipients 
to submit a report to the Director on the results of the 
project supported by the grant.’’. 
(c) REPORT.—The Director shall evaluate the effective-
ness of activities carried out under the research pilot 
projects funded by the grant program established pursuant 
to the amendment made by subsection (b) in improving stu-
dent performance in mathematics, science, engineering, and 
technology. A report documenting the results of that evalua-
tion shall be submitted to the Committee on Science and 
Technology of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittees on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate not 
later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
The report shall identify best practices and materials devel-
oped and demonstrated by grant awardees. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the National Science 
Foundation to carry out this section and the amendments 
made by this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and 
such sums as may be necessary for each of the 3 succeeding 
fiscal years. 
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SEC. 209. STUDY ON LABORATORY EQUIPMENT DONATIONS 
FOR SCHOOLS. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director shall transmit a report to the Congress 
examining the extent to which institutions of higher edu-
cation are donating used laboratory equipment to elemen-
tary and secondary schools. The Director, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Education, shall survey institutions 
of higher education to determine— 
(1) how often, how much, and what type of 
equipment is donated; 
(2) what criteria or guidelines the institutions 
are using to determine what types of equipment can 
be donated, what condition the equipment should be 
in, and which schools receive the equipment; 
(3) whether the institutions provide any support 
to, or follow-up with the schools; and 
(4) how appropriate donations can be encour-
aged. 
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Union Calendar No. 50 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 362 
[Report No. 110–85] 
A BILL 
To authorize science scholarships for educating 
mathematics and science teachers, and for other 
purposes. 
APRIL 16, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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