science, or engineering departments in the develop-
ment and implementation of the program;
(D) an explanation of how the program will en-
sure that teachers are given instruction in both con-
tent and pedagogy;
(E) a description of how the applicant will re-
cruit teachers to participate in the program and the
criteria that will be used to select the participants;
(F) a description of the type and amount of any
financial assistance that will be provided to teachers
to enable them to participate; and
(G) a description of how the applicant will work
with schools to ensure the success of the participating
teachers.
(2) In evaluating the applications submitted under
this subsection, the Director shall consider, at a
minimum—
(A) the ability of the applicant to effectively
carry out the proposed program;
(B) the experience the applicant has in devel-
oping and implementing high-quality professional de-
velopment programs for mathematics or science teach-
ers; and
(C) the extent to which the applicant is com-
mitted to making the program a central organiza-
tional focus.
(3) In evaluating the applications submitted under
this subsection, the Director shall give priority to those ap-
plications that demonstrate the greatest participation of
mathematics, science, or engineering departments.
(d) TEACHER ELIGIBILITY.—(1) To be eligible to par-
ticipate in a program funded under this section, a mathe-
matics or science teacher shall submit to the Director, at
such time and in such manner as the Director may require,
an assurance executed by the sponsoring school, that, after
completing the program funded by this section, the partici-
pating teacher will be provided sufficient non-classroom
time to serve as a master teacher. A copy of this assurance
must be submitted to the institution of higher education as
part of the teacher’s application to participate in the mas-
ter teacher program.
(2) No funds authorized by this section may be used
to train any teacher who has not complied with paragraph
(1).
(e) ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISSEMINATION.—(1) The
Director shall evaluate the activities carried out under this
section. At a minimum such evaluations shall use a com-
mon set of benchmarks and assessment tools to identify best
practices and materials developed and demonstrated with
funds provided under this section.
(2) The results of the evaluations required under this
subsection shall be made available to the public, including
through the National Science, Mathematics, Engineering,
and Technology Education Digital Library, and shall be
provided to the Committee on Science of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.
(3) Materials developed under the program established
under this section that are demonstrated to be effective shall
be made available through the National Science, Mathe-
matics, Engineering, and Technology Education Digital
Library.
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the National Science
Foundation to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2002 through 2004.
SEC. 4. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ON REQUIRED
COURSE 
OF 
STUDY 
FOR 
CAREERS 
IN
SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING, AND
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National
Science Foundation shall, jointly with the Secretary of
Education, compile and disseminate information (includ-
ing through outreach, school counselor education, and vis-
iting speakers) regarding—
(1) typical standard prerequisites for middle
school and high school students who seek to enter a
course of study at an institution of higher education
in science, mathematics, engineering, or technology
education for purposes of teaching in an elementary
or secondary school; and
(2) the licensing requirements in each State for
science, mathematics, engineering, or technology ele-
mentary or secondary school teachers.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the National Science
Foundation to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each
of fiscal years 2002 through 2004.
SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT STUDY EVALUATION.
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Director of the National
Science Foundation shall enter into an agreement with the
National Academies of Sciences and Engineering under
which the Academies shall review existing studies on the
effectiveness of technology in the classroom on learning and
student performance, using various measures of learning
and teaching outcome including standardized tests of stu-
dent achievement, and explore the feasibility of one or more
methodological frameworks to be used in evaluations of tech-
nologies that have different purposes and are used by schools
and school systems with diverse educational goals. The
study evaluation shall include, to the extent available, infor-
mation on the type of technology used in each classroom,
the reason that such technology works, and the teacher
training that is conducted in conjunction with the tech-
nology.
(b) DEADLINE FOR COMPLETION.—The study evalua-
tion required by subsection (a) shall be completed not later
than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) DEFINITION OF TECHNOLOGY.—In this section, the
term ‘‘technology’’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 3113(11) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6813(11)).
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the National Science
Foundation for the purpose of conducting the study evalua-
tion required by subsection (a), $600,000.
SEC. 6. SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING, AND TECH-
NOLOGY 
BUSINESS 
EDUCATION 
CON-
FERENCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall convene the first of an an-
nual 3- to 5-day conference for kindergarten through 12th
(c) REPORT AND PUBLICATION.—At the conclusion of
the conference the Director shall—
(1) transmit to the Committee on Science of the
House of Representatives and to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
a report on the outcome and conclusions of the con-
ference, including an inventory of curricular activi-
ties, initiatives, and units, the content of the con-
ference, and strategies developed that will support
partnerships and leverage resources; and
(2) ensure that a similar report is published and
distributed as widely as possible to stakeholders in
science, mathematics, engineering, and technology
education.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the National Science
Foundation to carry out this section—
(1) $300,000 for fiscal year 2002; and
(2) $200,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 and
2004.
SEC. 7. DISTANCE LEARNING GRANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National
Science Foundation shall establish a program to award
competitive, merit-based grants to institutions of higher
education to provide distance learning opportunities in
mathematics or science to elementary or secondary school
students.
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this sec-
tion shall be used by institutions of higher education to es-
tablish programs under which elementary or secondary
school students can participate in research activities in
mathematics or science occurring at the grantees’ institu-
tion via the Internet.
(c) SELECTION PROCESS.—(1) An institution of high-
er education seeking funding under this section shall submit
an application at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Director may require. The
application shall include, at a minimum—
(A) a description of the research opportunities
that will be offered;
(B) a description of how the applicant will pub-
licize these research opportunities to schools and
teachers;
(C) a description of how the applicant will in-
volve teachers of participating students in the pro-
gram;
(D) a description of how students will be selected
to participate;
(E) a description of how the institution of higher
education will ensure that the research is enhancing
the participants’ education and will make it more
likely that the participants will continue their studies
in mathematics or science; and
(F) a description of how the funds will be spent.
(2) In evaluating the applications submitted under
this subsection, the Director shall consider—
(A) the ability of the applicant to effectively
carry out the proposed program;
(B) the extent to which the proposed program
will enhance the participants’ education and encour-
age them to continue the study of mathematics or
science; and
(C) the extent to which the proposed program
will provide opportunities that would not otherwise be
available to students.
(3) The Director shall ensure, to the extent practicable,
that the program established under this section serves stu-
dents in a wide range of geographic areas and in rural,
suburban, and urban schools.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to the National Science
Foundation to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 2002 through 2004.
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘elementary school’’ has the mean-
ing given that term by section 14101(14) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8801(14)).
(2) The term ‘‘secondary school’’ has the mean-
ing given that term by section 14101(25) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8801(25)).
(3) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’
has the meaning given that term by section 101 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
Union Calendar No. 75
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 100
[Report No. 107–133, Part I]
A BILL
To establish and expand programs relating to
science, mathematics, engineering, and tech-
nology education, and for other purposes.
JULY 11, 2001
Reported from the Committee on Science with an
amendment
JULY 11, 2001
Referral to the Committee on Education and the Work-
force extended for a period ending not later than July
11, 2001
JULY 11, 2001
The Committee on Education and the Workforce dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be
printed