secondary school personnel to support gifted and tal-
ented students; and 
(4) ensure that statistical data related to the 
education of gifted and talented children in kinder-
garten through grade 12 in the United States and 
in other nations is collected, reported, analyzed, and 
disseminated. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 9101 (20 U.S.C. 7801) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (19) through 
(42) and paragraph (43) as paragraphs (20) 
through (43) and paragraph (45), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (18) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(19) EXCELLENCE GAP.—The term ‘excellence 
gap’ means differences in the percentage of students 
performing at the highest level of achievement de-
scribed in section 1111(b)(1)(D)(ii) between dif-
ferent 
subgroups 
described 
in 
section 
1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II).’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (43), as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1), the following: 
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‘‘(44) TEACHING SKILLS.—The term ‘teaching 
skills’ has the meaning given the term in section 200 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965.’’. 
SEC. 502. AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS. 
(a) COORDINATION
OF
FEDERAL
STEM EDU-
CATION.—Section 101(b) of the America COMPETES 
Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6621(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the first subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (5)(D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (6), the 
following: 
‘‘(7) encourage participating agencies to develop 
and implement activities and programs that support 
advanced students in kindergarten through grade 
12, including advanced students who are from low- 
income families and advanced students from other 
groups that are underrepresented in the STEM 
fields, in order to promote advanced students’ pur-
suit of careers in STEM fields.’’; and 
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(2) by redesignating the second subsection (b) 
and subsection (c) as subsection (c) and subsection 
(d), respectively. 
(b) LABORATORY COOPERATIVE SCIENCE CENTERS 
& OTHER AUTHORIZED EDUCATION ACTIVITIES.—Sec-
tion 3164 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 1991 (42 U.S.C. 7381b(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5) by inserting ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall determine which students are eligible to 
participate in such mathematics and science edu-
cation programs based on the academic achievement 
of such students.’’ after ‘‘development facilities.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (13) by inserting ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall determine which middle-school students 
are eligible to participate in such prefreshman en-
richment program based on the academic achieve-
ment of such students.’’ after ‘‘by universities on 
their campuses.’’. 
(c) ADVANCED PLACEMENT
AND INTERNATIONAL 
BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS.—Section 6123 of the Amer-
ica COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. 9833) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
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(B) in paragraph (2) by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) the availability of Advanced Placement or 
International Baccalaureate mathematics, science, 
and critical foreign language courses earlier than is 
typical to students who are prepared for such 
work.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (F) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) how the eligible entity will make Ad-
vanced Placement or International Bacca-
laureate mathematics, science, and critical for-
eign language courses available earlier than is 
typical to students who are prepared for such 
work.’’. 
SEC. 503. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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