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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5141 
To provide for the establishment of a program at the National Science 
Foundation to increase up to 10,000 per year the number of elementary 
and secondary science and mathematics teachers through a scholarship 
program encouraging students to obtain science, technology, engineering, 
and mathematics degrees with teacher certification, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2006 
Mr. HOLT (for himself, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. ZOE 
LOFGREN of California, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. OWENS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
GRIJALVA, 
Ms. 
JACKSON-LEE
of 
Texas, 
Mr. 
HINOJOSA, 
Mr. 
MCDERMOTT, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. MCINTYRE, and Mr. INSLEE) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Science 
A BILL 
To provide for the establishment of a program at the Na-
tional Science Foundation to increase up to 10,000 per 
year the number of elementary and secondary science 
and mathematics teachers through a scholarship program 
encouraging students to obtain science, technology, engi-
neering, and mathematics degrees with teacher certifi-
cation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accelerating the Cre-
ation of Teachers of Influence for Our Nation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The National Science Foun-
dation shall establish a program to provide scholarships 
to students in science, engineering, or mathematics pro-
grams with certification for elementary or secondary 
teaching. 
(b) AMOUNT
OF
SCHOLARSHIP.—A scholarship 
award under this section shall be an amount sufficient to 
cover the cost of tuition, room and board, and fees at the 
institution of higher education the student is attending, 
not to exceed $20,000 per year. 
(c) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Scholarships shall be 
awarded under this section on the basis of merit, with con-
sideration given to financial need and the goal of providing 
support to members of underrepresented groups within the 
meaning of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportuni-
ties Act. 
(d) LIMITATION.—A student may not receive scholar-
ships under this section for more than 5 years of under-
graduate study. 
(e) PROBATION.—A student that has received schol-
arship support under this section for a year who receives 
a grade of D or fails a course during that year shall be 
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notified by the National Science Foundation that the stu-
dent is being placed on probation. 
(f) TERMINATION.—A student that has received 
scholarship support under this section for a year who fails 
a course during that year, after having been placed on pro-
bation under subsection (e), shall forfeit the scholarship, 
and all scholarship amounts received by that student 
under this section shall be treated as a student loan as 
provided in subsection (h). 
(g) SERVICE OBLIGATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2) or subsection (i), not later than 6 years 
after graduation from a program for which a stu-
dent has received scholarship assistance under this 
section— 
(A) if the student has received 3 or more 
years of such assistance, the student shall com-
plete 5 years of service as an elementary or sec-
ondary science or mathematics teacher; and 
(B) if the student has received fewer than 
3 years of such assistance, the student shall 
complete 3 years of service as an elementary or 
secondary science or mathematics teacher. 
(2) SPECIAL SERVICE.—If all service under this 
subsection is performed at a school eligible for as-
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sistance under section 1114 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314), 
the length of the obligation under paragraph (1)(A) 
or (B) shall be reduced by 1 year. 
(h) FORFEITURE OF SCHOLARSHIP.— 
(1) CONSEQUENCES.—A student who forfeits a 
scholarship provided under this section shall be lia-
ble to the United States for repayment of the full 
amount of scholarship assistance received, in accord-
ance with paragraph (3). 
(2) GROUNDS
FOR
FORFEITURE.—A student 
forfeits a scholarship provided under this section if 
the student— 
(A) withdraws from the degree program 
for which the scholarship was awarded without 
transfer to a comparable program within the 
scope of this Act, or in a comparable program 
within the scope of this Act at another institu-
tion of higher education; 
(B) fails 2 classes as described in sub-
sections (e) and (f); 
(C) declares that the service obligation 
under subsection (g) will not be fulfilled; or 
(D) fails to fulfill the service obligation 
under subsection (g). 
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(3) REPAYMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), in the case of forfeiture, re-
payment shall be required for the full amount 
of scholarship assistance received by the stu-
dent plus the interest on such amounts that 
would be payable if at the time the amounts 
were received they were a loan bearing interest 
at the prevailing rate for student loans. 
(B) PARTIAL FAILURE TO MEET SERVICE 
OBLIGATION.—In the case of a forfeiture on 
grounds described in paragraph (2)(C) or (D)— 
(i) if the student received 3 or more 
years of scholarship assistance under this 
section, repayment shall be required for 
the amount of assistance received reduced 
by 1⁄5 of the total amount for each year of 
service obligation completed, plus the inter-
est on such reduced amounts that would be 
payable if at the time the amounts were re-
ceived they were a loan bearing interest at 
the prevailing rate for student loans; and 
(ii) if the student received fewer than 
3 years of scholarship assistance under 
this section, repayment shall be required 
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for the amount of assistance received re-
duced by 1⁄3 of the total amount for each 
year of service obligation completed, plus 
the interest on such reduced amounts that 
would be payable if at the time the 
amounts were received they were a loan 
bearing interest at the prevailing rate for 
student loans. 
(C) WAIVER.—The Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation may provide a partial 
or complete waiver of the requirement under 
this paragraph if a student will suffer extreme 
hardship, if compliance is impossible, or if re-
quiring repayment would be unconscionable. 
(i) MASTER’S DEGREE OPTION.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY.—A student who has received 
1 or more years of scholarship assistance under this 
section may apply for additional scholarship assist-
ance for up to 2 years in a Master’s program in 
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. 
(2) SERVICE OBLIGATION.—For each year of 
scholarship assistance received under paragraph (1), 
a student’s service obligation under subsection (g) 
shall increase by 1 year. If all service under this 
paragraph and subsection (g) combined is performed 
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at a school eligible for assistance under section 1114 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6314), the length of the obligation 
under this paragraph shall be reduced by 1 year. 
(j) SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND.—There shall be es-
tablished in the Treasury of the United States a trust 
fund, into which shall be deposited all gifts and donations 
received by the National Science Foundation in support 
of the program under this section. Amounts in the trust 
fund may be used, to the extent provided in appropriations 
Acts, for carrying out this section. 
(k) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science 
Foundation for carrying out this section— 
(1) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
(2) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(3) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
(4) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 
(5) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
SEC. 3. UNIVERSITY GRANTS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Director of 
the National Science Foundation shall establish a program 
to award annual grants of $1,000,000 to institutions of 
higher education (or a consortia of such institutions) to 
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develop and implement programs that will provide all of 
the following: 
(1) Undergraduate science, mathematics, and 
engineering degrees. 
(2) Elementary or secondary teacher certifi-
cation. 
(3) Professional development and mentoring ac-
tivities. 
(b) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Director shall annu-
ally award grants under this section on a competitive 
basis. The Director shall seek to achieve a balanced dis-
tribution of awards on the basis of geographic location and 
the size of the institutions of higher education. In weigh-
ing the merits of grant proposals, the Director shall con-
sider— 
(1) the ability of the applicant to carry out the 
proposed program; 
(2) the size and quality of education and 
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 
faculty, and postdoctoral fellows in those depart-
ments; 
(3) the degree to which the proposed program 
will enable students to become and remain successful 
elementary and secondary mathematics and science 
teachers; and 
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(4) the ability of the applicant to recruit stu-
dents who would otherwise not pursue a career in 
teaching. 
(c) PREFERENCE.—The Director shall give pref-
erence to applicants whose proposals include— 
(1) curriculum based on cognitive psychology 
and the science of how students learn; 
(2) structured mentoring program with a highly 
qualified teacher in the field of the student; 
(3) summer internships with researchers in the 
science, mathematics, or engineering field of the stu-
dent; 
(4) mentored classroom teaching experience; 
(5) use of educational technology with instruc-
tion included within the curriculum; 
(6) practical courses in the teaching of science 
and mathematics; 
(7) partnerships with private sector entities 
that include— 
(A) financial or in-kind contributions to 
the financing of the internships; 
(B) mentoring activities; 
(C) professional development programs in-
cluding professional meetings; and 
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(D) collaboration with local schools, edu-
cation groups, youth organizations, museums, 
and libraries; 
(8) partnerships with other institutions of high-
er education to facilitate the sharing of faculty and 
implementation of mentoring activities; and 
(9) mechanisms to recruit underrepresented 
groups into the program. 
(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—An institution of higher 
education may only receive a grant under this section if 
it will provide at least $200,000 during the fiscal year for 
which the grant is awarded toward the development and 
implementation of the program for which the grant is 
awarded. 
(e) LIMITATION.—An institution of higher education 
may not receive more than 3 annual grants under this sec-
tion. 
(f) MONITORING.—The Director shall monitor the 
success of the each program receiving assistance under 
this section to determine eligibility for competitive re-
newal, including site visits when necessary. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the National Science 
Foundation— 
(1) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; 
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(2) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; 
(3) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 
(4) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and 
(5) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
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