education, including the number who 
received professional development in 
engineering education; 
(II) the number and types of pre- 
service, induction, and professional 
development engineering and tech-
nology education programs; and 
(III) the effectiveness of the iden-
tified preservice, induction, and pro-
fessional development engineering and 
technology education programs as 
they relate to— 
(aa) 
increasing 
under-
standing of engineering; 
(bb) increasing science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathe-
matics career aspirations; 
(cc) increasing technology 
and engineering literacy skills; 
and 
(dd) 
increasing 
student 
achievement in science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathe-
matics subjects. 
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(C) Create a plan for ongoing collection 
and analysis of data on outcomes, including 
progress toward outcomes. 
(e) SPECIAL RULE.—In the event a State educational 
agency declines or does not submit an application under 
this section, the Secretary of Education shall provide for 
another entity or consortium, with the capacity to carry 
out the activities under this section, in partnership with 
the partners listed in subsection (c), in such State, to sub-
mit an application. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2013 and 2014. 
SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education, 
in consultation with the Director of the National 
Science Foundation and other relevant heads of 
Federal agencies, is authorized to award grants to 
State educational agencies to pay the Federal share 
of the cost of implementing innovative, integrative 
engineering education initiatives into K–12 instruc-
tion and curriculum. 
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(2) PARTNERSHIP.—A State educational agency 
receiving an implementation grant under this section 
may partner with such entities (including the enti-
ties listed in section 4(c)) that the State chooses in 
order to carry out the activities described in this sec-
tion. 
(b) MINIMUM AMOUNT.—The Secretary of Education 
shall award a grant under this section in an amount that 
is a comparably sufficient amount relative to the amounts 
appropriated to carry out this section. 
(c) DURATION AND RENEWAL.— 
(1) DURATION.—The Secretary of Education 
shall award grants under this section for not more 
than 2 years. 
(2) RENEWAL.—The Secretary of Education 
may renew a grant awarded under this section sub-
ject to the progress of the State educational agency 
in meeting the benchmarks described in subsection 
(i). 
(d) PRIORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants under 
this section, the Secretary of Education shall give 
priority to State educational agencies that submit an 
application 
under 
subsection 
(e) 
that 
dem-
onstrates— 
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(A) satisfaction of the required activities or 
comparable activities under section 4(d), as de-
termined by the Secretary; 
(B) that a significant percentage of per-
sons served by the grant will be students from 
population underrepresented in engineering 
fields; and 
(C) that the State’s partners under sub-
section (a)(2) agree to pay a portion of the non- 
Federal share costs, provided in cash or in-kind, 
of the programs and activities carried out under 
the grant. 
(2) SMALL STATE GUARANTEE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In each fiscal year in 
which a grant is awarded under this section, 
the Secretary of Education shall ensure that 
not less than 1 grant be awarded to a State 
with a population of less than 2,600,000 on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Education 
may waive the requirement under subparagraph 
(A) after notifying Congress of such intention. 
(e) APPLICATIONS.—A State educational agency that 
desires to receive a grant under this section shall submit 
an application to the Secretary of Education at such time, 
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in such manner, and containing such information as the 
Secretary of Education may require. Each such applica-
tion shall include a description of— 
(1) how the State educational agency will inte-
grate engineering education into K–12 instruction 
and curriculum through programs and activities de-
scribed in subsections (f) and (g); and 
(2) the benchmarks developed under subsection 
(i). 
(f) USES OF FUNDS.—A State educational agency 
that receives a grant under this section shall use the grant 
funds to pay the Federal share of carrying out the fol-
lowing programs and activities in collaboration with the 
State’s partners under subsection (a)(2): 
(1) Implementing challenging academic content 
standards, achievement standards, and curricula 
frameworks that include engineering. 
(2) Developing new or obtaining effective cur-
ricula in engineering education. 
(3) Designing and implementing engineering 
education assessment items and tools. 
(4) Developing or improving elementary and 
secondary teacher preservice, induction, and profes-
sional development engineering and technology edu-
cation programs, including those that lead to a cer-
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