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TITLE 
II—SCIENCE, 
TECH-
NOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND 
MATHEMATICS 
SEC. 201. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) According to the National Science Board’s 
Science and Engineering Indicators, the science and 
engineering workforce has shown sustained growth 
for more than half a century, and workers with 
science and engineering degrees tend to earn more 
than comparable workers in other fields. 
(2) According to the Program for International 
Student Assessment 2012 results, America lags be-
hind many other nations in STEM education. Amer-
ican students rank 21st in science and 26th in 
mathematics. 
(3) Junior Achievement USA and ING found a 
decrease of 25 percent in the percentage of teenage 
students interested in STEM careers. 
(4) According to a 2007 report from the De-
partment of Labor, industries and firms dependent 
on a strong science and mathematics workforce have 
launched a variety of programs that target K–12 
students and undergraduate and graduate students 
in STEM fields. 
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(5) The Federal Government spends nearly $3 
billion annually on STEM education related program 
and activities, but encouraging STEM education ac-
tivities beyond the scope of the Federal Government, 
including privately sponsored competitions and pro-
grams in our schools, is crucial to the future tech-
nical and economic competitiveness of the United 
States. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) more effective coordination and adoption of 
performance measurement based on objective out-
comes for federally supported STEM programs is 
needed; 
(2) leveraging private and nonprofit invest-
ments in STEM education will be essential to 
strengthening the Federal STEM portfolio; 
(3) strengthening the Federal STEM portfolio 
may require program consolidations and termi-
nations, but such changes should be based on evi-
dence with stakeholder input; 
(4) coordinating STEM programs and activities 
across the Federal Government in order to limit du-
plication and engage stakeholders in STEM pro-
grams and related activities for which objective out-
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comes can be measured will bolster results of Fed-
eral STEM education programs, improve the return 
on taxpayers’ investments in STEM education pro-
grams, and in turn strengthen the United States 
economy; and 
(5) as the Committee on STEM Education im-
plements the 5-year Strategic Plan for Federal 
STEM education required under section 101(b)(5) 
of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 
2010 (42 U.S.C. 6621(b)(5)), STEM education 
stakeholders must be engaged and outcome-based 
evaluation metrics should be considered in the co-
ordination and consolidation efforts for the Federal 
STEM portfolio. 
SEC. 202. STEM EDUCATION ADVISORY PANEL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish 
or designate a STEM Education Advisory Panel that in-
corporates key stakeholders from the education and indus-
try sectors. The co-chairs shall be members of the Presi-
dent’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. 
(b) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Advisory Panel estab-
lished or designated by the President under subsection (a) 
shall consist primarily of members from academic institu-
tions, nonprofit organizations, and industry and shall in-
clude in-school, out-of-school, and informal educational 
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practitioners. Members of the Advisory Panel shall be 
qualified to provide advice and information on STEM edu-
cation research, development, training, implementation, 
interventions, professional development, or workforce 
needs or concerns. In selecting or designating an Advisory 
Panel, the President may also seek and give consideration 
to recommendations from the Congress, industry, the sci-
entific community (including the National Academy of 
Sciences, scientific professional societies, and academia), 
State and local governments, and other appropriate orga-
nizations. The Advisory Panel shall consist of 15 mem-
bers, with 3 members appointed by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and 2 members appointed by the 
Majority Leader of the Senate. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Advisory Panel shall advise the 
President, the Committee on STEM Education, and the 
STEM Education Coordinating Office established under 
section 204 on matters relating to STEM education, and 
shall each year provide general guidance to every Federal 
agency with STEM education programs or activities, in-
cluding in the preparation of requests for appropriations 
for activities related to STEM education. The Advisory 
Panel shall also assess and develop recommendations 
for— 
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(1) progress made in implementing the STEM 
education Strategic Plan required under section 101 
of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 
2010 (42 U.S.C. 6621), and any needs or opportuni-
ties to update the strategic plan; 
(2) the management, coordination, and imple-
mentation of STEM education programs and activi-
ties across the Federal Government; 
(3) the appropriateness of criteria used by Fed-
eral agencies to evaluate the effectiveness of Federal 
STEM education programs and activities; 
(4) ways to leverage private and nonprofit 
STEM investments and encourage public-private 
partnerships to strengthen STEM education and 
help build the STEM workforce pipeline; 
(5) ways to incorporate workforce needs into 
Federal STEM education programs, particularly for 
specific fields of national interest and areas experi-
encing high unemployment rates; 
(6) ways to better vertically and horizontally in-
tegrate Federal STEM programs and activities from 
pre-K through graduate study and the workforce, 
and from in-school to out-of-school in order to im-
prove transitions for students moving through the 
STEM pipeline; 
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