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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘STEM Education Co-
ordination Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘STEM’’ means science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathematics. 
SEC. 3. COORDINATION OF FEDERAL STEM EDUCATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy shall establish a committee 
under the National Science and Technology Council with 
the responsibility to coordinate Federal programs and ac-
tivities in support of STEM education, including at the 
National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the 
Department of Education, and all other Federal agencies 
that have programs and activities in support of STEM 
education. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMITTEE.—The 
committee established under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) coordinate the STEM education activities 
and programs of the Federal agencies; 
(2) develop, implement through the partici-
pating agencies, and update once every 5 years a 5- 
year STEM education strategic plan, which shall— 
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(A) specify and prioritize annual and long- 
term objectives; 
(B) specify the common metrics that will 
be used to assess progress toward achieving the 
objectives; 
(C) describe the approaches that will be 
taken by each participating agency to assess the 
effectiveness of its STEM education programs 
and activities; and 
(D) with respect to subparagraph (A), de-
scribe the role of each agency in supporting 
programs and activities designed to achieve the 
objectives; and 
(3) establish, periodically update, and maintain 
an inventory of federally sponsored STEM education 
programs and activities, including documentation of 
assessments of the effectiveness of such programs 
and activities and rates of participation by underrep-
resented minorities in such programs and activities. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF OSTP.—The Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall encour-
age and monitor the efforts of the participating agencies 
to ensure that the strategic plan under subsection (b)(2) 
is developed and executed effectively and that the objec-
tives of the strategic plan are met. 
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(d) REPORT.—The Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy shall transmit a report annually to 
Congress at the time of the President’s budget request de-
scribing the plan required under subsection (b)(2). The 
annual report shall include— 
(1) a description of the STEM education pro-
grams and activities for the previous and current fis-
cal years, and the proposed programs and activities 
under the President’s budget request, of each par-
ticipating Federal agency; 
(2) the levels of funding for each participating 
Federal agency for the programs and activities de-
scribed under paragraph (1) for the previous fiscal 
year and under the President’s budget request; 
(3) except for the initial annual report, a de-
scription of the progress made in carrying out the 
implementation plan, including a description of the 
outcome of any program assessments completed in 
the previous year, and any changes made to that 
plan since the previous annual report; and 
(4) a description of how the participating Fed-
eral agencies will disseminate information about fed-
erally supported resources for STEM education 
practitioners, including teacher professional develop-
ment programs, to States and to STEM education 
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practitioners, including to teachers and administra-
tors in schools that meet the criteria described in 
subsection (c)(1) (A) and (B) of section 3175 of the 
Department of Energy Science Education Enhance-
ment Act (42 U.S.C. 7381j(c)(1) (A) and (B)). 
Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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