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and efficacy of the award. Each recipient of an award 
under this section shall include results from these evalua-
tive activities in annual and final project reports. 
(h) ACCOUNTABILITY AND DISSEMINATION.— 
(1) EVALUATION
REQUIRED.—The Director 
shall evaluate the portfolio of awards made under 
this section. Such evaluation shall— 
(A) use a common set of benchmarks and 
tools to assess the results of research conducted 
under such awards and identify best practices; 
and 
(B) to the extent practicable, integrate the 
findings of research resulting from the activities 
funded through such awards with the findings 
of other research on student’s pursuit of de-
grees or careers in STEM. 
(2) REPORT ON EVALUATIONS.—Not later than 
180 days after the completion of the evaluation 
under paragraph (1), the Director shall submit to 
Congress and make widely available to the public a 
report that includes— 
(A) the results of the evaluation; and 
(B) any recommendations for administra-
tive and legislative action that could optimize 
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the effectiveness of the awards made under this 
section. 
(i) FUNDING.—$10,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2025 through 2029 is authorized to be used by the 
Directorate for STEM Education of the National Science 
Foundation to carry out this section. 
SEC. 3. NASEM REPORT ON MATHEMATICAL AND STATIS-
TICAL 
MODELING 
EDUCATION 
IN 
PRE-
KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 12TH GRADE. 
(a) STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall seek to 
enter into an agreement with the National Academies of 
Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (in this section re-
ferred to as ‘‘NASEM’’) (or if NASEM declines to enter 
into such an agreement, another appropriate entity) under 
which NASEM, or such other appropriate entity, agrees 
to conduct a study on the following: 
(1) Factors that enhance or barriers to the im-
plementation of mathematical modeling and statis-
tical modeling in elementary and secondary edu-
cation, including opportunities for and barriers to 
use modeling to integrate mathematical and statis-
tical ideas across the curriculum, including the fol-
lowing: 
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(A) Pathways in mathematical modeling 
and statistical problem solving from kinder-
garten to the workplace so that students are 
able to identify opportunities to use their school 
mathematics and statistics in a variety of jobs 
and life situations and so that employers can 
benefit from students’ school learning of data 
science, computational thinking, mathematics, 
statistics, and related subjects. 
(B) The role of community-based prob-
lems, service-based learning. and internships for 
connecting students with career preparatory ex-
periences. 
(C) Best practices in problem-, project-, 
performance-based learning and assessment. 
(2) Characteristics of teacher education pro-
grams that successfully prepare teachers to engage 
students in mathematical modeling and statistical 
modeling, as well as gaps and suggestions for build-
ing capacity in the pre-service and in-service teacher 
workforce. 
(3) Mechanisms for communication with stake-
holders, including parents, administrators, and the 
public, to promote understanding and knowledge of 
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the value of mathematical modeling and statistical 
modeling in education. 
(b) PUBLIC STAKEHOLDER MEETING.—In the course 
of completing the study described in subsection (a), 
NASEM or such other appropriate entity shall hold not 
less than one public meeting to obtain stakeholder input 
on the topics of such study. 
(c) REPORT.—The agreement under subsection (a) 
shall require NASEM, or such other appropriate entity, 
not later than 24 months after the effective date of such 
agreement, to submit to the Secretary of Education and 
the appropriate committees of jurisdiction of Congress a 
report containing— 
(1) the results of the study conducted under 
subsection (a); 
(2) recommendations to modernize the proc-
esses described in subsection (a)(1); and 
(3) recommendations for such legislative and 
administrative action as NASEM, or such other ap-
propriate entity, determines appropriate. 
(d) FUNDING.—From amounts appropriated or oth-
erwise made available for the Directorate for STEM Edu-
cation of the National Science Foundation, the Director 
shall allocate up to $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 to 
carry out this section. 
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SEC. 4. LIMITATIONS. 
(a) LIMITATION ON FUNDING.—Amounts made avail-
able to carry out sections 2 and 3 shall be derived from 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
National Science Foundation. 
(b) SUNSET.—The authority to provide awards under 
this Act shall expire on September 30, 2028. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 23, 
2024. 
Attest: 
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 
Clerk. 
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