Title: Building STEAM Education Act of 2019
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Building STEAM Education Act of 2019
This bill requires (1) the STEM Education Advisory Panel to consider ways of integrating art and design into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education programs to promote innovation; (2) the National Science Foundation's Math and Science Partnership program to develop a STEM educational curriculum that incorporates art and design to promote creativity and innovation; and (3) teacher institutes for the 21st century, which provide professional development to teachers, to have a component that includes the integration of art and design principles and processes.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3308 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3308

   To amend the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act and the 
 National Science Foundation Act of 2002 to incorporate art and design 
                 into certain STEM education programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2019

 Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Mr. Langevin, and Ms. Stefanik) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, 
 Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education 
 and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act and the 
 National Science Foundation Act of 2002 to incorporate art and design 
                 into certain STEM education programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Building STEAM Education Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. INCORPORATION OF ART AND DESIGN INTO CERTAIN STEM EDUCATION 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) STEM Education Advisory Panel Considerations.--Section 
303(c)(2) of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (42 U.S.C. 
6621 note) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(J) ways to integrate art and design in STEM 
                education programs to promote innovation.''.
    (b) National Science Foundation Mathematics and Science Education 
Program.--Section 9(a) of the National Science Foundation Authorization 
Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 1862n(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (M), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (N) as 
                subparagraph (O); and
                    (C) after subparagraph (M), by inserting the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(N) developing science, technology, engineering, 
                and mathematics educational curriculum that 
                incorporates art and design to promote creativity and 
                innovation; and''; and
            (2) in paragraph (10)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (xi), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (xii), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) after clause (xii), by inserting the following 
                new clause:
                            ``(xiii) have a component that includes the 
                        integration of art and design principles and 
                        processes.''.
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