NDEA-21

Bill: 109-hr-4734
Sponsor: Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2006-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Business education
Career education
College costs
Commerce
Community and school
Computer literacy
Conferences
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuing education
Cultural relations
Curricula
Department of Education
Economics and Public Finance
Educational accountability
Educational exchanges
Educational facilities
Educational research
Educational tests
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Engineering
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Federal aid to education
Federal employees
Federal officials
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Graduate education
Health
Higher education
International Affairs
International competitiveness
International education
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Language and languages
Literacy programs
Mathematics
Medical education
Mentoring
Minorities
Minorities in government
Minority education
Presidential appointments
Public service advertising
Public-private partnerships
Recruiting of employees
Research
Scholarships
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Standards
Student employment
Student loan funds
Teacher education
Teacher salaries
Teacher supply and demand
Teaching materials
Technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: 
21st Century National Defense Education Act or NDEA-21 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a grant program to promote science, technology, engineering, and math education (STEM fields) in kindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools. Authorizes the Secretary to establish a loan forgiveness program for students who have obtained undergraduate degrees in a STEM field and are employed full-time as elementary or secondary school teachers in a STEM field or by the federal government in a position that requires training or education in a STEM field.
 
 Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish (1) a program to promote professional development to ensure effective STEM instruction; (2) Centers of Excellence to develop STEM curricula; (3) a program to promote research experiences for undergraduates in a STEM field; (4) professional science Master's programs at institutions of higher education for national security and economic competitiveness; and (5) support programs for STEM students studying in foreign countries that have languages of critical strategic importance to the United States.
 
Establishes: (1) a national STEM Teaching Fellowship program to encourage teaching careers in STEM fields; (2) a STEM Revitalization Task Force to evaluate and promote STEM programs; and (3) a National STEM Advisor.
 
Establishes: (1) the Office of Teaching Another Language to Kids within the Department of Education to improve foreign language education from kindergarten through 12th grade; (2) the National Foreign Language Coordinating Council in the Executive Office of the President; and (3) the position of National Foreign Language Advisor to find solutions to achieving national foreign language and cultural competency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2006-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
action_date: 2006-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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.
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-08
text: Introduced in House