Hispanic Opportunity Program in Education and Science Act

Bill: 114-hr-1924
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2015-04-21
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Education programs funding

Higher education

Minority education

Science and engineering education
Latest action: action_date: 2015-08-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Hispanic Opportunity Program in Education and Science Act</strong></p> <p>Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish a program awarding competitive grants to Hispanic-serving institutions to: (1) enhance the quality of undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education (STEM) at those institutions; and (2) increase the retention and graduation rates of students of such institutions who pursue associate's or baccalaureate degrees in STEM.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1924 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2015 Mr. Serrano (for himself, Mr. Crowley , Mr. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico , Mr. Meeks , Mrs. Lawrence , Mr. Vargas , Mr. Gallego , Ms. Brown of Florida , Ms. Hahn , Mr. Conyers , Mr. Vela , Mr. Takano , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Pierluisi , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Matsui , Mr. Rangel , Mrs. Napolitano , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Cárdenas , Ms. Lee , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Mr. Sires , Mrs. Torres , Mr. Veasey , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Mr. Thompson of California , Mr. Polis , and Mr. Garamendi ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To provide for the establishment of a program by the National Science Foundation to support undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education at Hispanic-serving institutions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Hispanic Opportunity Program in Education and Science Act . 2. Establishment of program Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National Science Foundation shall establish the program described in section 7033 of the America COMPETES Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1862o–12 ) for Hispanic-serving institutions (as defined in section 502 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1101a )).