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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Nanotechnology in the Schools Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The rapidly growing field of nanotechnology is
generating scientific and technological breakthroughs that will
benefit society by improving the way many things are designed
and made.
(2) Nanotechnology is likely to have a significant,
positive impact on the security, economic well-being, and
health of Americans as fields related to nanotechnology expand.
(3) In order to maximize the benefits of nanotechnology to
individuals in the United States, the United States must
maintain world leadership in the field of nanotechnology,
including nanoscience and microtechnology, in the face of
determined competition from other nations.
(4) According to the National Science Foundation, foreign
students on temporary visas earned 32 percent of all science
and engineering doctorates awarded in the United States in
2003, the last year for which data is available. Foreign
students earned 55 percent of the engineering doctorates. Many
of these students expressed an intent to return to their
country of origin after completing their study.
(5) To maintain world leadership in nanotechnology, the
United States must make a long-term investment in educating
United States students in secondary schools and institutions of
higher education, so that the students are able to conduct
nanoscience research and develop and commercialize
nanotechnology applications.
(6) Preparing United States students for careers in
nanotechnology, including nanoscience, requires that the
students have access to the necessary scientific tools,
including scanning electron microscopes designed for teaching,
and requires training to enable teachers and professors to use
those tools in the classroom and the laboratory.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to strengthen the capacity
of United States secondary schools and institutions of higher education
to prepare students for careers in nanotechnology by providing grants
to those schools and institutions to provide the tools necessary for
such preparation.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Eligible institution.--The term ''eligible
institution'' means an institution that is--
(A) a public or charter secondary school that
offers 1 or more advanced placement science courses or
international baccalaureate science courses;
(B) a community college, as defined in section 3301
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 7011); or
(C) a 4-year institution of higher education or a
branch, within the meaning of section 498 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099c), of such an
institution.
(2) Institution of higher education; secondary school;
secretary.--The terms ''institution of higher education'',
''secondary school'', and ''Secretary'' have the meanings given
the terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
(3) Qualified nanotechnology equipment.--The term
''qualified nanotechnology equipment'' means equipment,
instrumentation, or hardware that is--
(A) used for teaching nanotechnology in the
classroom; and
(B) manufactured in the United States at least 50
percent from articles, materials, or supplies that are
mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be,
in the United States.

SEC. 4. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

(a) In General.--The Director of the National Science Foundation
(referred to in this Act as the ''Director'') shall establish a
nanotechnology in the schools program to strengthen the capacity of
eligible institutions to provide instruction in nanotechnology. In
carrying out the program, the Director shall award grants of not more
than $150,000 to eligible institutions to provide such instruction.
(b) Activities Supported.--
(1) In general.--An eligible institution shall use a grant
awarded under this Act--
(A) to acquire qualified nanotechnology equipment
and software designed for teaching students about
nanotechnology in the classroom;
(B) to develop and provide educational services,
including carrying out faculty development, to prepare
students or faculty seeking a degree or certificate
that is approved by the State, or a regional
accrediting body recognized by the Secretary of
Education; and
(C) to provide teacher education and certification
to individuals who seek to acquire or enhance
technology skills in order to use nanotechnology in the
classroom or instructional process.
(2) Limitation.--
(A) Uses.--Not more than /4\ of the amount of the
funds made available through a grant awarded under this
Act may be used for software, educational services, or
teacher education and certification as described in
this subsection.
(B) Programs.--In the case of a grant awarded under
this Act to a community college or institution of
higher education, the funds made available through the
grant may be used only in undergraduate programs.
(c) Applications and Selection.--
(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this Act, an eligible institution shall submit an application
to the Director at such time, in such manner, and accompanied
by such information as the Director may reasonably require.
(2) Procedure.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish a procedure
for accepting such applications and publish an announcement of
such procedure, including a statement regarding the
availability of funds, in the Federal Register.
(3) Selection.--In selecting eligible institutions to
receive grants under this Act, and encouraging eligible
institutions to apply for such grants, the Director shall, to
the greatest extent practicable--
(A) select eligible entities in geographically
diverse locations;
(B) encourage the application of historically Black
colleges and universities (meaning part B institutions,
as defined in section 322 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061)) and minority institutions (as
defined in section 365 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1067k));
and
(C) select eligible institutions that include
institutions located in States participating in the
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
(commonly known as ''EPSCoR'').
(d) Matching Requirement and Limitation.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Requirement.--The Director may not award a
grant to an eligible institution under this Act unless
such institution agrees that, with respect to the costs
to be incurred by the institution in carrying out the
program for which the grant was awarded, such
institution will make available (directly or through
donations from public or private entities) non-Federal
contributions in an amount equal to /4\ of the amount
of the grant.
(B) Waiver.--The Director shall waive the matching
requirement described in subparagraph (A) for any
institution with no endowment, or an endowment that has
a dollar value lower than $5,000,000, as of the date of
the waiver.
(2) Limitation.--
(A) Branches.--If a branch described in section
3(1)(C) receives a grant under this Act that exceeds
$100,000, that branch shall not be eligible, until 2
years after the date of receipt of the grant, to
receive another grant under this Act.
(B) Other eligible institutions.--If an eligible
institution other than a branch referred to in
subparagraph (A) receives a grant under this Act that
exceeds $100,000, that institution shall not be
eligible, until 2 years after the date of receipt of
the grant, to receive another grant under this Act.

SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORT AND EVALUATION.

(a) Report by Institutions.--Each institution that receives a grant
under this Act shall prepare and submit a report to the Director, not
later than 1 year after the date of receipt of the grant, on its use of
the grant funds.
(b) Review and Evaluation.--
(1) Review.--The Director shall annually review the reports
submitted under subsection (a).
(2) Evaluation.--At the end of every third year, the
Director shall evaluate the program authorized by this Act on
the basis of those reports. The Director, in the evaluation,
shall describe the activities carried out by the institutions
receiving grants under this Act and shall assess the short-
range and long-range impact of the activities carried out under
the grants on the students, faculty, and staff of the
institutions.
(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than 6 months after conducting
an evaluation under subsection (b), the Director shall prepare and
submit a report to Congress based on the evaluation. In the report, the
Director shall include such recommendations, including recommendations
concerning the continuing need for Federal support of the program
carried out under this Act, as may be appropriate.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director to carry
out this Act $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal years 2009 through 2011.
A:
Nanotechnology in the Schools Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to establish a nanotechnology in the schools program awarding grants to public or charter secondary schools offering advanced science courses and to institutions of higher education, for the purchase of nanotechnology equipment and software and the provision of nanotechnology education to students and teachers.