3.0.0 5502 2023-01-13T04:48:25Z 2023-01-13T04:48:25Z House H HR 2006-05-25 109 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-05-25T14:02:15Z Innovation and Competitiveness Act 109 4845 HR 2006-03-02 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Science, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, 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. Related bill CRS 2006-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2006-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001159 Rep. McMorris, Cathy [R-WA-5] Cathy McMorris R WA 5 N M001157 Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] Michael McCaul R TX T. 10 2006-09-29 False Education Academic performance Armed Forces and National Security Auditing Chinese language Commerce Community and school Computer literacy Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Economic security Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational innovations Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Engineering Engineers Federal aid to education Federally-guaranteed loans Finance and Financial Sector Fund raising Government Operations and Politics Government lending Government paperwork Government publicity Graduate education Higher education Infrastructure Interest Japanese language Language and languages Life sciences Mathematics Mentoring Nonprofit organizations Public-private partnerships Recruiting of employees Russian language Scholarships School districts Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Scientists Secondary education Social Welfare Student loan funds Teacher education Teacher supply and demand Teachers Technical education Education 00 2006-05-25 Introduced in House 2006-06-07T20:42:50Z Strengthening America's Innovation and Competitiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to states and to partnerships of institutions of higher education and high need local educational agencies (LEAs) to implement strategies to increase the number of teachers qualified to teach advanced placement and pre-advanced placement courses in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages.

Replaces the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship program with the Robert C. Byrd Mathematics and Science Honors Scholarship program.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award funds to a private nonprofit organization to administer, through a public-private partnership, a Mathematics and Science Honors Scholarships program for postsecondary and graduate students who commit to five consecutive years of service in a science, engineering, or mathematics field.

Authorizes the Secretary to cover the student loan interest obligations of mathematics, science, or engineering professionals and elementary and secondary school teachers who make such an obligation.

Authorizes grants to states for: (1) activities promoting the professional development of elementary and secondary school teachers; and (2) state mathematics and science education coordinating councils where education, business, and community leaders collaborate to improve teacher recruitment and training and student performance in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Authorizes grants to LEAs and public or private educational organizations to recruit and train individuals outside of the elementary and secondary education system who have expertise in mathematics, science, and critical foreign languages to teach such subjects at secondary schools on an adjunct basis.

Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to partnerships of institutions of higher education and LEAs to: (1) establish elementary and secondary school critical foreign language teacher recruitment and preparation programs; and (2) provide innovative critical language learning opportunities for students.

]]> Strengthening America's Innovation and Competitiveness Act Display Title Strengthening America's Innovation and Competitiveness Act Official Title as Introduced To improve the academic competitiveness of students in the United States. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening America's Innovation and Competitiveness Act Introduced in House 2006-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5502ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5502ih.xml 2006-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.