3.0.0 2598 2023-01-11T13:22:43Z 2023-01-11T13:22:43Z House H HR 2011-07-20 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BISHOP of New York:H.R. 2598.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clauses 1, 3, and 18 of Section 8 of Article I of theConstitution.[Page H5285]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2011-09-08T16:46:18Z Referred to 2011-07-20T14:00:42Z STEM Master Teacher Corps Act of 2011 112 758 S 2011-04-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2382-2383) Related bill CRS 2011-09-08 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Committee 2011-07-20 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2011-07-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-07-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001242 Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] Timothy Bishop D NY H. 1 N Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Performance measurement Science and engineering education Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2011-07-20 Introduced in House 2011-07-25T18:21:06Z STEM Master Teacher Corps Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive, matching five-year grants to consortia of local educational agencies (LEAs) or states, acting in partnership with institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations to establish a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Master Teacher Corps program.

Requires grantees to: (1) select exemplary elementary and secondary school STEM teachers for membership in the STEM Master Teacher Corps; (2) provide those teachers with compensation that supplements their base salaries; (3) provide, and track the effectiveness of, research-based training for Corps members; (4) provide discretionary resources for Corps members at high-need schools to use; (5) help coordinate instructional leadership and mentoring roles for Corps members; and (6) facilitate efforts by Corps members to inform STEM education policy at the national, state, and local levels.

Gives grant priority to applicants that intend to include: (1) large numbers of teachers in the STEM Master Teacher Corps; and (2) rural schools, particularly high-need rural schools, in the area they serve.

Requires grantees to ensure that at least 75% of their STEM Master Teacher Corps are teachers at high-need schools.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, to: (1) evaluate the STEM Master Teacher Corps program; (2) identify optimal strategies for designing and advancing such program; and (3) identify best practices for developing, supporting, and retaining STEM teachers based on lessons learned from the program.

]]> STEM Master Teacher Corps Act Display Title STEM Master Teacher Corps Act Official Title as Introduced To establish a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced STEM Master Teacher Corps Act Introduced in House 2011-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2598ih/xml/BILLS-112hr2598ih.xml 2011-09-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. 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.