3.0.0 565 2023-01-11T13:29:00Z 2023-01-11T13:29:00Z House HR 2015-01-27 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HONDA:H.R. 565.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:section 8 of article I of the Constitution[Page H640]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee Referred to 2015-04-29T14:10:31Z hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee Referred to 2015-04-29T13:44:04Z Referred to 2015-01-27T17:00:30Z 2015-04-29 hsed13 Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcomittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Committee 2015-04-29 hsed14 Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Committee 2015-01-27 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2015-01-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-01-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001034 Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] MICHAEL HONDA D CA M. 17 N C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2015-01-27 True C001084 Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] David Cicilline D RI N. 1 2015-01-27 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] BARBARA LEE D CA 13 2015-01-27 True L000579 Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47] Alan Lowenthal D CA S. 47 2015-01-27 True M001137 Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] GREGORY MEEKS D NY W. 5 2015-01-27 True P000607 Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] Mark Pocan D WI 2 2015-01-27 True R000486 Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD D CA 40 2015-01-27 True R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] TIM RYAN D OH 13 2015-01-27 True S001177 Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large] Gregorio Sablan D MP Kilili Camacho 0 2015-01-27 True S001175 Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] Jackie Speier D CA 14 2015-01-27 True T000472 Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] Mark Takano D CA 41 2015-01-27 True B001251 Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1] G. K. Butterfield D NC 1 2015-02-04 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2015-02-04 False E000288 Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] Keith Ellison D MN 5 2015-02-04 False S001193 Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] Eric Swalwell D CA 15 2015-02-24 False P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 9 2015-04-14 False L000560 Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] RICK LARSEN D WA 2 2015-05-12 False C001078 Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] Gerald Connolly D VA E. 11 2015-11-30 False F000454 Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] Bill Foster D IL 11 2015-12-08 False L000559 Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] JAMES LANGEVIN D RI R. 2 2016-09-12 False Education Academic performance and assessments Department of Education Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Higher education Performance measurement Research and development Rural conditions and development Science and engineering education Teaching, teachers, curricula Vocational and technical education Education 00 2015-01-27 Introduced in House 2015-02-18T15:08:15Z Stepping Up to STEM Education Act

Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish an Advanced Research Projects Agency for Education within the Department of Education to pursue breakthrough research and development in educational technology and to facilitate the effective use of that technology to improve student achievement.

Directs the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to state-based science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science (STEM) networks or similar organizations of STEM stakeholders to increase students' achievement in the STEM disciplines in elementary and secondary schools and in out of school and afterschool programs.

Includes among grant uses:

  • testing, sharing, and scaling up STEM education research, promising practices, and exemplary programs;
  • identifying state STEM education weaknesses and prioritizing strategies to address them;
  • implementing rigorous career and college ready standards in STEM education;
  • developing and implementing innovative STEM assessments that measure student progress toward those career and college ready standards;
  • promoting and developing pre- and in-service STEM teacher training;
  • developing STEM career pathways and workforce education and training programs that reflect 21st century workforce needs;
  • facilitating the implementation of expanded STEM learning opportunities on school sites; and
  • promoting, supporting, and designing programs that develop STEM content coaches and master educators in order to strengthen core competencies of the classroom practitioner.

Requires grantees to conduct periodic independent evaluations of their effectiveness in accomplishing those activities.

Prohibits the Secretary from: (1) endorsing or approving any STEM curriculum designed for use in an elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education; or (2) requiring a state, local educational agency, or school to adopt a specific STEM program or instructional materials.

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