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HR 5458 109th Congress House Education Camping Colleges Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Federal aid to education Higher education Mathematics Nonprofit organizations Scholarships School districts Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Secondary education Social Welfare Sports and Recreation Technical education Urban affairs

To provide for the National Science Foundation to make grants for the establishment of summer science and mathematics camps for middle school and high school students.

Introduced: May 23, 2006 Introduced by: Green, Al Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Sep 12, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
May 23, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Science.
May 23, 2006
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to award grants to institutions of higher education or eligible nonprofit organizations to develop and operate summer camps designed to interest and instruct middle and high school students in science, mathematics, and technology. Conditions a nonprofit organization's eligibility on its expertise and experience in providing the public with informal science and mathematics education.

Requires grantees to enter into agreements with urban high-need local educational agencies on processes for selecting disadvantaged students from schools administered by such agencies for attendance at such camps. Allows the use of grant funds to cover the cost of attendance by such students.

What's happening now September 12, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2