HR 5679
114th Congress
House
Education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Minority education
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Pre-College Engineering Education Act
Introduced: July 7, 2016
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 30, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
Sep 19, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Jul 7, 2016
Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Jul 7, 2016
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Pre-College Engineering Education Act
This bill establishes a grant program to encourage, through public-private partnerships, the development and implementation by states and local educational agencies of sustainable engineering education programs in elementary and secondary schools. The National Science Foundation (NSF) shall administer the program.
Grantees may use funds to:
- research, review, and analyze the effectiveness of existing research-based instructional materials;
- select or develop new research-based instructional materials;
- teach students the overall analytical approached used in engineering;
- prepare students who may pursue engineering studies in college or enter careers related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics;
- increase participation of underrepresented student groups in the engineering pipeline; and
- provide professional development for teachers to teach pre-college engineering.
The NSF shall study and report on program activities and results.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.