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HR 4023 115th Congress House Education Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Higher education Public-private cooperation Science and engineering education Teaching, teachers, curricula

Developing Tomorrow's Engineering and Technical Workforce Act

Introduced: October 11, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Oct 11, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Developing Tomorrow's Engineering and Technical Workforce Act

This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a competitive grant program for state and local educational agencies to implement engineering education programs in elementary and secondary schools. An engineering education program must: (1) teach students the overall analytical and experimental approaches used in engineering, and (2) increase participation of underrepresented student groups in the engineering pipeline.

What's happening now October 11, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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All 2 Democratic 2
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Foster, Bill
Illinois · Apr 18, 2018
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Tonko, Paul
New York · Oct 11, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4023: Developing Tomorrow's Engineering and Technical Workforce Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4023/
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"H.R. 4023: Developing Tomorrow's Engineering and Technical Workforce Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4023/.
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H.R. 4023, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4023/.
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