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H.R. 4023 115th Congress House

Developing Tomorrow's Engineering and Technical Workforce Act

Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to award grants to States educational agencies and local educational agencies to support, develop, … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to award grants to States educational agencies and local educational agencies to support, develop, and implement formal and informal engineering education programs in elementary schools and secondary schools.

Introduced: April 18, 2018 See on congress.gov
Education Education programs fundingElementary and secondary educationHigher educationPublic-private cooperation
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Science and engineering educationTeaching, teachers, curricula
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It never became law before the 115th Congress (2017–2018) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Oct 11, 2017
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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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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