Sec. 202. STEM Education Advisory Panel
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The President shall establish or designate a STEM Education Advisory Panel that incorporates key stakeholders from the education and industry sectors within the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The Advisory Panel established or designated by the President under subsection
(a)shall consist primarily of members from academic institutions and industry and shall include in-school, out-of-school, and informal educational practitioners. Members of the Advisory Panel shall be qualified to provide advice and information on STEM education research, development, training, implementation, interventions, professional development, or workforce needs or concerns. In selecting or designating an Advisory Panel, the President may also seek and give consideration to recommendations from the Congress, industry, the scientific community (including the National Academy of Sciences, scientific professional societies, and academia), State and local governments, and other appropriate organizations. The Advisory Panel shall advise the President, the committee on STEM education established under the National Science and Technology Council, and the STEM Education Coordinating Office on matters relating to STEM education, and shall each year provide general guidance to every Federal agency with STEM education programs or activities, including in the preparation of requests for appropriations for activities related to STEM education. The Advisory Panel shall also assess— trends and developments in STEM education; progress made in STEM education both inside and outside of the classroom; criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of Federal STEM education programs and activities; ways to encourage public private-partnerships to strengthen STEM education; ways to leverage private and nonprofit investments and utilize expertise resulting from STEM-related competitions to help build the STEM education and workforce pipeline; ways to incorporate workforce needs into Federal STEM education programs; the management, coordination, implementation, and activities of the STEM Education Coordinating Office and the committee on STEM education established under the National Science and Technology Council; and whether societal and workforce concerns are adequately addressed by current Federal STEM education programs and activities. The Advisory Panel shall report, not less frequently than once every 2 fiscal years, to the President and Congress on its assessments under subsection
(c)and its recommendations for ways to improve Federal STEM education programs. The first report under this subsection shall be submitted within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. Non-Federal members of the Advisory Panel, while attending meetings of the Advisory Panel or while otherwise serving at the request of the head of the Advisory Panel away from their homes or regular places of business, may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for individuals in the Government serving without pay. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit members of the Advisory Panel who are officers or employees of the United States from being allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with existing law.