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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 4186 (Introduced in House) — To provide for investment in innovation through scientific research and development, to improve the competitiveness o... · Sec. 204

Sec. 204. STEM Education Coordinating Office

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The Director of the National Science Foundation shall establish within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources a STEM Education Coordinating Office, which shall have a Director and staff that shall include career employees detailed from Federal agencies that fund STEM education programs and activities. The STEM Education Coordinating Office shall— coordinate the STEM education activities and programs of the Federal Government, including at the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Environmental Protection Agency, and any other Federal agency with STEM education programs or activities; coordinate STEM education activities and programs with the Office of Management and Budget; review STEM education activities and programs to ensure they are not redundant, overlapping, or duplicative of similar efforts within the Federal Government; periodically update and maintain the inventory of federally sponsored STEM education programs and activities conducted by the committee on STEM education established under the National Science and Technology Council, including documentation of assessments of the outcome-oriented effectiveness of such programs and activities and metrics used to evaluate those programs and activities; provide technical and administrative support to the committee on STEM education established under the National Science and Technology Council and the Advisory Panel established under section 202; and serve as the point of contact on Federal STEM education activities for government agencies, academia, industry, professional societies, State STEM education programs, interested citizen groups, and other STEM stakeholders to exchange technical and programmatic information. 3-Year strategic plan The STEM Education Coordinating Office shall— at the time of the President’s budget request, and every 3 years thereafter, in consultation with Federal agencies having STEM education programs or activities, the committee on STEM education established under the National Science and Technology Council, and the Advisory Panel established under section 202, update the Federal Government STEM education strategic plan established in May 2013 by the committee on STEM education established under the National Science and Technology Council; and coordinate the implementation of such plan through such agencies.
The strategic plan shall— specify and prioritize annual and long-term objectives, including a description of the role of each agency in supporting programs and activities designed to achieve the objectives; specify the common metrics that will be used to assess progress toward achieving the objectives; and describe the approaches that will be taken by each agency to assess the effectiveness of its STEM education programs and activities. The Director of the STEM Education Coordinating Office shall transmit a report annually to Congress at the time of the President’s budget request.
The annual report shall include— a description of the STEM education programs and activities across the Federal Government for the previous and current fiscal years, and the proposed programs and activities under the President’s budget request, of every Federal agency with STEM education programs or activities; an evaluation of the extent of duplication and fragmentation of the programs and activities described under paragraph (1), and any recommendations for consolidations or terminations to remedy those problems; a description of ways the Federal Government is leveraging private and nonprofit investments and utilizing expertise resulting from STEM-related competitions to build the STEM education workforce pipeline; and a description of the progress made in carrying out the 3-year strategic plan, including a description of the outcome of any program assessments completed in the previous year, and any changes made to that plan since the previous annual report.
The Director of the National Science Foundation shall encourage and monitor the efforts of the STEM Education Coordinating Office to ensure that the strategic plan under subsection
(c)is implemented effectively and that the objectives of the strategic plan are met.
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