Sec. 602. Independent review of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
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It is the sense of Congress that the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, which was established in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 1988 ( 42 U.S.C. 2486 et seq. ), has been an important program by which the Federal Government has partnered with State and local governments, universities, private industry, and other organizations to enhance the understanding and use of space and aeronautics activities and their benefits through education, fostering of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary space research and training, and supporting Federal funding for graduate fellowships in space-related fields, among other purposes.
The Administrator shall enter into an arrangement with the National Academies for— a review of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program, including its structure and capabilities for supporting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and training consistent with the National Science and Technology Council’s Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM)Education 5-Year Strategic Plan; and recommendations on measures, if needed, to enhance the Program’s effectiveness and mechanisms by which any increases in funding appropriated by Congress can be applied. Section 40301 of title 51, United States Code, is amended— by striking and at the end of paragraph (5); by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(6)and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: support outreach to primary and secondary schools to help support STEM engagement and learning at the K-12 level and to encourage K-12 students to pursue postsecondary degrees in fields related to space. . Section 40306 of title 51, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— by redesignating paragraphs
(2)and
(3)as paragraphs
(3)and (4), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following new paragraph: A space grant regional consortium designated in paragraph (1)(B) may include one or more 2-year institutions of higher education. ; and in subsection (b)(1), by striking paragraphs (2)(C) and (3)(D) and inserting paragraphs (3)(C) and (4)(D) .
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Sec. 602
Independent review of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
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