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— provide technical and administrative support to— the Committee on STEM Education, especially in its coordination of Federal STEM programs and strategic planning responsibilities; the Advisory Panel established under section 202; and Federal agencies with STEM education programs; periodically update and maintain the inventory of federally sponsored STEM education programs and activities established under section 101(b)(8) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 ( 42 U.S.C. 6621 ); and provide for dissemination of information on Federal STEM education programs and activities, as appropriate, to stakeholders in academia, industry, nonprofit organizations with expertise in STEM education, State and local educational agencies, and other STEM stakeholders.
The Director of the STEM Education Coordinating Office shall transmit a report annually to Congress not later than 60 days after the submission of the President’s budget request. The annual report shall include— any updates to the inventory required under subsection (b)(2); a description of all consolidations and terminations of Federal STEM education programs implemented in the previous fiscal year, including an explanation of the reasons for consolidations and terminations; recommendations for consolidations and terminations of STEM education programs or activities in the upcoming fiscal year; a description of any significant new STEM Education public-private partnerships; and description of the progress made in carrying out the strategic plan required under section 101 of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 ( 42 U.S.C. 6621 ), including a description of the outcome of any program assessments completed in the previous year.
The Director of the National Science Foundation shall encourage and monitor the efforts of the STEM Education Coordinating Office to ensure that the Coordinating Office is carrying out its responsibilities under subsection
(b)appropriately.
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