Sec. 202. Coordination of Federal STEM education
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Section 101 of America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 ( 42 U.S.C. 6621 ) is amended— in subsection (b)(5)— by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)through
(D)as subparagraphs
(B)through (E), respectively; and by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so redesigned by subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph, the following new subparagraph: have as its primary goal to leverage the limited STEM education funding and other assets, including intellectual capital, invested by Federal STEM agencies for maximum benefit to student learning; ; by striking the second subsection (b); by redesignating subsection
(c)as subsection (f); by inserting after subsection (b), the following new subsections: The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall designate an associate director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy as the Coordinator for STEM Education. When an appropriate associate director is not available, the Director may designate another appropriate senior government official as the Coordinator for STEM Education. The Coordinator shall chair the committee established under subsection (a). The Coordinator shall, with the assistance of appropriate senior officials from other Committee on STEM Education agencies, ensure that the requirements of this section are satisfied. For all agency proposals to consolidate or transfer budgets or functions for STEM education programs or activities between agencies, at the time of submission of such proposals to Congress, the Director shall report to Congress on activities undertaken by the Office of Science and Technology Policy or by relevant agencies to take into consideration relevant input from the STEM Education Advisory Panel established under subsection
(e)and other relevant education stakeholders. For all agency proposals to internally consolidate or terminate STEM education programs with budgets exceeding $10,000,000, at the time of submission of such proposals to Congress, the head of the relevant agency shall report to Congress on activities to solicit and take into consideration input on such proposals from the STEM Education Advisory Panel established under subsection
(e)and other relevant education stakeholders. The President shall establish or designate a STEM Education Advisory Panel. The cochairs of the Advisory Panel shall meet the qualifications of Panel membership required in paragraph
(2)and may be members of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The Advisory Panel established or designated by the President under this subsection shall consist of members from academic institutions, industry, informal education providers, nonprofit STEM education organizations, foundations, and local and State educational agencies. Members of the Advisory Panel shall be qualified to provide advice on Federal STEM education programs, best practices in STEM education, assessment of STEM education programs, STEM education standards, industry needs for STEM graduates, and public-private STEM education partnerships. The Advisory Panel shall advise the President and the committee established under subsection
(a)on implementing the Federal STEM education strategic plan required under subsection (b)(5) and coordinating Federal STEM programs with nongovernmental STEM initiatives and State and local educational agencies. The Advisory Panel shall report, not more than 1 year after enactment of the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2015 , on options for evidence-based implementation of the Federal STEM strategic plan required under subsection (b)(5), including options for designating certain agencies as coordinating leads for different priority investment areas, timelines for implementation, and specific management, budget, policy, or other steps that agencies must take to effectively implement the strategic plan. The authorization for the Advisory Panel established under this subsection shall expire 3 years after the date of enactment of the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2015 . ; and in subsection (f), as so redesignated by paragraph
(3)of this section— by inserting progress made in implementing after describing ; by striking paragraph (3); and by redesignating paragraphs
(4)and
(5)as paragraphs
(3)and (4), respectively.
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