To authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers, and for other purposes.
Latest action · May 6, 2008 Hearing Held by Subcommittee on Research and Science Education Prior to Inroduction and Referral (March 8, 2007).
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 10, 2007
- Passed HouseApr 24, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Title I: Science Scholarships - 10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act - (Sec. 103) Requires the National Science Foundation (NSF), in carrying out the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program (formerly, the Robert Noyce Scholarship program), to increase the number of elementary and secondary mathematics and science teachers having both exemplary subject knowledge and pedagogical skills by up to 10,000 per year.
(Sec. 104) Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 (the Act) to revise requirements for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program, which provides scholarships, stipends, and teacher training to science, mathematics, and engineering students and professionals in exchange for service as elementary or secondary school teachers.
Opens the program to all undergraduate students. (Currently, only juniors and seniors may participate.)
Requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that receive grants to: (1) provide participants with the academic courses and field teaching experiences necessary for teacher certification or licensing, including summer internships for freshmen students; and (2) include mathematics, science, and engineering faculty in developing and implementing the program. Authorizes IHEs to involve teacher leaders in the development of pedagogical content and the supervision of students in their field teaching experiences. Requires the Director to broadly disseminate information about the grant application process to ensure the participation of a diversity of IHEs.
Increases the maximum duration of student scholarships from two to three years, professional stipends from one year to 16 months, and the minimum yearly scholarship amount from $7,500 to $10,000. Eliminates the requirement that scholarship recipients serve in high-need areas, but reduces their service obligation by one year for doing so. Requires the Director to establish for individuals with a service obligation an information clearinghouse on teaching opportunities in high-need LEAs.
Authorizes the Director of the NSF to accept private donations for the program.
Requires the Director to report to Congress within four years of this Act's enactment on the program's effectiveness.
Authorizes appropriations for the program for FY2008-FY2012.
Requires the Secretary to establish, under the program, a Special Partnership program that provides competitive grants to IHEs that partner with one or more private nonprofit organizations, local or state governments, and businesses to provide stipends, courses, and support to mathematics, science, and engineering professionals who enroll in an educational program enabling them to obtain teacher certification or licensing within 16 months. Requires selection of stipend recipients primarily on the basis of their content knowledge of science or mathematics as demonstrated on a required test.
Requires stipend recipients to complete four years of service as mathematics or science teachers in public secondary schools. Requires partnership members to identify a nonfederal source of salary supplements for stipend recipients fulfilling their service obligation.
Title II: Mathematics and Science Education Improvement - (Sec. 201) Revises requirements for the Mathematics and Science Education Partnership program (Partnership program), which provides grants to IHEs or nonprofit institutions for the improvement of elementary and secondary mathematics and science instruction.
Requires that IHE grantees enter into partnerships though one or more of their science, engineering, or mathematics departments. Includes IHE faculty, in addition to local educational agencies (LEAs), states, and businesses, among the entities with which IHEs and nonprofit institutions may partner.
Adds to the list of grant fund uses: (1) teacher training in the provision of challenging mathematics, science, and technology college preparatory courses, including advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses; (2) laboratory training and support for teachers; (3) model induction programs for teachers in their first two years of teaching; (4) technology, in addition to mathematics and science, in the student enrichment programs which are to include after-school programs and summer camps for female, minority, and disabled students; (5) master's degree programs for in-service teachers; and (6) the development and dissemination of curriculum tools that foster inventiveness and innovation. Requires grantees providing challenging college preparatory courses to encourage companies employing scientists, mathematicians, or engineers to provide mentors to teachers and students.
Sets minimum and maximum grant amounts.
Requires the Director to provide to Congress: (1) within one year of this Act's enactment, a determination as to which completed partnership projects should be seen as models to be replicated on a more expansive basis; and (2) within four years of this Act's enactment, a summary of partnership evaluations that describes recommended changes to the program.
(Sec. 202) Requires the Director to establish a grant program for summer or academic year teacher institutes or workshops authorized under the Partnership program, including teacher training in the provision of challenging mathematics, science, and technology college preparatory courses. Gives grant priority to applicants proposing to attract teachers from certain high-need LEAs.
Allows grantees under the Teacher Institutes for the 21st Century program to operate one- to two-week summer teacher institutes.
Authorizes FY2008-FY2012 appropriations to: (1) the NSF for the teacher institute or workshop grants; and (2) to the Department of Energy (DOE) for the Laboratory Science Teacher Professional Development program.
(Sec. 203) Requires the master's degree programs for in-service mathematics and science teachers under the Partnership program to be designed to allow teachers to enroll as part-time students and earn their degree within three years. Authorizes grantees to use funds for the development and acquisition of educational materials and equipment, and to provide stipends to students that cover their costs of attendance.
Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2012 for such programs.
(Sec. 204) Prohibits anything in this Act from being construed as limiting the authority of states or local school boards to determine the curricula of their students.
(Sec. 205) Revises the Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Talent Expansion program to require the Director to issue grants to IHEs for the creation of centers to develop and disseminate curriculum, teaching methods, and ways to better train professors and teacher assistants to increase the number and performance of undergraduate students in such courses.
Requires the Director to strive to increase the representation of students from secondary schools that serve a high concentration of low-income families, when providing grants under the Talent Expansion program to increase the number of students studying and completing bachelor's degrees, concentrations, or certificates in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology.
Authorizes appropriations for the Talent Expansion program for FY2008-FY2012, with specified amounts set aside for the centers.
(Sec. 206) Redefines a "high-need local educational agency," for purposes of the Act, as a LEA that is receiving grants under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as a result of serving a high concentration of children from low-income families and experiencing a shortage of highly qualified science, mathematics, or engineering teachers.
(Sec. 207) Replaces the term "master teacher" with the term "teacher leader" each time it appears in the Act.
(Sec. 208) Requires the Director to establish a Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science research pilot program awarding grants to partnerships between IHEs, high-need LEAs, and businesses or nonprofit organizations to improve laboratories and provide instrumentation as part of a comprehensive effort to improve the quality of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology instruction in secondary schools. Requires such partnerships to include significant teacher training, unless such training is addressed through other means.
Limits the federal share of partnership costs to 50%.
Requires the Director to report to Congress within five years regarding the program's effect on student performance.
Authorizes appropriations for the program for FY2008-FY2011.
(Sec. 209) Requires the Director to report to Congress within two years on the extent to which IHEs are donating used laboratory equipment to elementary and secondary schools.
Recorded votes 2
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 254 | On Passage | Passed389–22 | Apr 24, 2007 |
| House 253 | On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Passed408–4 | Apr 24, 2007 |
Cosponsors 32
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 10, 2007 to Apr 16, 2007; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Original | Jan 10, 2007 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jan 24, 2007 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Jan 24, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Jan 24, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Jan 24, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jan 24, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Jan 24, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jan 24, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Jan 24, 2007 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Jan 29, 2007 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Jan 29, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 29, 2007 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Mar 1, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Gabrielle Giffords | Mar 1, 2007 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Jan 10, 2007Hearings Mar 13, 2007Reported Apr 16, 2007 |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 9, 2007Markup May 10, 2007Reported May 10, 2007Hearings May 6, 2008 | |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2007 |
Actions 29
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 6, 2008Hearing Held by Subcommittee on Research and Science Education Prior to Inroduction and Referral (March 8, 2007).
- May 10, 2007Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 10, 2007Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
- May 9, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
- Apr 25, 2007Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Apr 24, 2007Rule H. Res. 327 passed House.
- Apr 24, 2007Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 327. (consideration: CR H3806-3823, H4012-4013)
- Apr 24, 2007Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 362 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an orginal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Science and Technology.
- Apr 24, 2007House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 327 and Rule XVIII.
- Apr 24, 2007The Speaker designated the Honorable John T. Salazar to act as Chairman of the Committee.
- Apr 24, 2007GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 362.
- Apr 24, 2007DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 327, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gordon amendment.
- Apr 24, 2007DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 327, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gordon amendment numbered 2.
- Apr 24, 2007The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 362.
- Apr 24, 2007The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H3821)
- Apr 24, 2007The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text: CR H3815-3819)
- Apr 24, 2007Mr. Hoekstra moved to recommit with instructions to Science and Technology.
- Apr 24, 2007DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hoekstra motion to recommit with instructions pending reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to amend the curricula section. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
- Apr 24, 2007The previous question on the motion was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H3822)
- Apr 24, 2007On motion to recommit with instructions Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 408 - 4 (Roll no. 253). (consideration: CR H3821; text: CR H3821)
- Apr 24, 2007Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 389 - 22 (Roll no. 254).
- Apr 24, 2007Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 24, 2007The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 362.
- Apr 23, 2007Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 327 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 362 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. It shall be in order to consider as an orginal bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Science and Technology.
- Apr 16, 2007Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science and Technology. H. Rept. 110-85.
- Apr 16, 2007Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 50.
- Mar 13, 2007Committee Hearings Held.
- Jan 10, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 10, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
In the Congressional Record 8
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H5511 | Mario Diaz-Balart R-FL | May 21, 2007 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1003 | Betty McCollum D-MN, Carol Shea-Porter D-NH | May 9, 2007 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E944 | Bobby L. Rush D-IL | May 3, 2007 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E866 | Patrick J. Kennedy D-RI | Apr 26, 2007 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E853 | Scott Garrett R-NJ | Apr 25, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Apr 11, 2007H.R. 362, A bill to authroize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers, and for other purposes<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on March 28, 2007</p>
- Apr 11, 2007H.R. 362, A bill to authroize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers, and for other purposesCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Science and Technology on March 28, 2007
Printed hearings 5
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-71 | THE GLOBALIZATION OF R&D AND INNOVATION, PARTS I-IV369 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Jun 12, 2007–Nov 6, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-35 | FEDERAL STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMS248 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | May 15, 2007–Jun 6, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-19 | NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION REAUTHORIZATION: PART I AND PART II156 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Mar 20, 2007–Mar 29, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-10 | SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP IN A 21ST CENTURY GLOBAL ECONOMY129 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Mar 13, 2007 |
| Serial No. 110-54 | COMMITTEE MARKUPS OF H.RES. 72, H.CON.RES. 76, H.RES. 252, H.CON.RES. 95, H.RES. 316, H.R. 364, H.RES. 487, H.R. 2850, AND H.R. 5789382 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Jan 31, 2007–Jul 11, 2007 |
CRS reports 2
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Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41951 | An Analysis of Efforts to Double Federal Funding for Physical Sciences and Engineering Research Archived | Report | Sep 8, 2015 |
| R43880 | The America COMPETES Acts: An Overview Archived | Report | Jul 27, 2015 |
Amendments 3
Amendments offered to this bill.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 327 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 362) to authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers, and for other purposes. | Procedurally related | Apr 24, 2007 |
| HR 2272 | America COMPETES Act | Related bill | Sep 8, 2008 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize science scholarships for educating mathematics and science teachers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- 10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House for portions of this bill
- 10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act
- Short Titles as Passed House for portions of this bill
- 10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds Science and Math Scholarship Act
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Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2007Referred in Senate
- Apr 24, 2007Engrossed in House
- Apr 16, 2007Reported in House
- Jan 10, 2007Introduced in House
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