STEM Education Innovation Act of 2011
Latest action · Nov 4, 2011 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 4, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
STEM Education Innovation Act of 2011 - Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish the Office of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education within the Department of Education to administer STEM education.
Directs the Office of STEM Education to conduct an independent evaluation of the Department's STEM Education programs at least once every five years.
Establishes an Education Innovation Project within the Department to pursue breakthrough research and development in educational technology, and facilitate the effective use of that technology to improve student achievement.
Directs the Office of STEM Education to award competitive matching grants to consortia of state-based STEM stakeholders that enable each of them to establish a state consortium on STEM education.
Require each consortium to: (1) promote STEM education research and best practices; (2) address deficiencies in state STEM education efforts and communicate state needs to the federal government; (3) support the implementation of rigorous common content standards in mathematics and science education, and the development of innovative STEM assessments based on those standards; (4) promote and develop curriculum tools and training for in-service STEM teachers; (5) develop STEM Career Awareness Programs; and (6) develop STEM-related workforce education and training programs.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 4, 2011 to Feb 27, 2012; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Nov 4, 2011 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Nov 17, 2011 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Feb 27, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Feb 27, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Nov 4, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 4, 2011Introduced in House
- Nov 4, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2006-2007)
- Nov 4, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2006 | Michael M. Honda D-CA | Nov 4, 2011 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7398.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, the Nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- STEM Education Innovation Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Department of Education
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Educational technology and distance education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Higher education
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Science and engineering education
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Technology assessment
- Technology transfer and commercialization
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 4, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
