US Congress House Bill 4483 (Prior Session Legislation)

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April 27 2012 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Research and Science Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Broadening Participation in STEM Education Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to implement or expand research-based reforms in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education to recruit and retain minority students who are underrepresented in STEM fields. Authorizes the use of such grants on reforms that include: (1) bridge, cohort, tutoring, or mentoring programs; (2) outreach to minority elementary and secondary school students; (3) faculty development and recognition programs; (4) efforts to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities in the full gamut of STEM disciplines offered by IHEs; (5) efforts to increase and support their participation in research; and (6) support for the participation of minority graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in instructional or assessment activities at primarily undergraduate IHEs. Requires each grant to include an education research component so that reform efforts can be evaluated and, if shown to be effective, replicated to improve the participation of minority students in STEM fields at other schools. Requires the Director of the NSF to award competitive grants to IHEs to develop innovative reform efforts designed to increase the recruitment, retention, and advancement of individuals from underrepresented minority groups in academic STEM careers.

Broadening Participation in STEM Education Act

Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice	Rep Cleaver, Emanuel	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Davis, Danny K.
Rep Fudge, Marcia L.	Rep Hinojosa, Ruben	Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep Lee, Barbara
Rep Lujan, Ben Ray	Rep Reyes, Silvestre	Rep Rush, Bobby L.	Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Rep Wilson, Frederica S.

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
2012-04-25	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E643)
2012-04-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN04483:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr4483ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr4483ih.pdf