US Congress House Bill 4955 (Prior Session Legislation)

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April 30 2010 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education Act - Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to make changes to the program requiring the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to award competitive grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to expand previously implemented reforms of undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, or technology (STEM) education. Expands grant uses to allow their use in: (1) implementing, rather that just expanding, research-based reforms in undergraduate STEM education; (2) creating multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary STEM courses or programs; (3) expanding undergraduate STEM research opportunities to include interdisciplinary research and research in industry, at federal labs, and at international research institutions or research sites; (4) implementing or expanding bridge, cohort, tutoring, or mentoring programs that enhance student recruitment or persistence; (5) implementing STEM faculty development programs; (6) supporting the participation of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in instructional or assessment activities at primarily undergraduate IHEs; and (7) researching STEM teaching and learning at the undergraduate level related to the proposed reform effort. Gives priority, among proposals that expand existing reform efforts beyond a single academic unit, to proposals for which a senior institutional administrator serves as the principal investigator.

Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education Act

Rep Kosmas, Suzanne M.

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-30		Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
2010-04-01		Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education.
2010-03-25		Referred to House Education and Labor
2010-03-25		Referred to House Science and Technology
2010-03-25		Referred to the Committee on Science and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

HB4968 (Related) 2010-04-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN04955:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr4955ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr4955ih.pdf