US Congress House Bill 1089 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 45-0)
Status: Introduced on March 12 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-04-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Stepping Up to STEM Act of 2013 - 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 Advanced Research Projects Agency for Education (ARPA-ED) within the Department to pursue breakthrough research and development in educational technology and to facilitate the effective use of that technology to improve student achievement. Directs the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to state-based STEM networks or similar organizations of STEM stakeholders to increase students' achievement in the STEM disciplines in elementary and secondary schools and in out of school and afterschool programs. Includes among grant uses: testing, sharing, and scaling up STEM education research, promising practices, and exemplary programs; identifying state STEM education weaknesses and prioritizing strategies to address them; implementing rigorous career and college ready standards in STEM education; developing and implementing innovative STEM assessments that measure student progress toward those career and college ready standards; promoting and developing pre- and in-service STEM teacher training; developing STEM career pathways and workforce education and training programs that reflect 21st century workforce needs; facilitating the implementation of expanded STEM learning opportunities on school sites; and promoting, supporting, and designing programs that develop STEM content coaches and master educators in order to strengthen core competencies of the classroom practitioner. Requires grantees to conduct periodic independent evaluations of their effectiveness in accomplishing those activities. Prohibits the Secretary from: (1) endorsing or approving any STEM curriculum designed for use in an elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education; or (2) requiring a state, local educational agency, or school to adopt a specific STEM program or instructional materials.

Stepping Up to STEM Act of 2013

Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2013-04-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2013-03-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1089/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1089/BILLS-113hr1089ih.pdf