H.R. 1089: Stepping Up to STEM Act of 2013

Introduced:
Mar 12, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Michael “Mike” Honda [D-CA17]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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Progress
Introduced Mar 12, 2013
Referred to Committee Mar 12, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

1% chance of getting past committee.
0% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
41 cosponsors (41D) (show)
Committees

House Education and the Workforce

↪ Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education

↪ Higher Education and Workforce Training

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Full Title

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.

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Last updated Mar 12, 2013.
17 pages

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3/12/2013--Introduced.
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.

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