117th Congress
Rural STEM Education Act
Purpose
A bill to direct the Director of the National Science Foundation to support STEM education and workforce development research focused on rural areas, and for other purposes.
Summary of Selected Provisions
- Recommends the National Science Foundation spend $8 million annually over the next five years to support curriculum development and training for STEM educators.
- Authorizes the agency to establish a pilot “regional cohort” program that would provide “peer support, mentoring, and hands-on research experiences for rural STEM educators of students in grades Pre–K through 12, in order to build an ecosystem of cooperation among educators, researchers, academia, and local industry.”
- Recommends NSF spend $12 million annually over the next five years to support research on the barriers faced by rural students in accessing high-quality STEM education.
- Directs NSF to support research on ways to integrate online coursework into STEM instruction in rural schools and includes separate provisions that promote access to broadband internet.
Primary Sponsors
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SENATOR R-MS
Co-sponsors by Party
R
1
D
4
I
1
Actions
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04/27/2021Introduced in Senate