10 U.S.C. § 2192b — Program on enhancement of preparation of dependents of members of armed forces for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
submitted 7 years ago by Pub. L. 116-92 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 261 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of Defense must run a program to prepare students at covered schools for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers and to help their teachers. The Secretary must coordinate it with military departments, Education, the National Science Foundation, and other appropriate organizations.
(a) The Secretary of Defense must carry out a program to improve preparation of students at covered schools for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and to help teachers at those schools improve that preparation.
(b) The Secretary must coordinate the program with the military-department Secretaries, the Secretary of Education, the National Science Foundation, and other organizations the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
(c) Program activities may include targeted internships and cooperative research at defense laboratories and other technical centers for students and teachers; scholarships and fellowships for students; efforts to improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and training, including curriculum development; and travel opportunities, demonstrations, mentoring, and informal science education.
(d) The Secretary must establish outcome-based measures and internal and external assessments to evaluate the value and benefits of program activities in relation to the Department of Defense's needs.
(e) “Covered schools” means elementary or secondary schools where the Secretary determines that a significant number of armed-forces members' dependents are enrolled. This section does not define the quoted term in any other way.
The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program to—
enhance the preparation of students at covered schools for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and
provide assistance to teachers at covered schools to enhance preparation described in paragraph (1).
In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall coordinate with the following:
The Secretaries of the military departments*.
The Secretary of Education.
The National Science Foundation.
Other organizations as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
Activities under the program may include the following:
Establishment of targeted internships and cooperative research opportunities at defense laboratories and other technical centers for students and teachers at covered schools.
Establishment of scholarships and fellowships for students at covered schools.
Efforts and activities that improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics educational and training opportunities for students and teachers at covered schools, including with respect to improving the development of curricula at covered schools.
Development of travel opportunities, demonstrations, mentoring programs, and informal science education for students and teachers at covered schools.
The Secretary shall establish outcome-based metrics and internal and external assessments to evaluate the merits and benefits of activities conducted under the program with respect to the needs of the Department of Defense.
In this section, the term “covered schools” means elementary or secondary schools at which the Secretary determines a significant number of dependents of members of the armed forces* are enrolled.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title II, § 211(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1254.)
- 2019Enacted · Pub. L. 116-92 · 133 Stat. 1254
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