51 U.S.C. § 40906 — Equal access to the Administration’s education programs
submitted 16 years ago by Pub. L. 111-314 to r/title-51-NATIONAL-AND-COMMERCIAL-SPACE-PROGRAMS · 185 words · no verdicts yet
NASA must work to give minority and low-income students equal access to its education programs. Every two years, it must report to Congress on minority participation and grants to Black and Hispanic-serving colleges. NASA also runs the Dr. Mae C. Jemison Grant Program to bring more women of color into aerospace.
(a) In General
The Administrator* must work to ensure minority and economically disadvantaged students have equal access to NASA's education programs.
(b) Report
Every 2 years, the Administrator must report to the House Committee on Science and Technology and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, describing NASA's efforts toward equal access and what those efforts achieved. The report must include (1) data on minority participation, covering at least (A) elementary and secondary education, (B) undergraduate education, and (C) graduate education; and (2) the total value of grants NASA gave to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and to Hispanic Serving Institutions through education programs during that period.
(c) Program
The Administrator must set up the Dr. Mae C. Jemison Grant Program, working with Minority Serving Institutions, to bring more women of color into the space and aeronautics field.
The Administrator* shall strive to ensure equal access for minority and economically disadvantaged students to the Administration’s education programs.
Every 2 years, the Administrator shall submit a report to the Committee on Science and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate describing the efforts by the Administrator to ensure equal access for minority and economically disadvantaged students under this section and the results of such efforts. As part of the report, the Administrator shall provide—
data on minority participation in the Administration’s education programs, at a minimum in the categories of—
elementary and secondary education;
undergraduate education; and
graduate education; and
the total value of grants the Administration* made to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and to Hispanic Serving Institutions through education programs during the period covered by the report.
The Administrator shall establish the Dr. Mae C. Jemison Grant Program to work with Minority Serving Institutions to bring more women of color into the field of space and aeronautics.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–314, § 3, Dec. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 3393.)
- 2010Enacted · Pub. L. 111-314 · 124 Stat. 3393
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