Legislative News - Triangle Coalition for Science & Technology Education

New Ranking Member of the House Education and Labor Committee Named

2009-07-01T15:57:00.000-04:00

The House Republican leadership has named Congressman John Kline (R-MN) to be the new ranking member on the Education and Labor Committee. He replaces Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) who has been selected to be the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee. Congressman Kline represents the second Congressional District from Minnesota and is in his fourth term. Prior to...

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Letter Sent to the National Academies

2009-06-24T13:18:00.003-04:00

In what is being billed as a follow up request to the “Rise Above the Gathering Storm” report, four members of Congress have sent a letter to the presidents of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academies of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine to establish a committee to address the competitiveness of American research universities. The members of Congress who signed the letter...

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House Passes Science Funding Bill

2009-06-23T10:40:00.001-04:00

The House of Representative has passed a FY 2010 appropriations bill that covers spending for the Departments of Commerce and Justice and Science and related agencies which include the National Science Foundation (NSF). The bill provides $6.9 billion for the National Science Foundation. This amount is $108 million less than what the President requested but $446 million more than the Foundation...

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SPEAK Act Introduced in Congress

2009-06-18T14:57:00.003-04:00

Both Congressman Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) and Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) have introduced H. R. 2790, the Standards to Provide Educational Achievement for Kids (SPEAK) Act. The Act is introduced at a time when momentum is building for the creation for national common core subject standards. Just recently, the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers...

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STEM Education Legislation Passes House

2009-06-09T15:54:00.002-04:00

The first major piece of legislation dealing directly with STEM education just passed the House of Representatives. H. R. 1709, the Stem Education Coordination Act of 2009, passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 353 to 39. As written earlier on our blog, the legislation will coordinate the STEM education programs of such federal agencies as NASA, the Department of Energy, the National Science...

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Triangle Coalition Signs Letter Supporting Technology and Engineering Education

2009-06-08T14:32:00.008-04:00

The Triangle Coalition, along with many of its members, signed a letter sent to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan advocating that funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act go towards technology and engineering education. For national standards, there is always an emphasis on English and math and to a lesser extent science, but engineering and technology is often left out of the...

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Secretary Duncan Goes Before the House Education and Labor Committee

2009-05-22T09:48:00.002-04:00

In his first appearance before the House Education and Labor Committee, Arne Duncan testified in a hearing titled “The Obama Administration’s Education Agenda.” Secretary Duncan was the only witness and testified about the FY2010 proposed budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Committee Chair Congressman George Miller (D-CA) opened the hearing praising the experience and...

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NSF Budget and STEM Education

2009-05-18T16:16:00.004-04:00

There is much to be content with in the proposed FY 2010 budget for the National Science Foundation. The proposal is $7.045 billion which is an 8.5% increase over FY 2009. However, the bulk of the increase in the budget did not occur in the Education and Human Resources Directorate (EHR) which houses most of the NSF STEM education related funding but instead to the other directorates. For FY 2010...

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House Committee on Education and Labor Hears Testimony on High School Dropouts

2009-05-15T10:34:00.001-04:00

The House Committee on Education and Labor held its second hearing on K-12 education as it prepares to address reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. This time the topic was the problem of the high school dropout rate. For witnesses, the Committee not only heard from experts from the education community but also sought expertise from four sitting Congressmen. In his opening remarks,...

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President Releases His Department of Education Budget

2009-05-08T13:46:00.002-04:00

After much anticipation, President Obama released the details of his proposed FY 2010 budget for the federal government, including the Department of Education. The proposed discretionary budget for the Department of Education is $46.7 billion which is slightly more than the $45.4 billion the Department received in 2009. This does not include the $81.1 billion the Department received as part of...

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House Holds Hearing on Common Standards

2009-05-08T08:46:00.001-04:00

Recently, the House Education and Labor Committee held its first hearing of the 111th Congress dealing with the No Child Left Behind Act. The hearing did not directly address reauthorization in its entirety, but instead focused on common standards. In his prepared opening remarks, the Chairman, Representative George Miller (D-CA), demonstrated his support for common standards for all states by...

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No Child Left Inside Act Reintroduced

2009-05-05T12:41:00.003-04:00

Unable to have the bill become law in the last Congress, Representative John Sarbanes (D-MD) along with 47 cosponsors in the House and Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) with 13 cosponsors in the Senate introduced the No Child Left Inside Act of 2009 (Act). In reference to the Act Representative Sarbanes stated: “We must educate our youth to be environmental stewards and grow the next generation of...

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House and Senate to Reconcile Budget Resolutions

2009-04-20T10:06:00.002-04:00

With the expectation of an impending announcement of more specific numbers to President Obama’s March budget proposal, both the House and Senate passed similar budget resolutions of their own which now need to be reconciled. Within both budget resolutions, there is much to be offered in way of education. Upon passage of the House resolution Rep. John M. Spratt, Jr. (D-SC), Chairman of the House...

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Rep Bart Gordon Gives Written Testimony on FY 2010 Budget

2009-04-10T14:36:00.004-04:00

Rep Bart Gordon (D-TN), Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology, submitted written testimony to the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies on the upcoming FY 2010 budget. Although the testimony addressed the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), it offered significant input...

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Legislation To Coordinate STEM Education Programs Advances

2009-04-05T20:52:00.004-04:00

Despite the fact that numerous federal agencies invest and support STEM education programs, there is little to no coordination amongst them. In an attempt to synchronize and monitor STEM programs, legislation recently proposed seeks to remedy this situation. Rep. Barton Gordon (D-TN), Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology, along with Representatives Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)...

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House STEM Education Caucus Holds Event for New Members of Congress and Legislative Staff

2009-03-19T14:46:00.002-04:00

On March 17, 2008, the House STEM Education Caucus held a luncheon for new Representatives and staff to inform them of STEM legislation and issues. The event was moderated by James Brown of the American Chemical Society. In addition, both Representative Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI) and Representative Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Co-Chairs of the Caucus spoke as well. In their letter to attendees, the...

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President Obama Gives First Major Education Speech

2009-03-11T15:35:00.010-04:00

Ever since the President took office, he has been focusing on such issues as the economy, national defense and health care but has given little attention to education policy. On Tuesday, March 10, 2009 in front of the U. S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the President chose to give his first speech devoted solely to education. In the speech, he addressed various aspects of education but did not...

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Congressional Hearing on Informal Science Education

2009-03-05T15:17:00.002-05:00

With growing interest in informal science education, the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education of the House Committee on Science and Technology held a meeting to investigate how informal science education is benefiting students. In his opening statement, Chairman Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) stated we will explore the ways in which informal learning institutions are uniquely positioned to...

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The President Proposes His First Budget

2009-03-04T09:51:00.003-05:00

Through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), President Obama released an outline for the FY10 budget titled A New Era of Responsibility, Renewing America’s Promise. Despite the lack of many specific numbers, education appears to be funded prominently. In fact, the budget outlines the President’s broad educational priorities listed for the Department of Education. For actual numbers, the...

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House Votes for FY 09 Omnibus Spending Bill

2009-02-26T13:38:00.003-05:00

Following the signing into law of the recent stimulus package, in another near party line vote, the House of Representatives passed the FY 09 Omnibus Appropriations Act by a vote of 245-178. A press release issued by the House Committee on Appropriations states This bill works in harmony with the economic recovery package, making investments that address the country’s immediate needs while...

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STEM Education Coalition Letter

2009-02-24T15:44:00.009-05:00

The STEM Education Coalition wrote a letter to the leaders of the Congress before the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (aka the stimulus bill) making recommendations for the Act. Below is the letter in which the Triangle Coalition for Science and Technology Education was one of over seventy signers. (click on photos to make them larger)

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Stimulus Includes Funding for NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources and Teacher Quality

2009-02-16T19:39:00.006-05:00

To the surprise of nobody, the Congress passed the stimulus package agreed upon in committee which will now be signed by the President on Tuesday. Just as with the individual packages of each house of Congress, the votes were along party lines with no Republican votes in the House and three Republican votes in the Senate. The members of Congress were given little to no time to read the entire...

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Stimulus Deal and Funding for Science and Education

2009-02-12T12:23:00.004-05:00

The negotiators from both the House and Senate have come to an agreement on a stimulus package worth approximately $790 billion that will be voted on by the end of the week. The package meets the demands of Republican Senators Collins, Snow and Specter which will keep their votes and avoid a filibuster in the Senate. Despite being valued at lower monetary levels than both houses originally...

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President Talks Education in his Prime Time Press Conference

2009-02-10T12:31:00.003-05:00

In his first prime time press conference, President Obama addressed the American people stressing the need for the stimulus plan that is being formulated by Congress and the Administration. In the press conference, the President discussed several issues including unemployment, the economy, military casualties, and education. He addressed several aspects of education. School construction has...

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Today's Update

2009-02-06T11:13:00.004-05:00

Senators Propose Major Spending Cuts in Education and Science Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Nelsen (D-NE), known to be moderate Senators in their respective parties have proposed major spending cuts for science and education in the stimulus bill being debated in the Senate. In all cases the cuts are substantive but there are agencies that might lose all of their proposed increased...

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