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NSTA Legislative Update: June 23, 2008
Jun 23 2008 - Office of Legislative and Public Affairs
House Education and Labor Committee Approves No Child Left Inside; Supplemental Spending for FY2008 Programs Includes Additional Funds for NSF EHR Directorate; House of Representatives to Consider NASA Reauthorization Bill

Representative Mike Honda and Senator Barack Obama Introduce eSTEM Bill
May 26 2008 - NSTA Office of Legislative and Public Affairs
On May 21 Rep. Honda and Senator Barack Obama introduced the Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Act of 2008. The legislation, based on the National Science Board recent Action Plan, calls on Congress to reorganize the President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), create an Office of STEM at the U.S. Department of Education, institute a voluntary state Consortium on STEM education, and create a National STEM Education Research Repository.

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