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Title V — General provisions

S. 512 · 113th Congress · Mar 11, 2013 · Lineage

V General provisions

Sec. 501 Definitions

Section 9101 (20 U.S.C. 7801) is amended—
(1)
by redesignating paragraphs (19) through (42) and paragraph (43) as paragraphs (20) through (43) and paragraph (45), respectively;
(2)
by inserting after paragraph (18) the following:

“(19) Excellence gap—The term excellence gap means differences in the percentage of students performing at the highest level of achievement described in section 1111(b)(1)(D)(ii) between different subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II).”

(3)
by inserting after paragraph (43), as redesignated by paragraph (1), the following:

“(44) Teaching skills—The term teaching skills has the meaning given the term in section 200 of the Higher Education Act of 1965.”

Sec. 502 Amendments to other laws

(a)
Coordination of Federal STEM education— Section 101(b) of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (42 U.S.C. 6621(b)) is amended—
(1)
in the first subsection (b)—
(A)
in paragraph (5)(D), by striking “and” after the semicolon;
(B)
in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(C)
by inserting after paragraph (6), the following:

“(7) encourage participating agencies to develop and implement activities and programs that support advanced students in kindergarten through grade 12, including advanced students who are from low-income families and advanced students from other groups that are underrepresented in the STEM fields, in order to promote advanced students' pursuit of careers in STEM fields.”

(2)
by redesignating the second subsection (b) and subsection (c) as subsection (c) and subsection (d), respectively.
(b)
Laboratory cooperative science centers & other authorized education activities— Section 3164 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (42 U.S.C. 7381b(a)) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (5) by inserting “The Secretary shall determine which students are eligible to participate in such mathematics and science education programs based on the academic achievement of such students.” after “development facilities.”; and
(2)
in paragraph (13) by inserting “The Secretary shall determine which middle-school students are eligible to participate in such prefreshman enrichment program based on the academic achievement of such students.” after “by universities on their campuses.”.
(c)
Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs— Section 6123 of the America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. 9833) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (d)—
(A)
in paragraph (1) by striking “and” after the semicolon;
(B)
in paragraph (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:

“(3) the availability of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate mathematics, science, and critical foreign language courses earlier than is typical to students who are prepared for such work.”

(2)
in subsection (f)(2)—
(A)
in subparagraph (E) by striking “and” after the semicolon;
(B)
in subparagraph (F) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:

“(G) how the eligible entity will make Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate mathematics, science, and critical foreign language courses available earlier than is typical to students who are prepared for such work.”

Sec. 503 Effective Date

This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.