---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2193a"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2193a"
heading: "Improvement of education in technical fields: general authority for support of elementary and secondary education in science and mathematics"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2193a"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part III — Training and Education"
  - "Chapter 111 — Support of Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education"
---

# §2193a. Improvement of education in technical fields: general authority for support of elementary and secondary education in science and mathematics


The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense, in coordination with the [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Education, may establish [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) for the purpose of improving the mathematics and scientific knowledge and skills of elementary and secondary school students and faculty members.


## Source credit

(Added and amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 580(c)(1), (2), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 632, 633.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

The text of section 2193(b) of this title, which was transferred to, and redesignated as text of, this section, was based on Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title II, § 247(a)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1521.

### Amendments

1999—Pub. L. 106–65, § 580(c)(2), renumbered section 2193(b) of this title as text of this section. See Codification note above.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Pilot Program on Enhancement of Preparation of Dependents of Members of Armed Forces for Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title II, § 233, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3334, which required the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program related to the enhancement of preparation of certain students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, was repealed by Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title II, § 211(c), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1255. See section 2192b of this title.