,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #digc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #be1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,pearce introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the rural and low-income    
program under the ,elementary and       
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife to  
include professional development in     
,,stem education1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,spurring ,teacher  
,education ,movement for ,,stem ,act or 
the ,,stem for ,,stem ,act4  #b4        
,findings2 ,sense of ,congress  7a7     
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,the ,national ,center for       
,education ,statistics found that high  
school students from #bi nations        
performed better in math than high      
school students from the ,united        
,states4  7#b7 ,high school students    
from #bb nations performed better in    
science than high school students from  

the ,united ,states4  7b7 ,sense of     
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that--  7#a7 the ,united ,states should 
be at the forefront of education for    
science1 technology1 engineering1 and   
math 7in this section referred to as    
,,stem72  7#b7 students in low income   
and rural areas have limited access to  
,,stem resources2  7#c7 teachers should 
have high-quality professional          
development opportunities in ,,stem to  
increase their content knowledge and    
improve student learning2 and  7#d7     
teacher professional development should 
provide strategies for integrating      
,,stem education across all             
demographics4  #c4 ,uses of funds for   
rural and low-income school program     
,section #fbbb7;a77#b7 of the           
,elementary and ,secondary ,education   
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4            
#gcea;a7a77#b77 is amended--  7#a7 by   
striking and to and inserting 1 to2 and 
7#b7 by adding before the period at the 
end the following3 1 and to train       

teachers in the area of science1        
technology1 engineering1 and math       
education4