Boosting the Rural STEM Pipeline Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Boosting the Rural STEM Pipeline Act removes cost-sharing from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. It strikes subsection (i) of section 10A of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002, redesignates the following subsections, and makes conforming amendments to the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act so references to requirements and waivers match the repeal. The practical effect is that universities, teacher-preparation programs, and school-district partners seeking Noyce support would not need to supply a cost share or seek a cost-share waiver. That matters most for rural institutions and smaller STEM teacher pipeline partnerships that may have strong teacher-shortage needs but limited matching funds.
Who Benefits and How
Rural colleges, teacher-preparation programs, STEM education partnerships, and prospective STEM teachers benefit because Noyce proposals become easier to finance without a nonfederal match. Rural school districts benefit if more institutions can participate in Noyce-supported STEM teacher recruitment and preparation. NSF program staff benefit from fewer waiver determinations.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal taxpayers bear more of the program cost when nonfederal matching funds are no longer required. NSF grant staff must update guidance, forms, and award administration. Institutions that previously supplied matching funds may see less leverage from their own cost-share commitments, but the main burden shift is from grantees to federal funding.
Key Provisions
- Repeals the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program cost-sharing subsection.
- Redesignates the remaining Noyce statutory subsections after the repeal.
- Updates Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act references from cost-share requirements to a single requirement.
- Removes repeated waiver references that depended on the old cost-sharing structure.
- Shifts Noyce participation toward eligibility and program requirements rather than matching-fund capacity.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Repeals cost-sharing requirements for the National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and makes conforming amendments so Noyce grants no longer depend on cost-share waiver language.
Key Policy Areas
Education, STEM, Rural Education
Primary Purpose
Repeals cost-sharing requirements for the National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and makes conforming amendments so Noyce grants no longer depend on cost-share waiver language.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Rural colleges
- STEM teacher-preparation programs
- Rural school districts
- Prospective STEM teachers
- NSF Noyce program staff
Identified Costs
- Federal taxpayers
- NSF grant administration staff
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Riley of New York (for himself and Mr. Kennedy …
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Prospective STEM teachers, Rural colleges, Rural school districts
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