McIntyre Supports Coordination of STEM Education Programs - June 16th, 2009

Representative McIntyre is a co-sponsor of the STEM Education Coordination Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives with strong bi-partisan support. This legislation will coordinate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)education activities across the federal government.

Many valuable STEM education programs already exist at various federal agencies and have the potential to play an important role in sharing knowledge and passion for science, technology, engineering and math with students, teachers, and the general public.  This common-sense legislation will simply coordinate the STEM activities of federal agencies to make the most effective use of the federal investment in STEM education. It will provide a forum for the federal agencies involved in STEM education activities to work together to increase the awareness of these programs among teachers and to evaluate these programs.

As a member of the STEM Education Caucus, Rep. McIntyre understands the necessity of providing our students with a strong science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education in order to adequately equip them to compete in the global economy.  This legislation goes a long way towards ensuring that the rich science and technology resources at federal research agencies are used effectively to help our students better prepare for the jobs of the 21st century.