Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73

§9902 Program requirements

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 79— - STEM-TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM › § 9902

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must create and run college programs that train STEM majors to become certified elementary and secondary teachers. The education department and the STEM departments at each college must work together to run the program. Students must enter by taking a classroom-based course and keep taking supervised classroom experiences led by master teachers. Colleges must hire enough master teachers so no more than 100 students share one master teacher. The program must teach research-based teaching methods, testing and assessment, how to teach subject matter (including how math and science connect), use of teaching technology, and how to use state and local standards. Courses made just for STEM teachers are only open to program students. Students must pass a final teaching evaluation based on classroom work observed by several trained reviewers and submit a portfolio of their work.

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Title 20, §9902

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The Director shall replicate and implement undergraduate degree programs under this chapter that—

(1)are designed to recruit and prepare students who pursue a baccalaureate degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to become certified as elementary and secondary teachers;

(2)require the education department (or its equivalent) and the departments or division responsible for preparation of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors at an institution of higher education to collaborate in establishing and implementing the program at that institution;

(3)require students participating in the program to enter the program through a field-based course and to continue to complete field-based courses supervised by master teachers throughout the program;

(4)hire sufficient teachers so that the ratio of students to master teachers in the program does not exceed 100 to 1;

(5)include instruction in the use of scientifically-based instructional materials and methods, assessments, pedagogical content knowledge (including the interaction between mathematics and science), the use of instructional technology, and how to incorporate State and local standards into the classroom curriculum;

(6)restrict to students participating in the program those courses that are specifically designed for the needs of teachers of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and

(7)require students participating in the program to successfully complete a final evaluation of their teaching proficiency, based on their classroom teaching performance, conducted by multiple trained observers, and a portfolio of their accomplishments.

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20 U.S.C. § 9902

Title 20 — Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73