# 114-hr-5679: Pre-College Engineering Education Act

114-hr-5679, Pre-College Engineering Education Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5679
- Congress: 114
- Title: Pre-College Engineering Education Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
- Introduced: 2016-07-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Pre-College Engineering Education Act This bill establishes a grant program to encourage, through public-private partnerships, the development and implementation by states and local educational agencies of sustainable engineering education programs in elementary and secondary schools. The National Science Foundation (NSF) shall administer the program. Grantees may use funds to: research, review, and analyze the effectiveness of existing research-based instructional materials; select or develop new research-based instructional materials; teach students the overall analytical approached used in engineering; prepare students who may pursue engineering studies in college or enter careers related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; increase participation of underrepresented student groups in the engineering pipeline; and provide professional development for teachers to teach pre-college engineering. The NSF shall study and report on program activities and results.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] (R-NY), 2016-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2016-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL HONDA (D-CA), 2016-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2016-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2016-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2016-09-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2016-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA), 2016-09-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2016-11-14T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5679 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5679)

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- [114-hr-5621: To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Dob…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5621)
- [114-hr-5292: Air Traffic Controller Hiring Improvement Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5292)
- [114-hr-4626: BRACE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4626)
- [114-hr-3268: PAST Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3268)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5679 (as of 2025-11-18).