116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the STEM Education Act of 2015 to require the National Science Foundation to promote the integration of art and design in STEM education, and for other purposes.
June 18, 2019
Mr. Langevin (for himself, Ms. Bonamici, and Ms. Stefanik) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
To amend the STEM Education Act of 2015 to require the National Science Foundation to promote the integration of art and design in STEM education, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “STEM to STEAM Act of 2019”.
SEC. 2. Integrating art and design into National Science Foundation informal STEM education program.
Section 3 of the STEM Education Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 1862q) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking “and” at the end;
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(4) the integration of art and design in STEM educational programs.”; and
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking “and” at the end;
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(5) design and testing of programming that integrates art and design in STEM education to promote creativity and innovation.”.