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PUBLIC LAW 110–69—AUG. 9, 2007

higher concentrations of poor students are less likely to have adequate laboratory facilities than other schools. (5) The Government Accountability Office reported that 49.1 percent of schools where the minority student population is greater than 50.5 percent reported not meeting functional requirements for laboratory science well or at all. (6) 40 percent of those college students who left the science fields reported some problems related to high school science preparation, including lack of laboratory experience and no introduction to theoretical or to analytical modes of thought. (7) It is in the national interest for the Federal Government to invest in research and demonstration projects to improve the teaching of laboratory science in the Nation’s high schools. (b) GRANT PROGRAM.—Section 8(8) of the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (F) as clauses (i) through (vi), respectively; (2) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ before ‘‘A program of competitive’’; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(B) In accordance with subparagraph (A)(v), the Director shall establish a research pilot program designated as ‘Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science’ to award grants to partnerships to improve laboratories and provide instrumentation as part of a comprehensive program to enhance the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics instruction at the secondary school level. Grants under this subparagraph may be used for— ‘‘(i) professional development and training for teachers aligned with activities supported under section 2123 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6623); ‘‘(ii) purchase, rental, or leasing of equipment, instrumentation, and other scientific educational materials; ‘‘(iii) development of instructional programs designed to integrate the laboratory experience with classroom instruction and to be consistent with State mathematics and science and, to the extent applicable, technology and engineering, academic achievement standards; ‘‘(iv) training in laboratory safety for school personnel; ‘‘(v) design and implementation of hands-on laboratory experiences to encourage the interest of individuals identified in section 33 or 34 of the Science and Engineering Equal Opportunities Act (42 U.S.C. 1885a or 1885b) in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and help prepare such individuals to pursue postsecondary studies in these fields; and ‘‘(vi) assessment of the activities funded under this subparagraph. ‘‘(C) Grants may be made under subparagraph (B) only to a partnership— ‘‘(i) for a project that includes significant teacher preparation and professional development components; or ‘‘(ii) that establishes that appropriate teacher preparation and professional development is being addressed, or has been addressed, through other means.

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