Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act
Key claim: The bill would direct the National Science Foundation to award competitive research and development grants and commission a National Academies study to advance mathematical and statistical modeling education in public elementary and secondary schools.
Abstract
(S1839 · 117th Congress) Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act This bill requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to take certain actions to increase mathematical and statistical modeling education in public elementary and secondary schools. First, the NSF must provide competitive grants to institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations for research and development to support high-quality mathematical modeling education (e.g., data science and computational thinking) in schools. In addition, the NSF must seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study and report on mathematical and statistical modeling education in schools. Latest action (2021-05-26): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Why this matters
The proposal would give NSF a targeted role in supporting research and development on mathematical and statistical modeling education in public K–12 schools, alongside a National Academies study. This finding concerns the bill as introduced and does not establish enactment or available grant funding; the existing page separately records House passage.