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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
[Document affected by Public Law 107-107 Section 596(b)]
[CITE: 10USC2193b]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                    PART III--TRAINING AND EDUCATION
 
 CHAPTER 111--SUPPORT OF SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION
 
Sec. 2193b. Improvement of education in technical fields: 
        program for support of elementary and secondary education in 
        science, mathematics, and technology
        
    (a) Authority for Program.--The Secretary of Defense may conduct a 
science, mathematics, and technology education improvement program known 
as the ``Department of Defense STARBASE Program''. The Secretary shall 
carry out the program in coordination with the Secretaries of the 
military departments.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the program is to improve knowledge and 
skills of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade in mathematics, 
science, and technology.
    (c) STARBASE Academies.--(1) The Secretary shall provide for the 
establishment of at least 25 academies under the program.
    (2) The Secretary of Defense shall establish guidelines, criteria, 
and a process for the establishment of STARBASE programs in addition to 
those in operation on the date of the enactment of this section.
    (3) The Secretary may support the establishment and operation of any 
academy in excess of two academies in a State only if the Secretary has 
first authorized in writing the establishment of the academy and the 
costs of the establishment and operation of the academy are paid out of 
funds provided by sources other than the Department of Defense. Any such 
costs that are paid out of appropriated funds shall be considered as 
paid out of funds provided by such other sources if such sources fully 
reimburse the United States for the costs.
    (d) Persons Eligible To Participate in Program.--The Secretary shall 
prescribe standards and procedures for selection of persons for 
participation in the program.
    (e) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe 
regulations governing the conduct of the program.
    (f) Authority to Accept Financial and Other Support.--The Secretary 
of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments may accept 
financial and other support for the program from other departments and 
agencies of the Federal Government, State governments, local 
governments, and not-for-profit and other organizations in the private 
sector.
    (g) Annual Report.--Not later than 90 days after the end of each 
fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
on the program under this section. The report shall contain a discussion 
of the design and conduct of the program and an evaluation of the 
effectiveness of the program.
    (h) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' includes the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
Islands, and Guam.

(Added Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 580(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 631.)

                       References in Text

    The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. 
(c)(2), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 106-65, which was approved 
Oct. 5, 1999.


                       Existing STARBASE Academies

    Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 580(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 632, provided that: ``While continuing in operation, the academies 
existing on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 1999] under 
the Department of Defense STARBASE Program, as such program is in effect 
on such date, shall be counted for the purpose of meeting the 
requirement under section 2193b(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code 
(as added by subsection (a)), relating to the minimum number of STARBASE 
academies.''
