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[CITE: 15USC278g-2a]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
        CHAPTER 7--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
 
Sec. 278g-2a. Teacher science and technology enhancement 
        Institute program
        

(a) Establishment

    The Director shall establish within the Institute a teacher science 
and technology enhancement program to provide for professional 
development of mathematics and science teachers of elementary, middle, 
and secondary schools (as those terms are defined by the Director), 
including providing for the improvement of those teachers with respect 
to the understanding of science and the impacts of science on commerce.

(b) Areas of focus

    In carrying out the program under this section, the Director shall 
focus on the areas of--
        (1) scientific measurements;
        (2) tests and standards development;
        (3) industrial competitiveness and quality;
        (4) manufacturing;
        (5) technology transfer; and
        (6) any other area of expertise of the Institute that the 
    Director determines to be appropriate.

(c) Procedures and selection criteria

    The Director shall develop and issue procedures and selection 
criteria for participants in the program.

(d) Scheduling

    The program under this section shall be conducted on an annual basis 
during the summer months, during the period of time when a majority of 
elementary, middle, and secondary schools have not commenced a school 
year.

(e) Means of accomplishing goals

    The program shall provide for teachers' participation in activities 
at the laboratory facilities of the Institute, or shall utilize other 
means of accomplishing the goals of the program as determined by the 
Director, which may include the Internet, video conferencing and 
recording, and workshops and conferences.

(Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 872, Sec. 19A, as added Pub. L. 105-309, Sec. 7, Oct. 
30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2937.)
