HOSP identifies issues at the state and federal levels that will impact, support, and influence a teacher, a school or a system’s ability to improve student achievement across grade levels and disciplines using STEM topics and tools. Once the issues are identified, then what do we do?

• We get educated about the issues and determine how they impact our abilities to support teachers and students
• We identify individuals with knowledge, passion and influence who can help us make the case and who also support these issues
• We create and define a clear objective that we believe we can influence and change
• We educate and advocate decision makers about our work and our objectives

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

Get details on the HOSP 2011-2012 Legislative Agenda. See how HOSP aims to Make Science Count.

Current activities at the Federal level focus on:

Elementary and Secondary Education Act Re-authorization (ESEA)

Next Generation Standards

Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)

Science Ready: Support for Learning Science by Doing It

HOSP is also active advocating STEM legislation in a variety of States.

For members in the House of Representatives: www.house.gov

For members of the Senate: www.senate.gov

For more information about legislators and their work: www.votesmart.org

ASTRA (The Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America) provides state-specific R&D Sheets and K-12 STEM Ed Report cards to help illustrate the importance of scientific research to state and local economies, job growth, innovation, our standard of living, and national security.