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The bill makes Noyce awards easier to access and administratively clearer—likely expanding the STEM teacher pipeline—but shifts more program cost to the federal budget and risks reduced local investment and some programmatic flexibility.
K-12 students and school districts could get more STEM teachers over time because institutions and districts with limited funds can now participate more fully in the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, strengthening the STEM teacher pipeline.
Teachers and teacher-preparation programs can receive more full funding from Noyce awards because the statutory cost-sharing/matching requirement is removed, reducing the need for local matching contributions.
NSF and grant applicants face lower administrative burden because conforming edits clarify waiver language and scope, reducing ambiguity about which program the waiver applies to.
Taxpayers may bear higher federal costs because grants no longer require recipient cost-sharing, increasing NSF-funded outlays for the program.
Schools and state/local governments could become more reliant on federal funding and reduce local or private investment in teacher-preparation programs.
Narrowing the waiver language could unintentionally limit flexibility for other NSF programs that previously relied on broader waiver phrasing, potentially constraining implementation options.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Removes the statutory cost-sharing requirement for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and updates related statutory language to reflect that change.
Introduced December 2, 2025 by Josh Riley · Last progress December 2, 2025
Removes the cost-sharing requirement for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and makes small textual edits in related statute to reflect that change. The amendment drops the provision that required recipients or partners to share program costs, so the Noyce program will no longer be statutorily required to obtain matching funds or cost share from grantees. The bill also updates cross-references and plural/singular wording in a related research-and-innovation statute so the language correctly refers to the single waiver that applies to the Noyce program after the cost-share provision is removed.