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Removes a statutory cost-sharing requirement for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and makes related wording and cross-reference fixes in NSF and research-and-development statutes. The changes eliminate a barrier that could require grant recipients or institutions to provide matching funds, and they tidy statutory language and subsection numbering to reflect that repeal.
The bill lowers financial barriers and clarifies program rules for Robert Noyce scholarship participants and administering institutions, but it raises the likelihood of higher federal costs and may weaken local financial commitment to teacher pipeline programs.
Teachers (prospective K–12 STEM teachers) will face fewer financial barriers to receiving Robert Noyce scholarships because the statute's cost‑sharing requirement is repealed.
Schools, universities, state education agencies, and applicants will have clearer, less ambiguous program rules because redrafting and typo fixes improve the statute's language.
U.S. taxpayers could face higher federal spending because removing the cost‑sharing requirement increases the program's fiscal cost or requires larger NSF budgets.
State and local education agencies and institutions may have weaker incentives to contribute funds or partner on teacher pipeline programs because the statutory cost‑sharing requirement that encouraged local buy‑in is removed.
Introduced December 2, 2025 by Josh Riley · Last progress December 2, 2025