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158.846 Legislative findings concerning academic achievement in STEM
disciplines.
The General Assembly hereby finds that:
(1) The future of Kentucky depends upon the ability to develop intellectual capital
that can drive the research and development activities that will allow the
Commonwealth to successfully compete in the global knowledge-based
economy;
(2) Kentucky's natural resources, the nation's need for energy independence, and
the worldwide movement toward the creation of cleaner and more sustainable
energy technologies afford Kentucky the opportunity to become an
international leader in energy diversification;
(3) Strengthening Kentucky's position in key areas of the knowledge-based
economy, including energy and environmental technology, biosciences,
materials science, advanced manufacturing, information technology, human
health and development, and other fields, requires a strong and steady stream
of researchers, workers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs trained in the STEM
disciplines;
(4) The number of Kentucky's elementary and secondary students interested in
pursuing, and adequately prepared for success in, the STEM disciplines in
college and the workforce is insufficient to meet the challenges and
opportunities with which Kentucky is confronted;
(5) The number of Kentucky's elementary, middle, and secondary school teachers
who are highly qualified to provide instruction in the STEM disciplines is
insufficient to adequately prepare students for careers in the knowledge-based
economy; and
(6) Bold, collaborative, and strategic action is needed by all stakeholders in
Kentucky's P-20 education system, business sector, and government to
improve Kentucky's position for success in the knowledge-based economy by
expanding and strengthening STEM educational opportunities from
prekindergarten through the doctoral degree level, inspiring more Kentuckians
to pursue those opportunities, and linking those opportunities with a coherent
set of statewide economic and workforce development strategies.
Effective:July 15, 2008
History: Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 134, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2008.
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