National Advanced Technician Training Act - Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation to carry out an advanced technician training program, making matching grants to two-year community and technical colleges to provide training in technical competencies in strategic fields. Requires such program to emphasize on-the-job training and recruitment of the unemployed. Requires that an inventory of available programs be accessible.
Requires the Director to appoint a National Advisory Council on Advanced Technician Training to review and report to the Director and to the Congress on the effectiveness of the program, with recommendations as needed.
Requires the Director to designate ten centers of excellence among such colleges to serve as clearinghouses, half for advanced technician training and half for undergraduate education in mathematics and science. Requires the Director to make at least 20 grants annually.
Requires that funds under this Act be used to strengthen programs in advanced-technology occupations, for faculty development in advanced-technology fields such as laser, robotic, and computer technology, and the development of cooperative training and information networks with other schools and the private sector.
Authorizes appropriations for FY 1988 through 1990.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Referred to House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Referred to Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology.
Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
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