Congress removes barriers to STEM teacher scholarships in rural schools
H.R. 6366 — Boosting the Rural STEM Pipeline Act · Filed by Josh Riley (D-NY) · 5 cosponsors · Introduced Dec 2, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill removes a cost-sharing requirement from the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, which funds scholarships for STEM teachers in high-need schools. Currently, institutions receiving Noyce scholarships must contribute matching funds; this bill eliminates that requirement, making it easier for schools—particularly rural ones—to participate and send more teachers into STEM classrooms.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is removal of a financial barrier to participation in an existing federal teacher-training program. It is a straightforward access-broadening measure with no hidden provisions or narrow beneficiaries.
What the text implies
- Removal of cost-sharing may increase federal outlays if participation rises significantly, though the bill contains no new appropriation and depends on existing NSF budget authority.
- Rural schools with limited administrative capacity may benefit disproportionately, as the cost-sharing waiver removes a compliance and matching-fund burden that smaller districts struggle to meet.
- The bill does not address whether institutions will voluntarily contribute matching funds even after the requirement is removed; actual participation gains depend on institutional choice and NSF promotion.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Removing cost-sharing barriers expands access to STEM teacher scholarships for rural and under-resourced schools, lowering the financial burden on institutions that serve disadvantaged communities and increasing the supply of qualified STEM educators in areas that need them most.
Named in the bill
National Science Foundation (NSF), Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, Rural schools and school districts, STEM teacher-training institutions
Where it stands
5 cosponsors: 3 Republicans, 2 Democrats.
- Dec 2, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Dec 2, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $30,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 3 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Josh Riley, the sponsor, reported $773,480 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- American Museum of Natural History — $30,000 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (807 characters) on Jun 3, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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