20 USC § 3991 - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s3991"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 3991 - Purpose"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "3991"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "EDUCATION FOR ECONOMIC SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PARTNERSHIPS IN EDUCATION FOR MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Elementary and Secondary Education Partnerships"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 98–377, title III, § 321, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title VI, § 6031(a)(2), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1479.)"
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# § 3991. Purpose

It is the purpose of this part to supplement State and local resources to—

**(1)** improve the quality of instruction in the fields of mathematics and science in elementary and secondary schools;

**(2)** furnish additional resources and support for the acquisition of equipment, and instructional and reference materials and improvement of laboratory facilities in elementary and secondary schools; and

**(3)** encourage partnerships in science and mathematics education between the business community, museums, libraries, professional mathematics and scientific associations, private nonprofit organizations, appropriate State agencies and elementary and secondary schools.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 98–377, title III, § 321, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title VI, § 6031(a)(2), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1479.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Clubs for Boys and Girls Interested in Science; Authorization of Appropriations; Purposes; Personnel and Facilities

> **“Sec. 2.**
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> **(a)** The Commissioner of Education [now Secretary of Education] shall carry out his duties under the first section with a view to the ultimate chartering by the Congress of a Corporation, similar to the Future Farmers of America, which will seek to—
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> **“(1)** develop an interest in science on the part of the young people of America,
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> **“(2)** provide an opportunity for the exchange of scientific information and ideas among members of the clubs,
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> **“(3)** encourage the promotion of science fairs at which members of the clubs may display their scientific works and projects, and
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> **“(4)** develop an awareness of the satisfactions to be derived through a career devoted to science.
> 
> **“(b)** The Commissioner of Education [now Secretary of Education] may utilize any of the personnel and facilities of the Office of Education [now Department of Education] in carrying out this Act.”

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