1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Data Science and Literacy Act of 2023 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Title I—Data literacy education grant program Sec. 101. Grant program established. Sec. 102. Applications. Sec. 103. Use of funds. Sec. 104. Reporting and evaluation. Sec. 105. Definitions. Sec. 106. Authorization of appropriations. Title II—Statistics on secondary school STEM teachers Sec. 201. Amendments to the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002. 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Data science and literacy are vital for United States residents in an era of intense global competition and growing reliance on data. (2) The American people constantly interact with and are affected by data. For example, they— (A) regularly consume data, such as educational data, business data, financial data, medical data, sports statistics, and data-based claims in news media; (B) are included in a variety of data sets, such as medical and credit histories, web searches, social media activity, and purchase histories; and (C) interact with products that are the result of data-driven processes. For example, medications and other medical interventions are tested in randomized trials to assess their efficacy and safety. Similarly, data are often used to inform policy decisions that have considerable impact on citizens. (3) Data literacy is increasingly integral in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and other fields. (4) Data literacy is essential for both effective citizenship and personal well-being. Data literacy is an integral skill for understanding data-driven claims and making personal decisions in the 21st century. This includes the need to— (A) contribute to the digital economy as a productive member of the workforce; (B) interpret and synthesize data displays and summaries, such as polls, surveys, and study outcomes