; and (M) the coal industry, including in-demand occupations as coal miners, engineers, developers and manufacturers of state-of-the-art coal facilities, technology vendors, coal transportation workers and operators, and mining equipment vendors. (2) Input The Secretary of Energy shall solicit input from energy-related industries in developing guidelines or best practices under paragraph (1). (3) Energy efficiency and conservation initiatives The guidelines or best practices developed under paragraph (1) shall include grade-specific guidelines for elementary schools and secondary schools for teaching energy efficiency technology, architecture, design, and construction of new energy-efficient buildings and building energy retrofits, manufacturing efficiency technology, community energy resiliency, and conservation initiatives. (4) STEM education The guidelines or best practices developed under paragraph (1) shall promote STEM education in educational institutions as it relates to in-demand occupations in energy-related industries listed under such paragraph. (5) Prohibition Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the Secretary of Energy or any other officer or employee of the Federal Government to require or coerce a State or educational institution to adopt or carry out the guidelines or best practices developed under paragraph (1). (g) 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory Board If the Secretary of Energy has approved a strategy developed by the 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory Board established under section 40211 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( 42 U.S.C. 18744 ), the Secretary shall, to the extent the Secretary determines practicable and appropriate, carry out the program established under subsection (a) in accordance with such strategy. (h) Consolidation To the extent practicable, the Secretary of Energy shall, to avoid duplication of efforts, carry out the Equity in Energy Initiative of the Department of Energy, the Minority Educational Institution Student