This amendment provides funding for the Virginia Earth System Science Scholars program, a free interactive, online Earth System Science course plus problem-based summer academy at NASA Langley offering five college credits to high school juniors and seniors statewide. The program is managed by the Virginia Space Grant Consortium and offered in partnership with NASA Langley Research Center and Hampton University. Funding will sustain this existing award-winning best practice STEM program that uses real-world NASA data for 300 students each year when the existing funding source ends in summer 2020. Without State support, the program is not expected to continue.