3.0.0 3732 2023-01-11T13:21:39Z 2023-01-11T13:21:39Z Senate S S 2010-08-05 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-08-05T20:23:55Z 2010-08-05 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2010-08-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6894) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-08-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2010-08-05 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2010-08-05 True K000373 Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] Edward Kaufman D DE E. 2010-08-05 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2010-08-05 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2010-08-05 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2010-08-05 True Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Government information and archives Science and engineering education Teaching, teachers, curricula Women's education Education 00 2010-08-05 Introduced in Senate 2010-09-01T15:18:05Z Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to: (1) promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in secondary schools; (2) support the participation of secondary school students in nonprofit robotics or STEM competitions; and (3) broaden secondary school students' access to STEM careers.

Allows secondary schools to apply for such grants if their LEA does not.

Gives priority to grant applications that address the needs of: (1) rural or urban schools; (2) low-performing schools or school districts; or (3) LEAs or schools that serve at least 10,000 poor children or a student population at least 20% of which is poor.

Authorizes the Secretary to waive all or part of the matching requirement for financially-strapped LEAs or schools.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) publicize the grant program and nontraditional STEM teaching methods; and (2) evaluate the efficacy of the grant program.

]]> A bill to establish within the Department of Education the Innovation Inspiration school grant program, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to establish within the Department of Education the Innovation Inspiration school grant program, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish within the Department of Education the Innovation Inspiration school grant program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2010-08-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3732is/xml/BILLS-111s3732is.xml 2010-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.