3.0.0 1796 2023-01-11T13:23:28Z 2023-01-11T13:23:28Z Senate S S 2013-12-10 113 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-12-10T22:11:22Z STEM Gateways Act 113 3690 HR 2014-01-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS 2013-12-10 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2013-12-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2014-01-07 False Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Higher education Minority education Minority employment Public-private cooperation Science and engineering education Teaching, teachers, curricula Women's education Women's employment Education 00 2013-12-10 Introduced in Senate 2014-02-05T21:43:52Z STEM Gateways Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to eligible entities for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) elementary and secondary school programs for women and girls, underrepresented minorities, and individuals from all economic backgrounds.

Requires those programs to be directed toward at least one of the following goals:

  • encouraging the interest of elementary and secondary school students in the STEM fields;
  • motivating the engagement of those students in the STEM fields by providing them with relevant hands-on learning opportunities;
  • supporting classroom success in the STEM disciplines by elementary and secondary school students;
  • supporting STEM workforce training and career preparation for secondary school students; and
  • improving the access of secondary school students to STEM career and continuing education opportunities.

Defines an "eligible entity" as: (1) a local educational agency (LEA); (2) an educational service agency serving more than one LEA; (3) a consortium of LEAs; (4) a nonprofit organization that works with elementary schools, secondary schools, or institutions of higher education and has shown a commitment to achieving the goals listed above; or (5) a community college working in partnership with secondary schools to create dual enrollment, credit transfer, or accelerated postsecondary credentialing opportunities.

]]> STEM Gateways Act Display Title STEM Gateways Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase the participation of women, girls, and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields, to encourage and support students from all economic backgrounds to pursue STEM career opportunities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced STEM Gateways Act Introduced in Senate 2013-12-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s1796is/xml/BILLS-113s1796is.xml 2013-12-10 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.