3.0.0 1050 2023-01-11T13:27:27Z 2023-01-11T13:27:27Z Senate S 2015-04-22 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-22T20:40:02Z 2015-04-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-04-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-04-22 True Education Building construction Education programs funding Educational facilities and institutions Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Energy efficiency and conservation Higher education Rural conditions and development Science and engineering education Vocational and technical education Education 00 2015-04-22 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-15T14:43:10Z Inspiring New STEM Professionals by Investing in Renovation of Education Spaces Act or the INSPIRES Act

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Department of Education (ED) to support local educational agencies (LEAs), community colleges, and other appropriate entities in modernizing, renovating, or repairing facilities used to provide science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or career and technical education to public elementary, secondary school, or community college students.

Requires ED to furnish such support by providing eligible entities with grants or loan guarantees or by making payments of interest on the financial instruments they use to fund the modernization, renovation, or repair of those facilities.

Prohibits the use of that support for new construction or the payment of routine maintenance costs.

Requires ED to direct at least 25% of the funds made available under this Act to: (1) public schools or secondary schools served by high-need LEAs, or (2) community colleges that serve a substantial number of rural students.

]]> INSPIRES Act Display Title INSPIRES Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 by establishing a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced INSPIRES Act Short Titles as Introduced Inspiring New STEM Professionals by Investing in Renovation of Education Spaces Act Introduced in Senate 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1050is/xml/BILLS-114s1050is.xml 2015-04-22 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.