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<title>STEM Gateways Act</title>
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<action-date>2015-02-10</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>STEM Gateways Act</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Education to award competitive grants for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) elementary and secondary school programs that:</p> <ul> <li>encourage interest in the STEM fields;</li> <li>motivate engagement in the STEM fields by providing relevant hands-on learning opportunities;</li> <li>support classroom success in the STEM disciplines;</li> <li>support STEM workforce training and career preparation for secondary school students; or</li> <li>improve the access of secondary school students to STEM career and continuing education opportunities.</li> </ul>]]></summary-text>
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