Accounting STEM Pursuit Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Accounting STEM Pursuit Act changes the Student Support and Academic Enrichment grant framework in title IV-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It makes accounting education, including accounting career awareness, an allowable well-rounded educational experience and adds activities to develop, implement, and strengthen K-12 accounting programs, especially for students from groups underrepresented in accounting careers. The practical effect is to let states and school districts use existing federal flexible education funds for accounting coursework and career pipelines rather than treating accounting as outside the STEM and career-awareness menu.
Who Benefits and How
K-12 students underrepresented in accounting careers benefit because schools can use title IV-A support to expose them to accounting classes and career pathways. School districts benefit because accounting education becomes an expressly permitted use of Student Support and Academic Enrichment funds. State education agencies benefit from clearer statutory authority to approve accounting-related well-rounded education activities. Accounting employers benefit indirectly if earlier course access expands the future accounting workforce pipeline.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Title IV-A program administrators must update grant guidance and application review materials to include accounting education. School districts adding accounting courses must find teachers, curricula, and partnerships to make the new option useful. State education agencies must monitor whether funds reach underrepresented students rather than only existing business electives. Competing title IV-A priorities may face more competition for the same flexible grant dollars.
Key Provisions
- Amends title IV-A to include accounting education and accounting career awareness as well-rounded education activities.
- Adds accounting program development, implementation, and strengthening to allowable uses of funds.
- Expands access language for students through grade 12 from groups underrepresented in accounting careers.
- Provides school districts a federal funding hook for K-12 accounting coursework and career exposure.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Adds accounting education and accounting career awareness to allowable well-rounded education activities under title IV-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Workforce, Accounting
Primary Purpose
Adds accounting education and accounting career awareness to allowable well-rounded education activities under title IV-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- K-12 students underrepresented in accounting careers
- School districts
- State education agencies
- Accounting employers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Title IV-A program administrators
- School districts adding accounting courses
- State education agencies
- Competing title IV-A priorities
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Kim (for herself and Ms. Stevens) introduced the following …
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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