To enable schools serving grades 6 through 12 that are located in rural areas or that serve Native American students to remodel or build new facilities to provide STEM classrooms and laboratories and support high-speed internet, to establish a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To enable schools serving grades 6 through 12 that are located in rural areas or that serve Native American students to remodel or build new facilities to provide STEM classrooms and laboratories and support high-speed internet, to establish a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Finance, Labor.
Who Benefits and How
schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section id53E93EB2E4974073B84165D0196B08F2: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Inspiring New STEM Professionals by Investing in Renovation of Education Spaces Act or the INSPIRES Act.
- Section id24DA3C2FEF694166A68437B7BF67647B: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: Technological advancement has increased the types of jobs available now and for the foreseeable future. Over the next...
- Section id91E8E41C562947049A2F20F126F6D86C: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term career and technical education has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical...
- Section id32F1E07A35A649F49EB87F3991E52A71: 4. STEM education facilities grants The Secretary shall carry out a program to improve STEM education facilities by awarding grants, through allotments under...
- Section id1C624BA2F19D4850882685B85FDD92A7: 5. Career and technical education facilities improvement From amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary shall carry out a program to...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To enable schools serving grades 6 through 12 that are located in rural areas or that serve Native American students to remodel or build new facilities to provide STEM classrooms and laboratories and support high-speed internet, to establish a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Finance, Labor
Primary Purpose
This bill, To enable schools serving grades 6 through 12 that are located in rural areas or that serve Native American students to remodel or build new facilities to provide STEM classrooms and laboratories and support high-speed internet, to establish a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- schools, students, and education providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Sponsors
Brian Schatz
D-HI | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Schatz (for himself and Mr. Padilla) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Secretary of Education. The term STEM— means the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and related fields (including computer science)
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