21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Creates a competitive grant program for local educational agencies to run STEM education programs for girls and underrepresented minorities and authorizes funding through fiscal year 2029.
Who Benefits and How
Eligible local educational agencies, participating students, and organizations that expand STEM access benefit from dedicated federal funding for mentoring, tutoring, internships, equipment, teacher training, and related activities.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Education and grantees face application, evaluation, reporting, and supplement-not-supplant requirements.
Key Provisions
- Creates competitive grants for qualified local educational agencies serving high-poverty students.
- Allows grant funds to support mentoring, tutoring, internships, equipment, field trips, and teacher professional development.
- Requires annual evaluations and authorizes $10 million per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2029.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates a competitive grant program for local educational agencies to run STEM education programs for girls and underrepresented minorities and authorizes funding through fiscal year 2029.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Technology, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
Creates a competitive grant program for local educational agencies to run STEM education programs for girls and underrepresented minorities and authorizes funding through fiscal year 2029.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Qualified local educational agencies
- Girls and underrepresented minority students
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Education administrators
- Grant recipients
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Alsobrooks (for herself and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the secretary"
- → Secretary of Education
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