S4030-119

In Committee

Supporting After-School STEM Educators Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 9, 2026

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Supporting After-School STEM Educators Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Labor, Government Operations.

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 S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting After-School STEM Educators Act.
  • Section ida3d2d71faa5a44f791927815819cddec: 2. Findings Congress finds the following: There is growing recognition, as evidenced through program provider surveys conducted by the Afterschool Alliance,...
  • Section idd51ecb4ecb6d4e5fa050f16f45c90894: 3. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— to recognize the important role that after-school, summer, and other out-of-school time educators, in STEM subjects,...
  • Section idb51783e5ac6e48c5831b1ae0d0ebb606: 4. Definitions In this Act: The term intermediary means an entity, public or private, that works to support quality after-school, summer, and other...
  • Section id31f5f5680d544739a4c14a448b81d556: 5. Out-of-school time STEM educator professional development scholarship program The Secretary shall establish a program through which the Secretary shall...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Supporting After-School STEM Educators Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Labor, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Supporting After-School STEM Educators Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Labor Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 9, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Mar 9, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 9, 2026

Mrs. Shaheen introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Labor Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"intermediary" §idb51783e5ac6e48c5831b1ae0d0ebb606

an entity, public or private, that works to support quality after-school, summer, and other out-of-school time programs for student development through— technical assistance and professional development for program educators

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