US Congress House Bill 1343

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April 23 2013 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Project Ready STEM Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to national and regional intermediaries and, through them, subgrants to their community-based affiliates to operate in-school, after school, summer, and weekend programs that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. Defines a "national intermediary" as a national private nonprofit organization that has: (1) a network comprising community-based affiliates in at least 50 urban communities, (2) expertise in overseeing programs to help middle and secondary school students succeed, and (3) operated in at least 25 states continuously for at least 20 years. Defines a "regional intermediary" as a private nonprofit community-based organization that has: (1) a network comprising community-based affiliates in a prescribed region, and (2) expertise in extending educational services to middle and secondary school students. Requires the STEM programs to primarily serve students who are traditionally underrepresented in STEM field careers, and include project-based learning opportunities and individualized instruction. Directs each subgrantee to collaborate with an institution of higher education in providing such services. Requires grantees to direct at least: (1) 50% of their grant to community-based affiliates that are successfully operating STEM programs so that they can expand them to reach more students traditionally underrepresented in STEM field careers, and (2) 25% of their grant to the development of STEM programs by community-based affiliates not currently operating any.

Project Ready STEM Act

Rep Fudge, Marcia L.	Rep Doggett, Lloyd	Rep Grayson, Alan	Rep Green, Gene
Rep Hastings, Alcee L.	Rep Moore, Gwen	Rep Takano, Mark

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2013-03-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HN01343:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr1343ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr1343ih.pdf