HR 4515 113th Congress House Education Education programs funding Educational technology and distance education Elementary and secondary education Science and engineering education Teaching, teachers, curricula Vocational and technical education Women's education

GIRLS-STEM Act of 2014

Introduced: April 29, 2014 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jun 13, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Apr 29, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Apr 29, 2014

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Getting into Researching, Learning, & Studying of STEM Act of 2014 or the GIRLS-STEM Act of 2014 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies that serve underrepresented or low-income students to enable their elementary and secondary schools to establish and implement programs that:

encourage the ongoing interest of female students in careers requiring science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) skills at all levels of the career pathway; and
prepare female students to pursue the industry-recognized credentials needed to pursue a STEM career.

Requires the grants to be awarded in four-school-year increments.

Requires the grants to be used to:

acquaint female students with, and prepare them to pursue, STEM careers;
educate the parents of such students about the opportunities and advantages of STEM careers;
provide female students with STEM tutoring, mentoring, after-school activities, and summer programs;
expose female students to STEM role models, events, academic programs, or career and technical education programs;
purchase education materials, equipment, or software that facilitate STEM instruction;
assist female students in selecting secondary school courses that provide them with preparation for postsecondary education and experiential learning opportunities in STEM;
facilitate STEM internships for such students; and
provide teachers with training that enables them to more effectively teach STEM and overcome gender biases that discourage female students' advancement in those fields.