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S 442 114th Congress Senate

Innovation Inspiration School Grant Program Act

Official title: A bill to establish within the Department of Education the Innovation Inspiration school grant program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 10, 2015 Introduced by: Shaheen, Jeanne Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Innovation Inspiration School Grant Program Act

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) through an Innovation Inspiration grant program to: (1) promote science, technology, engineering (including robotics), and mathematics (STEM) in secondary schools and after school programs; (2) support the participation of secondary school students in nontraditional STEM teaching methods; and (3) broaden secondary school students' access to STEM careers.

Directs the Secretary to give priority to grant applications that target: (1) a rural or urban school, (2) a low-performing school or LEA, or (3) an LEA or school that serves students who are eligible for free or reduced price lunches under the school lunch program.

Authorizes the Secretary to waive all or part of the matching requirement for financially-strapped LEAs.

Directs the Secretary to evaluate the efficacy of the grant program.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Feb 10, 2015
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 10, 2015
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Feb 10, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 442: Innovation Inspiration School Grant Program Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-442/
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"S. 442: Innovation Inspiration School Grant Program Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-442/.
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