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HR 1288 115th Congress House

Early STEM Achievement Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program for early childhood STEM activities.

Introduced: July 17, 2017 See on congress.gov
Education Education programs fundingPreschool educationScience and engineering educationTeaching, teachers, curricula
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 1, 2017
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 Latest action March 1, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Early STEM Achievement Act

This bill requires the Department of Education to award competitive grants to eligible entities for the purpose of assisting early childhood education programs in carrying out science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs and activities.

A grant recipient must use the grant for necessary materials and equipment or for specified activities related to professional development in early childhood STEM activities.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1288: Early STEM Achievement Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1288/
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"H.R. 1288: Early STEM Achievement Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1288/.
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H.R. 1288, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1288/.
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