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S 1565 117th Congress Senate Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Preschool education Science and engineering education Teaching, teachers, curricula

Supporting STEM Learning Opportunities Act

Introduced: May 11, 2021 Introduced by: Shaheen, Jeanne Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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May 11, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 11, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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Supporting STEM Learning Opportunities Act

This bill establishes a grant program to promote hands-on learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for prekindergarten, elementary, and secondary school students.

Specifically, the National Science Foundation must provide grants to eligible nonprofit programs to (1) support hands-on learning opportunities in STEM education, including through after-school activities and innovative learning opportunities (e.g., robotics competitions); and (2) evaluate the impact of these programs on STEM learning and disseminate the evaluation results.

What's happening now May 11, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 6521 Identical bill Supporting STEM Learning Opportunities Act
  • S 1260 Related bill United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 11, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1565: Supporting STEM Learning Opportunities Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1565/
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"S. 1565: Supporting STEM Learning Opportunities Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1565/.
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S. 1565, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1565/.
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