HR 2159 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

21st Century STEM Competitive Jobs Act

Introduced May 23, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Bill Foster D-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 8, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 23, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

21st Century STEM Competitive Jobs Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

Requires grantees to use grant funds to collaborate with institutions of higher education and local, regional, or national employers in STEM fields to: (1) carry out dual-credit courses that offer both secondary school and college credit and incorporate STEM education and STEM workplace training, (2) assist students in being placed in internships or apprenticeships with those employers, and (3) develop STEM curricula and metrics.

Permits grantees to use grant funds for: (1) STEM tutoring and mentoring programs; (2) STEM outside-the-classroom, after-school, or summer programs; and (3) STEM instructional materials or equipment.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 23, 2013 to Jul 31, 2014, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalMay 23, 2013
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMay 23, 2013
D-CTElizabeth H. EstyOriginalMay 23, 2013
D-CAGloria Negrete McLeodOriginalMay 23, 2013
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMay 23, 2013
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalMay 23, 2013
D-CTJoe CourtneyOriginalMay 23, 2013
D-MAJoseph P. Kennedy IIIOriginalMay 23, 2013
D-OHTim RyanOriginalMay 23, 2013
D-COJared PolisJun 4, 2013
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterJun 4, 2013
D-ILWilliam L. EnyartJun 4, 2013
D-RIDavid N. CicillineJun 28, 2013
D-MAWilliam R. KeatingOct 28, 2013
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsJul 31, 2014

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 8, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
  2. May 23, 2013Introduced in House
  3. May 23, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Subjects

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  1. May 23, 2013Introduced in House

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