[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2911 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2911

 To amend the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant program to 
 promote career awareness in accounting as part of a well-rounded STEM 
                        educational experience.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2025

 Mrs. Kim (for herself and Ms. Stevens) introduced the following bill; 
     which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant program to 
 promote career awareness in accounting as part of a well-rounded STEM 
                        educational experience.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accounting STEM Pursuit Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. ACCOUNTING AS PART OF A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

    Subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 4104(b)(3)(A)(i)--
                    (A) in subclause (VI), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating subclause (VII) as subclause 
                (VIII); and
                    (C) by inserting after subclause (VI) the following 
                new subclause:
                                    ``(VII) accounting education, 
                                including accounting career awareness; 
                                or''; and
            (2) in section 4107(a)(3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as 
                subparagraph (K); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(J) activities to promote the development, 
                implementation, and strengthening of programs to teach 
                accounting, including increasing access to high-quality 
                accounting courses for students through grade 12 who 
                are members of groups underrepresented in accounting 
                careers; or''.
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