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[H.R. 6002 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6002
To allow participants in the Service Corps of Retired Executives to
teach entrepreneurship at community learning centers, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 19, 2023
Mr. Phillips (for himself, Mr. Hill, and Ms. Davids of Kansas)
introduced the following bill
October 25, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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A BILL
To allow participants in the Service Corps of Retired Executives to
teach entrepreneurship at community learning centers, and for other
purposes.
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 ``21st Century Entrepreneurship Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) entrepreneurship creates new jobs, grows the economy,
increases productivity, and significantly improves the quality
of life of the people of the United States;
(2) entrepreneurship rates in the United States have been
unstable over the last several decades;
(3) children from disadvantaged communities are less likely
to become entrepreneurs and inventors, hampering economic
growth and harming communities most in need;
(4) studies show that children with mentors in
entrepreneurship and inventorship are more likely to pursue
these fields in adulthood; and
(5) in order to promote growth in disadvantaged
communities, increase entrepreneurship rates, and improve the
economy, volunteer mentors with the SCORE program should be
encouraged to engage with children in community learning
centers.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Community learning center.--The term ``community
learning center'' has the meaning given the term in section
4201(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 7171(b)).
(2) SCORE program.--The term ``SCORE program'' means the
Service Corps of Retired Executives described in section
8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)).
SEC. 4. ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.
(a) In General.--The Administrator of the Small Business
Administration shall, in consultation with the SCORE Program--
(1) develop a curriculum for volunteers with the SCORE
program to teach entrepreneurship to students served by
community learning centers; and
(2) in developing the curriculum required under paragraph
(1), collaborate with education specialists, entrepreneurship
groups, business groups, and groups with experience serving
underrepresented children.
(b) Consultation.--The Administrator of the Small Business
Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall
develop and implement a strategy to teach the curriculum developed
under subsection (a)(1) to the students described in that paragraph
through community learning centers.
(c) Collaboration With Other Programs.--In teaching the curriculum
developed under subsection (a), volunteers with the SCORE program are
encouraged to collaborate with other entrepreneurial development
programs of the Small Business Administration and other agencies,
including--
(1) small business development centers described in section
21 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648);
(2) women's business centers operating under section 29 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656); and
(3) centers overseen by the Minority Business Development
Agency (established under section 100002 of the Minority
Business Development Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9501)).
(d) SCORE Program.--Section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)) is amended, in the first sentence, by
inserting ``and to teach students entrepreneurship through community
learning centers (as defined in section 4201(b) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171(b)))'' before the
period at the end.
(e) Community Learning Centers.--Part B of title IV of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.)
is amended--
(1) in section 4201(a)(2) (20 U.S.C. 7171(a)(2)), by
inserting ``entrepreneurship education taught through
volunteers with the SCORE program (as defined in section
8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
637(b)(1)(B))),'' after ``apprenticeship programs,''; and
(2) in section 4205(a) (20 U.S.C. 7175(a))--
(A) in paragraph (13), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(15) entrepreneurship education described in section
4201(a)(2).''.
(f) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration shall submit to the Committee on Small Business
and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business
of the House of Representatives a report that--
(1) identifies instance of the use of the curriculum
described in subsection (a) by the SCORE program and a
community learning center during the preceding 2-year period;
(2) documents the use of funds by the SCORE program, and
adherence by the SCORE program to contract award and
procurement procedures, relating to the implementation of this
Act;
(3) documents any training or guidance provided to SCORE
program chapter leadership on properly using funds provided to
carry out this Act;
(4) estimates the number of students who were reached
through the entrepreneurship curriculum developed under
subsection (a);
(5) identifies any barriers to reaching additional
students; and
(6) identifies any plans for improving the curriculum or
implementing the strategy developed under subsection (a).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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