Accounting STEM Pursuit Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3784 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3784

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 5, 2026

Ms. Collins (for herself and Ms. Rosen) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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''.

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), by--
                    (A) striking ``or'' at the end of subclause (VI);
                    (B) redesignating subclause (VII) as subclause 
                (VIII); and
                    (C) inserting after subclause (VI) the following 
                new subclause:
                                    ``(VII) accounting education, 
                                including accounting career awareness; 
                                or''; and
            (2) in section 4107(a)(3), by--
                    (A) striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (I);
                    (B) redesignating subparagraph (J) as subparagraph 
                (K); and
                    (C) 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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