I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10518 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide 
grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and underrep-
resented minorities to pursue studies and careers in STEM fields. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2024 
Mrs. BEATTY (for herself, Ms. BROWN, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. 
MCIVER, Mr. SWALWELL, and Ms. NORTON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to provide grants to local educational agencies 
to encourage girls and underrepresented minorities to 
pursue studies and careers in STEM fields. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘21st Century STEM 
for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS TO PREPARE GIRLS AND UNDERREP-
RESENTED MINORITIES. 
Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘PART G—PREPARING GIRLS AND UNDERREP-
RESENTED MINORITIES FOR THE 21ST CEN-
TURY 
‘‘SEC. 4701. PROGRAM AUTHORITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this part, the Sec-
retary shall carry out a program under which the Sec-
retary makes grants to qualified local educational agen-
cies, on a competitive basis, to pay the costs of carrying 
out STEM education activities for girls and underrep-
resented minorities as described in subsection (c). 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this part, a qualified local educational 
agency shall submit to the Secretary an application 
at such time, in such form, and containing such in-
formation as the Secretary may reasonably require. 
At minimum, the application shall include a descrip-
tion of the following: 
‘‘(A) The educational program that will be 
carried out by the local educational agency 
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using the grant, including the content of the 
program and the research and models used to 
design the program. 
‘‘(B) How elementary and secondary 
schools served by the agency will collaborate to 
fulfill goals of the program. 
‘‘(C) How the agency will ensure that there 
is a comprehensive plan to improve STEM edu-
cation for girls and underrepresented minorities 
in grades kindergarten through grade 12. 
‘‘(D) The process that will be used for the 
recruitment and selection of students for par-
ticipation in the program. 
‘‘(E) The instructional and motivational 
activities that will be included as part of the 
program. 
‘‘(F) Any expected collaboration among 
local, regional, or national institutions and or-
ganizations for the purpose of fulfilling the 
goals of the program. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In selecting among applica-
tions, the Secretary shall give priority to qualified 
local educational agencies that partner or coordinate, 
to the extent practicable, with local, regional, or na-
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underrepresented minorities and encouraging 
their interest in such subjects. 
‘‘(10) Field trips to locations, including institu-
tions of higher education, to expose girls and under-
represented minorities to STEM activities, encour-
age their interest in such activities, and acquaint 
them with careers in STEM fields. 
‘‘(11) Providing academic advice and assistance 
in high school course selection to encourage girls and 
underrepresented 
minorities 
to 
take 
advanced 
courses in STEM subjects. 
‘‘(12) Paying up to 50 percent of the cost of an 
internship in a STEM discipline for female and 
underrepresented minority students. 
‘‘(13) Providing professional development for 
teachers and other school personnel, including with 
respect to— 
‘‘(A) eliminating gender and racial bias in 
the classroom; 
‘‘(B) sensitivity to gender and racial dif-
ferences; 
‘‘(C) engaging students in the face of gen-
der-based and racial peer pressure and parental 
expectations; 
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‘‘(D) creating and maintaining a positive 
environment; and 
‘‘(E) encouraging girls and underrep-
resented minorities through academic advice 
and assistance to pursue advanced classes and 
careers in STEM fields. 
‘‘(14) Such other STEM-related activities as 
the local educational agency determines to be appro-
priate. 
‘‘(d) GRANT DURATION AND AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) DURATION.—Each grant under this sec-
tion shall be made for a period of 4 years. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of each grant 
under this section shall be $250,000 for each year 
of the grant period. 
‘‘(e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A qualified 
local educational agency that receives a grant under this 
section shall use the grant only to supplement, and not 
to supplant, other assistance and funds made available 
from non-Federal sources for the activities supported by 
the grant. 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL EVALUATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Not later than 
30 days after last day of each school year for which 
a qualified local educational agency receives a grant 
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under this section, the agency shall submit to the 
Secretary a written evaluation of the program car-
ried out using the grant. 
‘‘(2) 
ELEMENTS.—The 
evaluation 
required 
under subsection (a) shall include— 
‘‘(A) a description of the program and ac-
tivities carried out using the grant; 
‘‘(B) a description of the curriculum and 
any partnerships developed using the grant; 
‘‘(C) the percentage of time that students 
who participated in the program spent directly 
engaged in STEM activities; 
‘‘(D) an assessment of the academic 
progress made by such students during the pro-
gram, which shall be based on an evaluation of 
each student at the beginning of the program 
and after the student completes the program; 
and 
‘‘(E) such other information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘STEM’ means science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathematics. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘qualified local educational agen-
cy’ means a local agency that— 
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‘‘(A) receives funds under part A of title I 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.); and 
‘‘(B) serves a total student population of 
which not less than 40 percent are children who 
are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch 
under the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). 
‘‘SEC. 4702. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 
through 2028.’’. 
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