I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3855 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2021 
Ms. STEVENS (for herself and Mrs. SPARTZ) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Student Support and Academic Enrichment 
Grant program to promote career awareness in account-
ing as part of a well-rounded STEM educational experi-
ence. 
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 ‘‘Accounting STEM 
Pursuit Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) The accounting profession is working to en-
sure that it meets the needs of the public, busi-
nesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations 
in a technology-driven marketplace. 
(2) Promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion 
within the accounting profession fosters a field that 
is reflective of the local, regional, and global commu-
nities it serves, and is better positioned to innovate 
around the complex issues facing organizations of all 
kinds and the evolving public interest. 
(3) Early exposure to the accounting profession 
through family, friends, and other community inter-
actions, or relevant elementary and secondary course 
offerings, increases opportunity for students to rec-
ognize the limitless possibilities of a career in ac-
counting, and therefore inspires that professional 
trajectory. 
(4) This Act seeks to build on existing financial 
literacy initiatives by establishing the significance of 
early course offerings in accounting education as 
drivers for improving career opportunity and diver-
sity within this STEM profession. 
(5) There is a clear and logical integration be-
tween accounting and technology: as the profession 
continues to advance its use of technology to serve 
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the public interest, accounting professionals, includ-
ing CPAs, are technological leaders who manage and 
analyze big data, ensure data security, manage cy-
bersecurity risk, and work alongside Information 
Technology professionals. 
SEC. 3. ACCOUNTING AS PART OF A WELL-ROUNDED EDU-
CATIONAL 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 sub-
clause (VIII); and 
(C) inserting after subclause (VI) the fol-
lowing new subclause: 
‘‘(VII) accounting education, in-
cluding accounting career awareness; 
or’’; and 
(2) in section 4107(a)(3), by— 
(A) striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(I); 
(B) redesignating paragraph (J) as para-
graph (K); and 
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(C) inserting after paragraph (I) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(J) activities to promote the development, im-
plementation, 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 underrep-
resented in accounting careers; or’’. 
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