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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.
Summary
The Accounting STEM Pursuit Act would amend the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grant program to include accounting education as part of a well-rounded educational experience. The bill adds accounting education, including accounting career awareness, to the list of activities that schools can fund through the grant program. The bill also allows schools to use grant funding to develop, implement, and strengthen programs to teach accounting to students through grade 12. The bill specifically includes activities to increase access to high-quality accounting courses for students who are members of groups underrepresented in accounting careers. This amendment would help schools incorporate accounting education into their STEM curricula and promote awareness of accounting careers.
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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] (I-ME)
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV)
Actions (2)
- Feb 5, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S511) · senate
- Feb 5, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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
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”. <all>
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