S 3784 — Accounting STEM Pursuit Act

Summary

Adds accounting education and accounting career awareness to the list of STEM subjects eligible for Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Authorizes grant programs to fund activities that develop, implement, and strengthen accounting education programs in schools.
Requires programs to increase access to high-quality accounting courses for students through grade 12, particularly for groups underrepresented in accounting careers.

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Sponsor (1)

Sen. Collins, Susan M. (R-ME)

4 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Susan M. Collins’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

LOCKHEED MARTIN $54,000
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES $31,205
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS $22,362
LEGEND SENIOR LIVING $13,200
SENIOR STAR $13,200

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Susan M. Collins → · Outside spending →

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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