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H.R. 4366: Project Ready STEM Act

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H.R. 4366: Project Ready STEM Act

112th Congress · introduced 2012-04-17 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2012-04-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Project Ready STEM Act

Plain summary

Project Ready STEM Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to national intermediaries and, through them, subgrants to their community-based affiliates to operate after school, summer, and weekend programs that focus on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. Defines a "national intermediary" as a national private nonprofit organization that has: (1) a network comprising community-based affiliates in at least 50 urban communities, (2) expertise in overseeing programs to help middle and secondary school students succeed, and (3) operated in at least 25 states continuously for at least 20 years. Requires the STEM programs to primarily serve students who are traditionally underrepresented in STEM field careers, and include project-based learning opportunities and individualized instruction. Directs each subgrantee to collaborate with an institution of higher education in providing such services. Requires grantees to direct at least: (1) 50% of their grant to community-based affiliates that are successfully operating STEM programs so that they can expand them to reach more students traditionally underrepresented in STEM field careers, and (2) 25% of their grant to the development of STEM programs by community-based affiliates not currently operating any.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Project Ready STEM Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11] · 10 cosponsors

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Terri A. Sewell (D-AL)

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A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr4366 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112