S. 1050: INSPIRES Act
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S. 1050: INSPIRES Act
114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-22 · Education · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
INSPIRES Act
Plain summary
Inspiring New STEM Professionals by Investing in Renovation of Education Spaces Act or the INSPIRES Act Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to direct the Department of Education (ED) to support local educational agencies (LEAs), community colleges, and other appropriate entities in modernizing, renovating, or repairing facilities used to provide science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or career and technical education to public elementary, secondary school, or community college students. Requires ED to furnish such support by providing eligible entities with grants or loan guarantees or by making payments of interest on the financial instruments they use to fund the modernization, renovation, or repair of those facilities. Prohibits the use of that support for new construction or the payment of routine maintenance costs. Requires ED to direct at least 25% of the funds made available under this Act to: (1) public schools or secondary schools served by high-need LEAs, or (2) community colleges that serve a substantial number of rural students.
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Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · 1 cosponsors
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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] reported raising $1.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s1050.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s1050 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114