Introduced in Senate
Accounting STEM Pursuit Act
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLETrack this section →
This Act may be cited as the Accounting STEM Pursuit Act.
SEC. 2. ACCOUNTING AS PART OF A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCETrack this section →
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.