A bill to provide out-of-school time educators with professional development in STEM subjects, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4030 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4030 To provide out-of-school time educators with professional development in STEM subjects, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 9, 2026 Mrs. Shaheen introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide out-of-school time educators with professional development in STEM subjects, and for other purposes. 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 ``Supporting After-School STEM Educators Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) There is growing recognition, as evidenced through program provider surveys conducted by the Afterschool Alliance, that the workforce for after-school, summer, and other out-of- school time programs is facing staffing crises, which are even more apparent for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics educators in that workforce. (2) STEM proficiency will have a major impact on the Nation's future economic competitiveness and on the preeminence of the United States in scientific inquiry, technological innovation, and maintaining a scientifically literate public. (3) Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, the Programme for International Student Assessment, and other sources show that students in the United States are not demonstrating sufficient achievement in the STEM subjects, particularly in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic. (4) Research demonstrates the importance of after-school, summer, and other out-