Accounting STEM Pursuit Act

This Act may be cited as the Accounting STEM Pursuit Act.
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—
in section 4104(b)(3)(A)(i), by—
striking or at the end of subclause (VI);
redesignating subclause (VII) as subclause (VIII); and
inserting after subclause (VI) the following new subclause:
accounting education, including accounting career awareness; or
in section 4107(a)(3), by—
striking or at the end of subparagraph (I);
redesignating subparagraph (J) as subparagraph (K); and
inserting after subparagraph (I) the following new subparagraph:
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