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S. 2392, The National STEM Scholarship Database Act

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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S. 2392 would direct the Secretary of Education to establish and maintain a public website through which individuals may find a complete database of available scholarships, fellowships, and other programs of financial assistance in the study of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inNational STEM Scholarship Database Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to editestablish and maintain, on the wikipublic website of the Department of Education, a database of information on public and beprivate programs of financial assistance for the first tostudy of postsecondary and graduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Requires that such database: (1)
provide separate information for each field of study; (2) be searchable by category and combinations of categories; (3) indicate programs targeted toward specific demographic groups; (4) provide searchers with program sponsor contact information and hyperlinks; and (5) include a detailed summaryrecommendation that students and families carefully review application requirements and a disclaimer that scholarships presented in the database are not provided or endorsed by the Department or the federal government.

Requires the Secretary and the entity contracted to furnish and regularly update information to consult with public and private sources
of scholarships and make easily available a process for the bill!)sources to provide regular and updated information.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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(Log inLatest Major Action: 11/16/2007: Referred to edit the wikiSenate committee. Status: Read twice and be the firstreferred to update the status of the bill!)Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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