Senator Jacky Rosen

•  Senator Jacky Rosen is a democrat representing the state of Nevada in the U.S. Senate.
• Senator Rosen has sponsored or co-sponsored multiple bills focused on improving STEM education, including the Building Blocks of STEM Act, which was passed in 2019 and the Teacher Education for Computer Science Act, which was introduced in January 2020.

Representative Frank Lucas

•  Frank Lucas is a republican representing the 3rd congressional district of Oklahoma.
• Representative Lucas is a member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology and his bio states that one of his purposes on this committee is to "improve access to STEM education."
• He recently sponsored the Rural STEM Education Act, which was introduced in November 2019.

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Academic Improvement

•  The U.S. Department of Education is the federal agency that oversees federal educational funding and nation-wide regulations. The Office of Academic Improvement is an office within the department that administers several grant programs aimed at improving education throughout the country.
• Through the 21st Century Learning Centers program, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Academic Improvement "supports the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools."
• The program has a current appropriation of $1,205,773,682, which it disperses in the form of grants.

Summary

• Our initial research identified three stakeholders in STEM education, robotics and/or after school programs.
• A spreadsheet was created to contain the findings of our initial research as well as additional stakeholders identified in future research.