21st Century STEM for Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act

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Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of STEM education and the critical role science, technology, engineering, and mathematics play in our Nation's economic prosperity.

As our economy shifts toward STEM-oriented careers, we must ensure students have the opportunity to learn and succeed in these fields. That is why I introduced the 21st Century STEM For Girls and Underrepresented Minorities Act, H.R. 2773. I ask my colleagues, Mr. Speaker, to support this bill.

This legislation would help create programs and curriculum for girls and underrepresented minorities to pursue STEM careers. Just last week, I was reminded of the importance of STEM education while delivering the commencement address at Metro Early College High School, a STEM-focused high school in my Third Congressional District of Ohio.

I salute the graduates of the Metro Early College High School who achieved a 100 percent acceptance rate to college, and I commend their parents as well as the dedicated teachers and staff, including Principal Anthony Alston.

Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the names of the 106 graduates of the Metro Early College High School graduating class.

Metro early college high school class of 2016, june 10, 2016

Sundari Vudatala, Camryn Walker, Christopher Warren, Christian Wiget, Silas Young, Banan Zangana, Sophia Brown, Simone Burden, Nicholas Burgett, De'Ciana Burnette, Seth Cabalquinto, Sydney Carroll, Anna Chin, Joseph Chiu, Spencer Churchill, Griffin Patterson, JaNai Rakes, Kennedy Reissland- Woods, Gus Roussi.

Michael Ruland, Mario Segovia, Sefora Seyoum, Riley Shaw, Wyatt Sheline, Adam Gill, Sarah Golding, Raquan Goss, Alexander Granato, Montgomery Gray, Connor Guarino, Kailyn Gullatt, McKenzie Hartman, Kelly Haubert, Jonah McKind, Eduardo Medina, Jen Miller, Jared Moehrman, Khalid Mohamed, Qiukui Moutvic, Yulia Mulugeta, Aida Ndiaye, Lan Nguyen.

Jennifer Kentner, Nathaniel Kolli, Renee Krajnak, Maria Krantz, Ethan Laver, Caleb Lehman, Rebecca Lipster, Samantha Loeffler, Karsten Look, Justin Loring, Matthew Lowe, Anna Lowery, Miles Marchese, Hannah Martin, Sara McClaskey, Maya McGeachy, Madison McGraw, Lila Henninger, Elaff Houmsee, Grant Hughes, Nathaniel Huller, Christopher Hulse, Ally Hutchison.

Hamdan Ismail, Cherie Johnson, Cierre Johnson, Aaron Joseph, Meghan O'Bryan, Robert O'Shaughnessy, Armando Olvera, Igbinosa Oriakhi, Muwahib Osman, Xzavier Pace, Teja Parasa, Grant Parks, Autumn Patterson, Emma Clark, Tamara Cole, Amina Cusmaan, Angela Dang, Timothy Davis, Rebecca Dye, Nimco Essa, Nahom Eyassu, Charles Gauthier, Aarti Singhal.

David Sipes, Curtis Snead, Pauline Sohn, Sally Squires, Kate Swigert, Abigail Thompson, Devon Tinker, Alicia Tong, Jolene Tran, Hafsa Abdullahi, Mohamed Abdullahi, Zahra Abu- Rayyan, Saido Ahmed, Maxim Antonyuk, Gary Augustin, Keevyn Baden-Winterwood, Kaila Berry, Silas Birdsell.

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