This bill tells the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to encourage entrepreneurship training in after-school community learning centers. The SBA must create a curriculum for volunteers in the SCORE program to teach entrepreneurship and "inventorship" to students often underrepresented in those fields. The curriculum must focus on female students, minority students, English learners, children with disabilities, students from rural areas, and low-income students. The bill urges partnerships between SCORE and community learning centers and asks SCORE volunteers to collaborate with other small-business programs and agencies. It amends the Small Business Act to allow SCORE to carry out these programs and amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to include entrepreneurship programs in community learning center activities. The Administrator must report to two Congressional small business committees within one year and then every two years about partnerships, fund use, training, number of students reached, barriers, and improvement plans.
The bill authorizes $2,500,000 to be appropriated for each fiscal year 2026 through 2030 to carry out the Act and its amendments. The Administrator may transfer any portion of those amounts to the SCORE program. No other cost estimates or budgetary effects are provided in the bill text.
The bill’s findings state that entrepreneurship creates jobs, grows the economy, and improves quality of life; that entrepreneurship rates in the U.S. have declined; that children from disadvantaged communities are less likely to become entrepreneurs and inventors; and that children with mentors are more likely to pursue entrepreneurship. The bill promotes using SCORE volunteer mentors in community learning centers to raise entrepreneurship and inventorship rates among underrepresented youth.
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