Assemblywoman and Congressman Push STEM Bills in Legislature and Congress

Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, D-Concord, authored AB 706 to establish a California STEM AmeriCorps or CalSTEM program, that would expand on President Barack Obama’s STEM AmeriCorps initiative by allowing the California Volunteers office to administer it and solicit private funds to operate it. The bill, which was approved by the Assembly on Monday, would also allow nonprofits to apply to host CalSTEM AmeriCorps members and defines their qualifications.