; Whereas women of color particularly face an achievement gap in science and engineering education; Whereas in 2012, women received 48.8 percent of all bachelor’s degrees in science and engineering majors; Whereas in 2012, women of color received only 15.7 percent of all bachelor’s degrees in science and engineering majors (African-American: 5.3 percent; Hispanic: 5.5 percent; American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.3 percent, and Asian or Pacific Islander: 4.6 percent); Whereas women overall face a large opportunity gap in computer science; Whereas in 2012, women received only 18 percent of all bachelor’s degrees in computer science; Whereas in 2012, women of color received only 6.6 percent of all bachelor’s degrees in computer science (African-American: 3.0 percent; Hispanic: 1.7 percent; American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.1 percent, and Asian or Pacific Islander: 1.8 percent); Whereas the opportunity and achievement gap between boys and girls starts early; Whereas in 2015, less than 15 percent of high schools offered the Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science course; Whereas in 2015, only 22 percent of AP Computer Science test takers were girls, and 13 percent were African-American or Latino; and Whereas there is a dearth of disaggregated data to show academic attainment across different Asian American and Pacific Islander communities: Now, therefore, be it