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STEM jobs have grown three times faster than non-STEM jobs over the past decade, with higher salaries and lower unemployment rates than other fields.

California's STEM-related industries are major economic contributors, with one patent issued for every 28 people employed in science and engineering.

Women earned 45 percent of baccalaureate degrees in mathematics and achieved parity in medical and biological sciences, but comprise only 13 percent of engineers.

First-year undergraduate women in computer science majors dropped 79 percent between 2001 and 2008.

Assembly urges development of STEM summer camps, workshops, afterschool programs, and outreach initiatives to increase female participation in STEM fields and careers.