United States

Requires a joint federal report on the impact of artificial intelligence on jobs, including the resources institutions of higher education need to deliver AI-related skills. Authorizes Department of Education grants to expand prekindergarten through grade 12 and postsecondary emerging and advanced technology education, which the bill defines to include artificial intelligence.

Provisions

• Sec. 103(b)(10)The AI jobs report must identify the resources institutions of higher education, including community and technical colleges, need to deliver AI-related skills and education.
• Sec. 203(a)(1)Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to expand emerging and advanced technology education.
• Sec. 202(4)Defines the emerging and advanced technology education funded by the grants to include artificial intelligence.

Latest action: 11 Dec 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

• H.R. 6621 bill page
• H.R. 6621 text (Introduced)

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to states, local educational agencies, and Tribal schools to expand prekindergarten through grade 12 computer science education, which the bill defines to include artificial intelligence, and asks applicants to describe preparing students to apply computer science to technologies such as AI.

Provisions

• Sec. 4(b)(6)Grant applications must describe preparing students to apply computer science knowledge to rapidly evolving technologies such as AI.

Latest action: 10 Dec 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

• H.R. 6591 bill page
• H.R. 6591 text (Introduced)

Requires a joint federal report on the impact of artificial intelligence on jobs, including the resources institutions of higher education need to deliver AI-related skills. Authorizes Department of Education grants to expand prekindergarten through grade 12 and postsecondary emerging and advanced technology education, which the bill defines to include artificial intelligence.

Provisions

• Sec. 103(b)(10)The AI jobs report must identify the resources institutions of higher education, including community and technical colleges, need to deliver AI-related skills and education.
• Sec. 203(a)(1)Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to expand emerging and advanced technology education.
• Sec. 202(4)Defines the emerging and advanced technology education funded by the grants to include artificial intelligence.

Latest action: 3 Dec 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

• S. 3319 bill page
• S. 3319 text (Introduced)

Prohibits developers and deployers from using covered algorithms in ways that cause disparate impact or discrimination in consequential actions, and requires pre-deployment evaluations and impact assessments. Consequential actions include education decisions such as assessment, proctoring, academic integrity, admissions, and financial aid.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(4)(B)Consequential actions governed by the Act include education decisions such as assessment, proctoring, academic integrity, accreditation, admissions, and financial aid.
• Sec. 101(a)Bars developers and deployers from using covered algorithms in a manner that causes or contributes to a disparate impact related to a consequential action.

Latest action: 2 Dec 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

• H.R. 6356 bill page
• H.R. 6356 text (Introduced)

Prohibits developers and deployers from using covered algorithms in ways that cause disparate impact or discrimination in consequential actions, and requires pre-deployment evaluations and impact assessments. Consequential actions include education decisions such as assessment, proctoring, academic integrity, admissions, and financial aid.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(4)(B)Consequential actions governed by the Act include education decisions such as assessment, proctoring, academic integrity, accreditation, admissions, and financial aid.
• Sec. 101(a)Bars developers and deployers from using covered algorithms in a manner that causes or contributes to a disparate impact related to a consequential action.

Latest action: 2 Dec 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

• S. 3308 bill page
• S. 3308 text (Introduced)

Establishes an Artificial Intelligence Literacy and Education Commission in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, including a Department of Education representative, to develop a national strategy on AI literacy and education and coordinate state and local efforts with institutions of higher education and others.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(a)Creates a federal commission on AI literacy and education that must develop a national strategy.

Latest action: 19 Nov 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

• H.R. 6159 bill page
• H.R. 6159 text (Introduced)

Creates a Health Resources and Services Administration grant program for medical schools and residency sponsoring institutions to educate and train medical students, residents, and faculty in the deployment of artificial intelligence in medicine, including its ethical implications.

Provisions

• Sec. 2, new 749E(a)HRSA must make competitive grants to medical schools and residency sponsors for AI education and training of students, residents, and faculty.

Latest action: 18 Nov 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

• H.R. 6077 bill page
• H.R. 6077 text (Introduced)

Invites fiscal year 2025 applications for Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education Special Projects, with two absolute priorities on advancing the understanding and use of AI in postsecondary education. These cover integrating AI into teaching and learning, partnering with state and local education agencies on AI tools in classrooms, and embedding AI and computer science in teacher preparation, general education courses, and dual-enrollment AI coursework.

Provisions

• Purpose of ProgramDedicates two of seven absolute priorities to advancing the understanding and use of AI in postsecondary education.
• Absolute Priority 1, part (a)Absolute Priority 1 funds integrating AI into teaching and learning, including instruction on responsible AI use and detecting AI-generated misinformation.
• Absolute Priority 2, part (b)Absolute Priority 2 funds embedding AI and computer science in teacher preparation and professional development programs.
• Absolute Priority 2, part (g)Absolute Priority 2 funds partnerships offering dual-enrollment AI coursework leading to postsecondary and industry-recognized credentials for high school students.

• Applications for New Awards; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education-Special Projects (FIPSE-SP) (90 FR 50861), FR Doc. 2025-19843

Amends federal education law to condition funding on educational agencies and institutions prohibiting the use of student photographs to train facial recognition systems, including AI systems, without parental consent. Directs the Education Department to develop teacher resources on integrating AI into instruction, adds AI to allowable teacher training uses of Title II funds, and sets a priority for AI-enabled personalized learning projects.

Provisions

• Sec. 5(a), new FERPA 444(k)(1)Educational agencies and institutions must prohibit using student photographs to train facial recognition systems, including AI systems, without prior parental consent, as a condition of funding.
• Sec. 9(a)The Secretary must develop resources and training guides for K-12 teachers on integrating AI into instruction while protecting student data privacy.
• Sec. 9(b)Title II funds may train teachers on using AI for personalized learning and on improper student use of AI.
• Sec. 10(a)Sets an AI-in-education priority for projects integrating AI into classrooms for personalized learning.

Latest action: 28 Oct 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

• S. 3063 bill page
• S. 3063 text (Introduced)

Joint statement by the Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC), whose seven member commissions accredit about 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities, saying that using AI in learning evaluation and credit transfer does not conflict with accreditation standards, policies, or practices. It supports transparent, accountable, and unbiased AI tools for evaluating prior learning and transfer credit.

• C-RAC Statement on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Advance Learning Evaluation and Recognition · archived
• Statement on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Advance Learning Evaluation and Recognition: Full Statement · archived
• C-RAC Releases Statement on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) · archived

Authorizes the National Science Foundation to make competitive awards to institutions of higher education and nonprofits to develop K-12 AI literacy curricula, instructional materials, teacher professional development, and evaluation methods.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(b)NSF may make merit-reviewed awards to develop K-12 AI literacy curricula, instructional material, teacher professional development, and evaluation methods.
• Sec. 2(c)(4)Award funds may support AI literacy professional development for state and local educational agencies, principals, and educators.

Latest action: 25 Jun 2026 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 1.

• H.R. 5584 bill page
• H.R. 5584 text (Introduced)

Proposes a Secretary's Supplemental Priority on meaningful learning opportunities for use in Department grant competitions, including high-impact tutoring programs during the school day that may use innovative delivery models such as artificial intelligence.

Provisions

• Proposed Priority, part (b)(iv)Proposes a grant priority for school-day high-impact tutoring programs whose delivery models may include AI.

• Proposed Priority and Definitions-Secretary's Supplemental Priority and Definitions on Meaningful Learning Opportunities (90 FR 46114), FR Doc. 2025-18640

Directs the Federal Trade Commission to require covered entities to perform impact assessments of covered algorithms, derived from machine learning, artificial intelligence, or similar techniques, used to make decisions with legal, material, or similarly significant effects on consumers, which include decisions on access to education and vocational training, including assessment, accreditation, or certification.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(7)(A)Critical decisions subject to impact assessment include decisions on education and vocational training, including assessment, accreditation, or certification.

Latest action: 19 Sep 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

• H.R. 5511 bill page
• H.R. 5511 text (Introduced)

Directs the Federal Trade Commission to develop public educational resources for parents, educators, and minors on the safe and responsible use of AI chatbots by minors, covering safe and unsafe use, privacy and data collection, and parental supervision.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(a)The FTC must develop educational resources for parents, educators, and minors on safe use of AI chatbots by minors.

Latest action: 11 Dec 2025 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.

• H.R. 5360 bill page
• H.R. 5360 text (Introduced)

Would authorize the National Science Foundation to fund AI scholarships and fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students, professional development fellowships for K-12 teachers and other school professionals, up to eight community college and career and technical education Centers of AI Excellence, and research on AI in education. The House Science Committee ordered it reported with a substitute amendment on June 25, 2026.

Provisions

• Sec. 2, new 5401(e)(2)(E)(iv)Authorizes NSF fellowships for teachers, school counselors, and other school professionals to train on teaching and using AI in K-12 settings.
• Sec. 3Directs NSF to designate up to eight community college and area career and technical education Centers of AI Excellence.
• Sec. 2, new 5401(e)(2)(D)Authorizes NSF scholarships and fellowships for students in AI-related degree programs, with possible priority for those studying to teach AI.

Latest action: 25 Jun 2026 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 0.

• H.R.5351 - NSF AI Education Act of 2025 · archived
• Bill status XML, H.R. 5351 (119th Congress) · archived

Would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 so that the academic standards states adopt may include standards for artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. The bill was referred to the Senate HELP Committee.

Provisions

• Sec. 2Adds standards for AI and other emerging technologies to the state academic standards provision of ESEA Section 1111(b)(1)(C).

Latest action: 9 Sep 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

• S.2740 - RAISE Act of 2025 · archived
• Bill status XML, S. 2740 (119th Congress) · archived

Creates a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency program providing full-tuition scholarships for students in two-year cyber or cyber-relevant associate degree and certificate programs at participating institutions, in exchange for government service. The bill defines cyber-relevant areas to include artificial intelligence.

Provisions

• Sec. 2, new section 1334(i)(1)Defines the cyber-relevant fields whose two-year degree and certificate programs qualify for the program to include artificial intelligence.
• Sec. 2, new section 1334, ScholarshipsProgram participants receive full-tuition scholarships for study at participating institutions.

Latest action: 8 Sep 2025 — ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mrs. Biggs (SC) asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1000, a bill originally introduced by Representative Green (TN), for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

• H.R. 1000 bill page
• H.R. 1000 text (Introduced)

Publishes revised common instructions for applicants to Department of Education discretionary grant programs, including guidance that applicants may use artificial intelligence to develop grant application materials but must certify that all application contents are true, complete, and accurate regardless of whether AI generated them.

• Common Instructions and Information for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs (90 FR 42234), FR Doc. 2025-16571

Dear Colleague Letter from Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to grantees and prospective grantees stating that formula and discretionary grant funds may be used for AI-based instructional materials, AI-enhanced high-impact tutoring, and AI for college and career pathway exploration and advising, when consistent with program requirements. It sets out principles for responsible use: educator-led, ethical, accessible, transparent and explainable, and data-protective, including compliance with FERPA.

Provisions

• Principles for Responsible UseStates that AI systems supported with grant funds must comply with federal privacy laws, including FERPA.
• Principles for Responsible UseCalls for AI tools to be accessible to people who need digital accessibility accommodations, including children, educators, and family members with disabilities.

• Dear Colleague Letter, Guidance on the Use of Federal Grant Funds to Improve Education Outcomes Using AI (July 22, 2025) · archived
• U.S. Department of Education Issues Guidance on Artificial Intelligence Use in Schools, Proposes Additional Supplemental Priority · archived

Notice of proposed priority published by the Department of Education for use in its discretionary grant competitions, covering AI literacy, AI and computer science education, educator professional development, and use of AI to personalize learning and reduce administrative burden. Public comments were due August 20, 2025. It was finalized, with changes, in April 2026.

• Proposed Priority and Definitions (90 FR 34203, FR Doc. 2025-13650, Docket ED-2025-OS-0118) · archived
• U.S. Department of Education Issues Guidance on Artificial Intelligence Use in Schools, Proposes Additional Supplemental Priority · archived

Invites applications for fiscal year 2025 Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program, Part A grants and includes an invitational priority on advancing artificial intelligence in education, covering integration of AI tools into pedagogy and student support services, AI and computer science courses in general education, and AI in teacher preparation programs.

Provisions

• Invitational Priority TwoSets an invitational priority for projects that integrate AI tools into institutional pedagogy or student support services or expand students' understanding of AI.
• Invitational Priority Two, part (2)(b)The priority covers embedding AI and computer science into institutions' teacher professional development or teacher preparation programs.

• Applications for New Awards; Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program, Part A (90 FR 31190), FR Doc. 2025-13153

Invites applications for fiscal year 2025 Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Program grants and includes an invitational priority on advancing artificial intelligence in education, covering integration of AI tools into pedagogy and student support services, AI and computer science courses in general education, and AI in teacher preparation programs.

Provisions

• Invitational Priority TwoSets an invitational priority for projects that integrate AI tools into institutional pedagogy or student support services or expand students' understanding of AI.
• Invitational Priority Two, part (2)(b)The priority covers embedding AI and computer science into institutions' teacher professional development or teacher preparation programs.

• Applications for New Awards; Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Program (90 FR 31181), FR Doc. 2025-13154

Invites applications for fiscal year 2025 Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions Program grants and includes an invitational priority on advancing artificial intelligence in education, covering integration of AI tools into pedagogy and student support services, AI and computer science courses in general education, and AI in teacher preparation programs.

Provisions

• Invitational Priority TwoSets an invitational priority for projects that integrate AI tools into institutional pedagogy or student support services or expand students' understanding of AI.
• Invitational Priority Two, part (2)(b)The priority covers embedding AI and computer science into institutions' teacher professional development or teacher preparation programs.

• Applications for New Awards; Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions Program (90 FR 31176), FR Doc. 2025-13151

Middle States Commission on Higher Education policy and procedures, effective July 1, 2025, setting broad expectations for lawful, ethical, transparent, and secure use of AI. The Commission allows institutions to use AI to prepare accreditation materials, holds them responsible for the accuracy of what they submit, and asks them to fold AI into existing data governance and information security policies.

Provisions

• Expects institutions to bring the governance, procurement, and use of AI into line with Commission standards and their own policies.

• New Use of Artificial Intelligence Accreditation Policy and Procedures · archived
• Use of Artificial Intelligence Policy · archived
• Use of Artificial Intelligence Procedures · archived

Directs the Federal Trade Commission to require covered entities to perform impact assessments, including evaluation of differential performance, of automated decision systems used to make decisions with legal, material, or similarly significant effects on consumers, which include decisions on access to education and vocational training, including assessment, accreditation, or certification.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(8)(A)Critical decisions subject to impact assessment include decisions on education and vocational training, including assessment, accreditation, or certification.

Latest action: 25 Jun 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

• S. 2164 bill page
• S. 2164 text (Introduced)

Invites applications for a cooperative agreement to establish a National Center that improves the capacity of faculty at institutions of higher education to use educational technology, defined to include artificial intelligence, in special education personnel and leadership preparation programs.

Provisions

• PriorityFunds a national center to support IHE faculty in using educational technology, which the priority defines to include AI.
• PriorityThe center is aimed at special education personnel and leadership preparation programs at IHEs.

• Applications for New Awards; Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals With Disabilities-National Center To Improve Faculty Capacity To Use Educational Technology in Special Education Personnel and Leadership Preparation Programs (90 FR 26984), FR Doc. 2025-11612

Invites fiscal year 2025 applications for the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training program, which funds scholarships for students in rehabilitation degree and certificate programs. Rehabilitation technology projects include training on artificial intelligence tools, and funded programs must train scholars on integrating assistive technology and AI tools into vocational rehabilitation services.

Provisions

• Topic Area 2, Rehabilitation Technology (ALN 84.129E)Rehabilitation technology projects fund scholars' training that includes AI tools.
• Program requirements, item (5)Funded academic programs must train scholars to understand integration of assistive technology and AI tools into vocational rehabilitation services.

• Applications for New Awards; Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term Training Program (90 FR 25600), FR Doc. 2025-11118

Sets final priorities and requirements for the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training program, which funds scholarships for students in rehabilitation degree and certificate programs. Requires the rehabilitation technology topic area to include training on artificial intelligence tools and requires funded programs to train scholars on integrating assistive technology and AI tools into vocational rehabilitation services.

Provisions

• Priority 2, Topic Area 2 (Rehabilitation Technology)Rehabilitation technology projects must provide scholarships for degree or certificate study that includes training on AI tools.
• Requirements, program description item (5)Funded academic programs must train scholars to understand integration of assistive technology and AI tools into vocational rehabilitation services.

• Final Priorities and Requirements-Rehabilitation Long-Term Training Program (90 FR 25493), FR Doc. 2025-11117

Good-practices document from the Commission on Colleges and Universities (formerly SACSCOC) meant to serve as guiding principles for member institutions on responsible and ethical use of generative AI. It covers institutional leadership, AI policies and regulations, governance, ethics and integrity, student achievement, and implications for institutional planning.

• Good Practices in the Use of Generative AI · archived

Authorizes National Science Foundation awards to nonprofits and educational institutions for community AI literacy programs and curricula, and directs federal agencies, including the Secretary of Education, to report on strategies for incorporating AI literacy into K-12 and higher education curricula.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(a)(1)NSF may make awards to educational institutions and others to develop and evaluate local AI literacy programs.
• Sec. 2(b)(1)(D)The Secretary of Education must identify strategies for incorporating AI literacy into K-12 and higher education curricula.

Latest action: 6 May 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, Small Business, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

• H.R. 3210 bill page
• H.R. 3210 text (Introduced)

Sets a federal policy of promoting AI literacy and proficiency through AI education, educator training, and early exposure to AI concepts. Creates the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education, chaired by the OSTP Director, and directs it to plan a Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge for students and educators. Directs the Department of Education to issue guidance on using grant funds for AI and to prioritize AI in teacher training grants, and directs the Department of Labor to expand AI-related apprenticeships and high school AI coursework.

Provisions

• Sec. 4(a)-(b)Establishes the White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education, chaired by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
• Sec. 6(c)Directs the Secretary of Education to issue guidance within 90 days on using formula and discretionary grant funds to improve education outcomes using AI.
• Sec. 7(a)Directs the Secretary of Education to prioritize the use of AI in discretionary teacher-training grant programs, including professional development so educators can integrate AI fundamentals into all subject areas.
• Sec. 8(a), 8(d)Directs the Secretary of Labor to grow Registered Apprenticeships in AI-related occupations and to support AI courses and certification programs for high school students.

• Executive Order 14277, Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth (90 FR 17519) · archived
• Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth · archived

Directs the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to nonprofits, schools, institutions of higher education, and governments for youth biodiversity monitoring projects that use and educate students about advanced technologies, defined to include AI and machine learning.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(a)Grants fund youth biodiversity projects, including by schools and colleges, that use and educate students about advanced technologies including AI.

Latest action: 21 Apr 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

• H.R. 2971 bill page
• H.R. 2971 text (Introduced)

Expresses the sense of the Senate that paraprofessionals and education support staff in schools and public colleges should have fair compensation, benefits, and working conditions, including notice of and input into the implementation of algorithms and artificial intelligence technology in their schools, and professional development as new technologies are introduced.

Latest action: 7 Apr 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2457-2458)

• S.Res. 158 bill page
• S.Res. 158 text (Introduced)

Expresses the sense of the House that paraprofessionals and education support staff in schools and public colleges should have fair compensation, benefits, and working conditions, including notice of and input into the implementation of algorithms and artificial intelligence technology in their schools, and professional development as new technologies are introduced.

Latest action: 7 Apr 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

• H.Res. 297 bill page
• H.Res. 297 text (Introduced)

Creates a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency program providing full-tuition scholarships for students in two-year cyber or cyber-relevant associate degree and certificate programs at participating institutions, in exchange for government service. The bill defines cyber-relevant areas to include artificial intelligence.

Provisions

• Sec. 2, new section 1334(a)(3)Defines the cyber-relevant fields whose two-year degree and certificate programs qualify for the program to include artificial intelligence.
• Sec. 2, new section 1334, ScholarshipsProgram participants receive full-tuition scholarships for study at participating institutions.

Latest action: 5 Feb 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

• S. 438 bill page
• S. 438 text (Introduced)

Proposes priorities and requirements for Rehabilitation Long-Term Training grants to colleges and universities, which award scholarships to students in rehabilitation degree programs. The rehabilitation technology topic must train scholars on technology including artificial intelligence tools for individuals with disabilities.

Provisions

• Proposed priority, topic area 2, Rehabilitation Technology (ALN 84.129E)Proposes a grant priority for college and university scholarships in rehabilitation technology that includes training on AI tools.
• Proposed requirements, item (5)Funded programs must train scholars in applying assistive technology and AI tools to support employment of individuals with disabilities.

• Rehabilitation Long-Term Training Program (90 FR 6910), FR Doc. 2025-00268

Revises the Department of Education's common instructions for discretionary grant applicants, adding guidance that AI may be used to prepare applications but applicants are responsible for their integrity and outcomes. Encourages applicants proposing AI systems for educational settings to review the Department's AI resources.

• Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs (89 FR 104528), FR Doc. 2024-30488

Invites applications for FY 2025 Education Research and Development Center awards from the Institute of Education Sciences, including a center on using generative artificial intelligence to improve instruction in postsecondary education, with an estimated $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 in total for that topic.

Provisions

• Estimated Range of AwardsFunds an education R&D center on using generative AI to improve instruction in postsecondary education.

• Applications for New Awards; Education Research and Development Center Program (89 FR 104116), FR Doc. 2024-30435

Establishes an AI accountability framework that includes transparency reports and federal risk-management recommendations for high-impact AI systems, defined as systems built to make decisions affecting individuals' access to housing, employment, credit, education, healthcare, or insurance.

Latest action: 18 Dec 2024 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 723.

• S. 3312 bill page
• S. 3312 text (Introduced)

Guideline from the Commission on Colleges and Universities (formerly SACSCOC) on the risks of using generative AI to prepare or review accreditation materials. It asks institutions to use only private, secure AI platforms for sensitive material, to verify AI outputs because they attest to the accuracy of what they submit, and it bars peer evaluators from putting submitted materials into AI tools that would expose them outside the review process.

Provisions

• Security, Integrity, and ConfidentialityDirects institutions to submit accreditation materials only through AI platforms that are private and do not use transmitted data for model training.

• Artificial Intelligence in Accreditation · archived

Creates a Department of Energy program on artificial intelligence for science, energy, and national security. Requires the Secretary to hire and train at least 500 new AI researchers, including by providing training and grants and establishing new AI degree and certificate programs at universities and community colleges, and includes training for undergraduate and graduate students in frontier AI.

Provisions

• Sec. 4, AI talent paragraph (4)(B)(iii)Directs the Secretary to establish new AI degree and certificate programs at universities and community colleges as part of building the AI workforce.
• Sec. 4, paragraph (iv) on research experiencesIncludes training for undergraduate and graduate students in frontier AI among the program's activities.
• Introduced, Sec. 4(f)(1)In the introduced version, reserves at least 10 percent of program funds for education and training of the AI workforce.

Latest action: 21 Nov 2024 — Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.

• S. 4664 (118th Congress)
• S. 4664 text (Reported to Senate)

WSCUC policy, approved in November 2024, that protects the confidentiality and integrity of institutional materials during accreditation and substantive change reviews. Commission representatives and peer reviewers may not submit institutional materials to external AI tools, may use only Commission-approved AI tools, and may use them only as an aid to human judgment.

• Artificial Intelligence in Accreditation Policy – Principles and Restrictions · archived
• Artificial Intelligence in Accreditation Policy - Principles and Restrictions.pdf · archived

Creates a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency program providing full-tuition scholarships for students in two-year cyber or cyber-relevant associate degree and certificate programs at participating institutions, in exchange for government service. The bill defines cyber-relevant areas to include artificial intelligence.

Provisions

• Sec. 2, new section 1334(i)(1)Defines the cyber-relevant fields whose two-year degree and certificate programs qualify for the program to include artificial intelligence.
• Sec. 2, new section 1334, ScholarshipsProgram participants receive full-tuition scholarships for study at participating institutions.

Latest action: 25 Sep 2024 — Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 0.

• H.R. 9770 bill page
• H.R. 9770 text (Introduced)

Creates a Department of Energy artificial intelligence research program. As part of the program, the Secretary may provide training, grants, and research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in AI and assist institutions of higher education in establishing AI degree and certificate programs.

Provisions

• Sec. 2, new Sec. 5501(l)(3)Allows the Secretary to assist institutions of higher education in establishing new AI degree and certificate programs.
• Sec. 2, new Sec. 5501(l)(1)Allows training, grants, and research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in advanced AI systems.

Latest action: 25 Sep 2024 — Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

• H.R. 9671 (118th Congress)
• H.R. 9671 text (Introduced in House)

Prohibits developers and deployers from using covered algorithms in ways that cause disparate impact or discrimination in consequential actions, and requires pre-deployment evaluations and impact assessments. Consequential actions include education decisions such as assessment, proctoring, academic integrity, admissions, and financial aid.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(3)(B)Consequential actions governed by the Act include education decisions such as assessment, proctoring, academic integrity, accreditation, admissions, and financial aid.
• Sec. 101(a)Bars developers and deployers from using covered algorithms in a manner that causes or contributes to a disparate impact related to a consequential action.

Latest action: 24 Sep 2024 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

• S. 5152 bill page
• S. 5152 text (Introduced)

Requires a joint federal report on the impact of artificial intelligence on jobs, including the resources institutions of higher education need to deliver AI-related skills. Authorizes Department of Education grants to expand prekindergarten through grade 12 and postsecondary emerging and advanced technology education, which the bill defines to include artificial intelligence.

Provisions

• Sec. 103(b)(10)The AI jobs report must identify the resources institutions of higher education, including community and technical colleges, need to deliver AI-related skills and education.
• Sec. 203(a)(1)Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to expand emerging and advanced technology education.
• Sec. 202(4)Defines the emerging and advanced technology education funded by the grants to include artificial intelligence.

Latest action: 16 Sep 2024 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

• H.R. 9607 bill page
• H.R. 9607 text (Introduced)

Requires a joint federal report on the impact of artificial intelligence on jobs, including the resources institutions of higher education need to deliver AI-related skills. Authorizes Department of Education grants to expand prekindergarten through grade 12 and postsecondary emerging and advanced technology education, which the bill defines to include artificial intelligence.

Provisions

• Sec. 103(b)(10)The AI jobs report must identify the resources institutions of higher education, including community and technical colleges, need to deliver AI-related skills and education.
• Sec. 203(a)(1)Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to expand emerging and advanced technology education.
• Sec. 202(4)Defines the emerging and advanced technology education funded by the grants to include artificial intelligence.

Latest action: 12 Sep 2024 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

• S. 5031 bill page
• S. 5031 text (Introduced)

Directs the National Science Foundation to make awards to institutions of higher education outside the top research spenders, and to nonprofits, to broaden participation in AI research, education, and workforce development, including faculty development and student bridge programs.

Provisions

• Sec. 2, new 5401(g)(1)NSF must make competitive awards to eligible institutions of higher education to broaden participation in AI research, education, and workforce development.
• Sec. 2, new 5401(g)(4)(B)Award funds may be used for faculty recruitment and professional development in AI.

Latest action: 11 Sep 2024 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

• H.R. 9403 bill page
• H.R. 9403 text (Introduced)

Authorizes the National Science Foundation to make competitive awards to institutions of higher education and nonprofits to develop K-12 AI literacy curricula, evaluation tools, and professional development for educators.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(b)NSF may make merit-reviewed awards to develop K-12 AI literacy curricula and evaluation methods.
• Sec. 2(c)(4)Award funds may support AI literacy professional development for state and local educational agencies, principals, and educators.

Latest action: 11 Sep 2024 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

• H.R. 9211 bill page
• H.R. 9211 text (Introduced)

Authorizes National Science Foundation scholarships and fellowships for students studying artificial intelligence, including the teaching of AI, and fellowships for K-12 teachers and school professionals on AI. Creates up to eight community college and area career and technical education Centers of AI Excellence, supports research on teaching AI, and adds AI skills development to the National STEM Teacher Corps.

Provisions

• Sec. 2Authorizes NSF scholarships and fellowships, through institutions of higher education, for students in AI-related programs of study.
• Sec. 2, Fellowships for school professionalsAuthorizes NSF fellowships for teachers, school counselors, and other school professionals for professional development on teaching and using AI in K-12 settings.
• Sec. 3Directs NSF to designate up to eight community college and area career and technical education Centers of AI Excellence.
• Sec. 5Adds AI skills development, including AI best practices for high school teachers, to the National STEM Teacher Corps.

Latest action: 11 Sep 2024 — Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

• H.R. 9402 bill page
• H.R. 9402 text (Introduced)

Amends the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act to fund NSF graduate and postdoctoral fellowships at institutions of higher education in trustworthy and ethical AI, and directs NSF to support AI skills-based training for undergraduate and graduate students; it also adds AI governance workforce activities to NIST's mission.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(a)(1)Institutions of higher education receiving awards use them for graduate fellowships, tuition, fees, and stipends in programs advancing trustworthy AI.
• Sec. 2(a), new paragraph (4)(A)NSF is directed to support AI training for undergraduate and graduate students through skills-based training or certification programs.

Latest action: 11 Sep 2024 — Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

• H.R. 9215 bill page
• H.R. 9215 text (Introduced)

Directs the National Science Foundation to award scholarships for students studying artificial intelligence, including the teaching of AI in schools and colleges, and fellowships for students, teachers, and faculty in AI. Creates community college and vocational school Centers of AI Excellence and requires guidance on the introduction and use of AI in elementary and secondary education.

Provisions

• Sec. 3(c)(1)Directs NSF to award scholarships to undergraduates to study the teaching of AI and AI skills at schools and institutions of higher education.
• Sec. 5(a)Establishes an NSF program with AI fellowships for students, teachers, and faculty at institutions of higher education.
• Sec. 9(e)Designated Centers of AI Excellence disseminate best practices for AI research and education at community colleges and area career and technical education schools.
• Sec. 12(a)Directs NSF, with the Secretary of Education and others, to develop public guidance on introducing and using AI in elementary and secondary education.

Latest action: 1 Aug 2024 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 486.

• S. 4394 bill page
• S. 4394 text (Introduced)

Among many defense provisions, requires the Secretary of Defense, through the Department of Defense Education Activity, to ensure each student of a high school operated by the Activity receives instruction in artificial intelligence and machine learning, including foundational concepts, definitions, and responsible and ethical use. The instruction may be incorporated into existing courses.

Provisions

• Sec. 579(a)Each student of a DoDEA-operated high school must receive instruction in artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Latest action: 8 Jul 2024 — Received in the Senate.

• H.R. 8070 bill page
• H.R. 8070 text (Engrossed)

Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Education to develop and distribute toolkits for students, educators, families, and school administrators on artificial intelligence and social media, covering responsible use, chatbot risks, student data privacy, and school AI policies.

Provisions

• Sec. 3, administrator toolkits (D)(vi)(I)Administrator toolkits must include guidance on developing school, district, and state policies on how students and staff engage with AI.
• Sec. 3Toolkits must inform students about their particular vulnerability to generative AI and companion chatbots.
• Sec. 3, administrator toolkits (D)(iii)Administrator toolkits must include information on coordinating AI training for school staff.

Latest action: 20 Jun 2024 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

• S. 4614 bill page
• S. 4614 text (Introduced)

Amends the Title IX regulations governing sex discrimination in education programs receiving federal funds. The preamble explains that online sex-based harassment that schools must address can include nonconsensual distribution of intimate images altered or generated by AI, and that conduct through recipient-operated platforms, including AI technologies, falls within an education program. A federal court vacated the rule on 9 January 2025, and the Department repealed it on 29 September 2026.

Provisions

• Preamble discussion of Sec. 106.6(d), online harassmentExplains that sex-based harassment schools must address can include distribution of intimate images altered or generated by AI.

• Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance (89 FR 33474), FR Doc. 2024-07915
• Recodification of Title IX Rules (final rule repealing the 2024 rule), FR Doc. 2026-19929

Invites applications for FY 2024 Stepping-up Technology Implementation grants that support evidence-based technology tools or approaches using AI to improve outcomes for students with disabilities in PK-12 instructional settings. Applicants must describe how the AI tool will be used, how educators' use and knowledge of it will grow, and the outcomes it will improve.

Provisions

• Priority, application requirementsSets a funding priority for implementing evidence-based technology tools or approaches using AI to improve outcomes of students with disabilities.
• Priority, expected outcome (c)Projects are expected to improve educator collaboration and professional learning on using an AI-based tool for students with disabilities.

• Applications for New Awards; Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals With Disabilities Program-Stepping-Up Technology Implementation (89 FR 15187), FR Doc. 2024-04316

Expresses the sense of the House that paraprofessionals and education support staff in schools and public colleges should have fair compensation and working conditions, including input on the implementation of artificial intelligence technology in their schools and professional development as new technologies are introduced.

Provisions

• Resolving clause, [Page 5]States that paraprofessionals and support staff should have input on AI technology in their schools and receive professional development as new technologies are introduced.

Latest action: 31 Jan 2024 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

• H.Res. 990 bill page
• H.Res. 990 text (Introduced)

Reauthorizes the Education Sciences Reform Act and related education research and assessment laws, adding educational technology, including artificial intelligence and digital literacy, to the research topics the Institute of Education Sciences must support.

Provisions

• Amended Section 133, topic (xiii)Educational technology including AI is listed among the research topics the Secretary must support through national research and development centers or other means.

Latest action: 22 Jan 2024 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 309.

• S. 3392 bill page
• S. 3392 text (Introduced)

Directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance requiring federal agencies to disclose, and offer appeal of, the use of automated systems in decisions about individuals, including decisions affecting access to education and vocational training.

Provisions

• Sec. 3(a)(2)Agencies must provide disclosure and an opportunity for appeal when automated systems are used in critical decisions, including those on education access.

Latest action: 22 Dec 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.

• H.R. 6886 bill page
• H.R. 6886 text (Introduced)

Would amend the Digital Equity Act of 2021 to add AI literacy to the definition of digital literacy and make AI literacy activities in K-12 schools, community colleges, universities, and other community institutions eligible uses of Digital Equity Competitive Grant funds. Would also require annual reports to Congress on those uses. The bill was referred to committee and saw no further action.

Provisions

• Sec. 3(c)Makes AI literacy efforts in public elementary and secondary schools, community colleges, and institutions of higher education eligible uses of Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program funds.
• Sec. 3(c)Allows grant funds to pay for teacher training, certification, and professional development related to AI education.

Latest action: 15 Dec 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

• H.R.6791 - Artificial Intelligence Literacy Act of 2023 · archived
• Bill status XML, H.R. 6791 (118th Congress) · archived

Invites applications for FY 2024 Education Research and Development Center awards from the Institute of Education Sciences. One of the four center topics is using generative artificial intelligence to augment teaching and learning in classrooms.

Provisions

• Competition in This NoticeFunds an education R&D center on using generative AI to augment teaching and learning in classrooms.

• Applications for New Awards; Education Research and Development Center Program (88 FR 82860), FR Doc. 2023-26008

Expresses the sense of the Senate that paraprofessionals and education support staff in schools and public colleges should have fair compensation and working conditions, including input on the implementation of artificial intelligence technology in their schools and professional development as new technologies are introduced.

Provisions

• Resolving clause, [Page 5]States that paraprofessionals and support staff should have input on AI technology in their schools and receive professional development as new technologies are introduced.

Latest action: 6 Nov 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5361-5362)

• S.Res. 450 bill page
• S.Res. 450 text (Introduced)

Government-wide executive order on AI safety, security, and civil rights. Its education provision directed the Secretary of Education to develop resources, policies, and guidance on safe, responsible, and nondiscriminatory AI use in education, including an AI toolkit for education leaders. It was revoked by Executive Order 14148 on January 20, 2025.

Provisions

• Sec. 8(d)Directed the Secretary of Education to develop, within 365 days, resources, policies, and guidance on AI in education, including an "AI toolkit" for education leaders.

• Executive Order 14110 (88 FR 75191) · archived
• Executive Order 14148, Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions (90 FR 8237) · archived

Requests public input on a proposed Institute of Education Sciences research and development program, From Seedlings to Scale, that would fund scalable education solutions. Lists next-generation tools for educators that use artificial intelligence to augment teaching and planning among the proposed priority areas.

Provisions

• Proposed priority areas, page 70653Lists AI-based tools that augment educators' teaching and planning among the proposed priority areas for the program's R&D funding.

• Request for Information on Potential New Program, From Seedlings to Scale (S2S) (88 FR 70652), FR Doc. 2023-22482

Directs the Federal Trade Commission to require covered entities to perform impact assessments, including evaluation of differential performance, of automated decision systems used to make decisions with legal, material, or similarly significant effects on consumers, which include decisions on access to education and vocational training, including assessment, accreditation, or certification.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(8)(A)Critical decisions subject to impact assessment include decisions on education and vocational training, including assessment, accreditation, or certification.

Latest action: 22 Sep 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.

• H.R. 5628 bill page
• H.R. 5628 text (Introduced)

Directs the Federal Trade Commission to require covered entities to perform impact assessments, including evaluation of differential performance, of automated decision systems used to make decisions with legal, material, or similarly significant effects on consumers, which include decisions on access to education and vocational training, including assessment, accreditation, or certification.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(8)(A)Critical decisions subject to impact assessment include decisions on education and vocational training, including assessment, accreditation, or certification.

Latest action: 21 Sep 2023 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

• S. 2892 bill page
• S. 2892 text (Introduced)

Directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance requiring federal agencies to be transparent about automated systems used in decisions about individuals, including decisions affecting access to education and vocational training, with disclosure and appeal.

Provisions

• Sec. 2(5)(B)(i)Agency transparency guidance covers automated systems used in decisions that affect access to education and vocational training.

Latest action: 22 Aug 2023 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 192.

• S. 1865 bill page
• S. 1865 text (Introduced)

Prohibits online platforms from using algorithmic processes that discriminate in offering housing, employment, credit, insurance, healthcare, or education opportunities, and requires platforms to assess whether such processes produce disparate outcomes.

Provisions

• Sec. 4(a)(2)(A)(iv)Platforms using algorithmic processes relating to education opportunities must assess whether they produce disparate outcomes.

Latest action: 14 Jul 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

• H.R. 4624 bill page
• H.R. 4624 text (Introduced)

Prohibits online platforms from using algorithmic processes that discriminate in offering housing, employment, credit, insurance, healthcare, or education opportunities, and requires platforms to assess whether such processes produce disparate outcomes.

Provisions

• Sec. 4(a)(2)(A)(iv)Platforms using algorithmic processes relating to education opportunities must assess whether they produce disparate outcomes.

Latest action: 13 Jul 2023 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

• S. 2325 bill page
• S. 2325 text (Introduced)

Directs a federal report on artificial intelligence's effects on the workforce, including the skills and education needed and the resources institutions of higher education need to deliver that education, with recommendations.

Provisions

• Sec. 3(b)(8)The report must identify resources institutions of higher education, including two-year and rural institutions, need to deliver AI-related skills and education.

Latest action: 6 Jul 2023 — Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

• H.R. 4498 bill page
• H.R. 4498 text (Introduced)

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to states, local educational agencies, and Tribal schools to expand prekindergarten through grade 12 computer science education, which the bill defines to include artificial intelligence.

Provisions

• Sec. 3(2)Grant-funded computer science education is defined to include artificial intelligence.

Latest action: 15 Jun 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

• H.R. 4174 bill page
• H.R. 4174 text (Introduced)

Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to states, local educational agencies, Tribal schools, and institutions of higher education to expand data literacy and data science education, defined to include artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Provisions

• Sec. 105(3)Grant-funded data science education is defined to include artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Latest action: 14 Feb 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

• H.R. 1050 bill page
• H.R. 1050 text (Introduced)