# 119-hr-5351: NSF AI Education Act of 2025

119-hr-5351, NSF AI Education Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fong, Vince [R-CA-20] (R-CA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5351
- Congress: 119
- Title: NSF AI Education Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-09-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Fong, Vince [R-CA-20] (R-CA)
- Cosponsors: 28
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**This bill would expand U.S. AI education and workforce pathways.** It focuses NSF support on scholarships, teacher fellowships, regional Centers of AI Excellence, K–12 research, and targeted outreach to rural and underrepresented institutions. - Students and early-career learners: Authorizes NSF-funded scholarships and graduate and undergraduate fellowships, including at community colleges, that may cover tuition, fees, a stipend, and professional development for up to five years. Eligibility requires U.S. citizenship, U.S. national status, or lawful permanent residency and a commitment to an AI career. - K–12 teachers and school leaders: Creates professional development fellowships and a pilot of regional educator cohorts that provide mentoring, hands-on research experiences, and short-term industry appointments. Fellowship awards may cover tuition, fees, a stipend, and professional development for up to one year. - Community colleges, regions, and employers: Directs the NSF to designate up to eight regional Centers of AI Excellence in partnership with community colleges and area career and technical education schools to scale programs, identify AI job pathways, and link employers with apprenticeships, contingent on appropriations. - Researchers and education systems: Authorizes competitive awards for research on AI teaching and learning from pre-K through grade 12, requires outcome-oriented evaluation plans, a public report within 180 days after center evaluations, and an NSF-wide assessment within seven years.

## Cosponsors (28)

- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-09-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23] (R-CA), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Haridopolos, Mike [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT), 2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7] (R-GA), 2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV), 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE), 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5] (R-OK), 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC), 2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2026-04-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2026-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT), 2026-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Epps, Matt [R-TN-7] (R-TN), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Scholarships and fellowships for AI: benefit, medium. If enacted, the NSF Director would fund scholarships and fellowships for students and professionals studying or teaching AI. Student awards could pay tuition, fees, a stipend, and professional development funds for up to five years and would be paid to your school. Other fellowships could pay simil…
- Grants to study K-12 AI teaching: benefit, medium. If enacted, the NSF Director would make competitive grants to colleges, nonprofits, and consortia to research AI teaching models, tools, and materials for pre-K through grade 12. Grants would emphasize preparing incoming K-12 teachers to integrate AI, developing scalable professional development, a…
- Peer cohorts for K-12 teachers: benefit, low. If enacted, the NSF Director would be authorized to run a pilot of regional peer cohorts for K-12 teachers, principals, and school leaders. The pilot would provide mentoring, hands-on research experiences, and networks to help teachers teach with and about AI and to study AI's effects on student le…
- AI centers at community colleges: benefit, low. If enacted, the NSF Director, working with the Commerce regional hubs program, would be able to designate up to eight regional Community College and CTE Centers of AI Excellence. Designated centers would build AI curricula, scale successful programs, connect students to apprenticeships and industry…
- Nationwide outreach on AI learning: benefit, low. If enacted, the NSF Director would run a nationwide outreach campaign to tell industry, K-12 schools, career and technical schools, and colleges about NSF-funded AI education opportunities. The campaign would raise awareness of scholarships, grants, centers, and training programs. It would begin ef…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-5351 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5351)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5351 (as of 2026-09-21).