# 119-hr-6419: New Essential Education Discoveries Act of 2025

119-hr-6419, New Essential Education Discoveries Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-09).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6419
- Congress: 119
- Title: New Essential Education Discoveries Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-09

## Summary

**National Center for Advanced Development in Education** would be created inside the Institute of Education Sciences to fund breakthrough teaching tools, new learning models, and community-informed research. The bill also would set up a competitive program to build statewide longitudinal data systems linking early childhood through workforce outcomes and requiring strong privacy protections. - Families and students: Targets research and tools to speed learning for students below proficiency in math and reading and to support early childhood, adult education, English learners, and students with disabilities. - Educators and researchers: Authorizes grants, prizes, contracts, training, and fellowships to help teachers, school leaders, and researchers develop and test innovative instructional approaches and valid assessments. - State and local agencies: Creates a competitive SLDS grant program to modernize data systems, requires interoperability standards, public data tools, and training on FERPA, COPPA, and HIPAA; applications must include sustainability and data-governance plans. *Authorizes $500 million per year for FY2026–2030 for the new Center and $500 million for SLDS in FY2026 with at least that amount thereafter, representing new federal spending authorization.*

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2026-02-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants for statewide student data systems: benefit, high. This bill would create competitive grants to build and modernize statewide longitudinal student data systems that link early childhood, K–12, postsecondary, adult education, and workforce outcomes. The program would be authorized at $500 million for fiscal year 2026 and at least that amount each ye…
- New national education R&D center: benefit, high. This bill would create a National Center for Advanced Development in Education inside the Institute of Education Sciences. The center would get $500 million each year for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, and the money would remain available until spent. Up to 5% of each year's money could pay admini…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act
- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7333: Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-6419 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6419)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10421)
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7333: Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7333)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6419 (as of 2026-10-09).