# 119-hr-6606: Opportunities for Success Act of 2025 119-hr-6606, Opportunities for Success 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 2026-04-21). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6606 - As of: 2026-04-21 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-hr-6606 - Congress: 119 - Title: Opportunities for Success Act of 2025 - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-12-11 - Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR) - Cosponsors: 2 - Policy area: Education - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-04-21 ## Summary **This bill would _prioritize work-based learning and early learning in the Federal Work-Study program_.** It would reshape how campuses get funds, create a new pilot grant program, and add surveys and reporting to connect students to paid, credit-aligned workplace experiences. - Students and families: Students would get more paid, credit-aligned work experiences, child-development supports, and a carry-forward option for unspent awards while staying in work-based learning. Up to $2,500 earned during a short nonenrollment period would not be applied to the next cost of attendance. - Institutions: Colleges would face a phased shift to a ‘‘fair share’’ allocation by FY2031 and new eligibility rules. The bill sets an improved-institution reserve capped at $150 million and other programmatic minimums institutions must meet. - Employers and programs: A WORK-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES pilot would fund employer-run paid positions, require outcome tracking, and award grants up to $1,000,000 with a $30,000,000 annual reservation for the pilots. *Would authorize Federal Work-Study spending rising from $1.5 billion in FY2027 to $2.5 billion in FY2031, increasing federal outlays over that period.* ## Cosponsors (2) - Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z - Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Grants to expand student jobs: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would create a Work-Based Learning Pilot Grant Program and reserve $30 million each year to fund it. Grants could be up to $1,000,000, run up to four years, and be renewed for up to two more years. Grants must pay wages, support career coaching and employer engagement, target s… - More paid work for students: benefit, medium. If enacted, schools could use Work-Study to pay students for child development, Head Start, internships, apprenticeships, research, clinicals, and other work-based learning—even without academic credit. Starting FY2028, schools would reserve minimum shares of grant funds: at least 3% for exceptiona… - New surveys and GAO study: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Department of Education would build consumer-tested electronic surveys for students and employers within one year and survey institutions at least every four years. The Department would run an online portal, publish redacted aggregated reports to Congress every four years, and provi… - Schools must notify students about SNAP: benefit, low. If enacted, institutions receiving Work-Study funds would have to notify likely-eligible students by email or other electronic means about possible SNAP eligibility. The notice would explain how to confirm eligibility and include a document students can use to show eligibility under SNAP student ru… - Keep some earnings during breaks: mixed, high. If enacted, a student who showed exceptional need could work Work-Study during a break of up to six months. The job must be work-based learning with less than 25% administrative duties and usually at least 20 hours per week unless the school waives it. Up to $2,500 of earnings beyond standard livin… - How colleges would get funding: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would change how schools get Federal Work-Study funds for FY2027–FY2031 and after. Each school would get the larger of a set percentage of its FY2026 amount (90% in FY2027; 80% FY2028; 60% FY2029; 40% FY2030; 20% FY2031) or a "fair share" based on undergraduate and graduate stu… ## Related bills - 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026 - 119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act - 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025 - 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 - 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act - 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act ## Sources - [119-hr-6606 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6606) ## Related - [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877) - [119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10421) - [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151) - [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816) - [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973) - [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6606 (as of 2026-04-21).