Workforce of the Future Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced
Summary
Prepare the U.S. workforce and education systems for AI-driven change. This bill directs federal agencies to identify where AI will create jobs or displace workers and creates grant programs to expand AI, computing, and emerging-technology education and retraining.
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- Students and K–12 educators: Department of Education grants fund teacher development, recruitment, and expansion of rigorous STEAM and AI courses with a requirement to provide access to all high school students within 5 years. Authorizes $160 million for FY2026.
- Workers facing disruption: Department of Labor grants target workers in occupations identified as AI-affected and those recently separated. Grants fund training, certifications, continuing education, and job-quality monitoring. Authorizes $90 million for FY2026.
- Community colleges, minority-serving, and rural institutions: Grants and program priorities direct resources and partnerships to underserved institutions to expand access, make credentials portable, and support industry-labor collaboration.
*Authorizes about $160 million for Education grants and $90 million for Labor grants for fiscal year 2026, increasing federal spending by about $250 million in FY2026.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Federal reports on AI workforce
This bill would require the Secretaries of Labor, Commerce, and Education to jointly report on AI's impact on jobs. An interim report would be due within 6 months, a final report within 1 year, and an updated assessment 3 years after the final report. Reports would identify industries and occupations with likely AI growth or displacement, skills and credential needs, data gaps, demographic groups likely to benefit or be vulnerable, and policy or program options. The agencies would consult many stakeholders and must send Congress an analysis of grantee reports and expansion recommendations within 5 years after the first grant is awarded.
School and college tech grants
This bill would create competitive Department of Education grants to expand emerging and advanced technology education in K–12 and postsecondary schools. From appropriated amounts, the Secretary would set aside 50% of remaining funds for one track and 50% for the other. Grants would run 3 to 5 years, generally limit an entity to one award (unless part of a consortium), and require multi-year plans to give every served high school student access within 5 years. Grantees would report at least twice a year with participant counts broken out by race (using census race categories), ethnicity, gender, and free or reduced-price lunch eligibility.
Worker training grants for AI impacts
This bill would require the Labor Department to award grants for workforce training focused on workers most affected by AI. Priority would go to labor organizations or consortia that include them. Grant funds would serve people with a high school diploma or equivalent who work in industries projected for high AI growth, or who were involuntarily separated within 1 year and are eligible for unemployment insurance. Grants would last 3 to 5 years, allow the Secretary to reserve up to 2.5% for national activities, and authorize $90 million for fiscal year 2026. Grantees would report at least twice yearly with participant data by race, ethnicity, and gender.
More research on tech education
This bill would add a new research topic for the Institute of Education Sciences to track emerging and advanced technology education in elementary and secondary schools. Research would measure which schools offer such courses and how competent students are, using the bill's definition of technology education. This would amend the Education Sciences Reform Act and take effect on enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
MO • D
Cosponsors
Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 12/11/2025
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 1/8/2026
Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
TX • D
Sponsored 3/17/2026
Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]
VA • D
Sponsored 3/17/2026
Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-6]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/17/2026
Roll Call Votes
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