Clean Energy Workforce Act
Sponsored By: Representative Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
Introduced
Summary
Expand clean energy career and technical education by funding grants to build new programs and upgrade school facilities focused on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate technologies. It centers partnerships linking secondary and postsecondary schools with industry and labor to prepare students for climate-related jobs.
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- Students and workers: Would fund partnerships to create or expand secondary and postsecondary programs of study in clean energy fields. Grants must include applied learning and plans to serve low-income, low-performing, rural, and special populations.
- Schools and colleges: Would fund energy-efficiency upgrades, sustainability evaluations, construction or improvement of CTE facilities, and purchase of energy-efficient equipment used as teaching tools.
- Industry and labor: Grants must show consultation with employers, labor organizations, or apprenticeship sponsors and a focus on placement in non-traditional fields; a peer review panel of CTE educators and industry experts would evaluate applications.
*Would authorize $100.0 million in appropriations to the Department of Energy to carry out the programs, increasing federal outlays by that amount.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Grants to build clean energy training
If enacted, the bill would create two competitive Department of Energy grant programs to expand clean-energy career training and upgrade school facilities. One grant would fund partnerships of K-12 districts, colleges, and local industry to develop replicable clean-energy courses and deliver them to students, including online. The other grant would help schools and colleges evaluate and improve facilities, add renewable-energy practices, and buy energy-efficient equipment for hands-on training. The Secretary would use a peer review committee to advise on awards, and the bill would authorize $100 million for these programs, subject to future appropriations. The Secretary would give priority to projects that share programs widely and that serve low-performing students and special populations.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
RI • D
Cosponsors
Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
GU • R
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
NV • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
HI • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17]
IL • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3]
AZ • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Peters
CA • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
CT • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Simon
CA • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]
PA • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Keating
MA • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
MA • D
Sponsored 5/14/2026
Roll Call Votes
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