Reimagining Education and Skills through Unified Longitudinal Talent Systems (RESULTS) Act of 2026
Sponsored By: Senator Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a competitive grant program to build statewide longitudinal data systems that link education and workforce data. It aims to make data more transparent, connect early childhood through employment records, and protect privacy.
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- Gives students, families, and the public interactive dashboards, portals, and open datasets to see program quality and employment outcomes.
- Provides competitive grants to Governors or designated state entities to create or modernize systems for up to four years and centralizes Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act performance reporting with authority to use the National Directory of New Hires and cross‑State wage matches.
- Encourages expanded postsecondary reporting that includes private institutions, promotes SOLID and open‑source infrastructure, supports interstate data sharing and researcher access, and requires governance roles and privacy plans while permitting secure AI methods consistent with the NIST AI Risk Management Framework.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
State data rules for workforce programs
If enacted, the bill would let WIOA performance reporting use new wage sources, including the National Directory of New Hires under the Social Security Act. Governors would have to name a state agency or entity to help with reporting. That designated agency would match quarterly wage records (including other States'), run data validation, and guard against privacy violations from disaggregation. These steps would centralize reporting and improve measurement of employment and earnings for workforce programs and training providers.
State grants for education data systems
If enacted, the bill would create a competitive federal grant program to help Governors or Governor-designated state agencies build or modernize statewide education and workforce data systems. Grants could run for up to 4 years, must supplement—not supplant—other funds, and the bill authorizes appropriations “such sums as may be necessary.” Grant applications would need plans for privacy, interoperability (including use of open formats like SOLID where appropriate), budgets, and a learning agenda. Grants could pay for data governance staff, privacy training, public dashboards, secure portals (including parent/student dashboards), and expanded linking of K–12, postsecondary, workforce, and wage data.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]
DE • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
KS • R
Sponsored 7/29/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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