H.R. 10347
Data Science and Literacy Act of 2026
Sponsor: Haley M. Stevens
3 cosponsors
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
Data Science and Literacy Act of 2026
This bill establishes a grant program for data literacy education and requires additional reporting regarding secondary school teachers.
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to educational agencies, tribal schools, institutions of higher education, or consortia of such entities for programs to increase access to and support for data literacy, data science, and statistics education. The Institute of Education Sciences must evaluate the grant program within five years after the first grant is made to assess its effectiveness in improving access to data science and literacy.
Additionally, the bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics to collect and report information on the number of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers in secondary schools in each state.
Text of the bill
I Data literacy education grant program
(a) In general. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031.
(b) Limitations
(1) Administrative expenses. Not more than 2.5 percent of the funds made available for a fiscal year under subsection (a) may be used for administrative expenses of the Secretary associated with grants made under this title, including—
(A) technical assistance; and
(B) the dissemination of—
(i) the report required under section 104(b); and
(ii) the evaluation required under section 104(c).
(2) Program evaluation. Not more than 1 percent of the funds made available for a fiscal year under subsection (a) may be used to carry out the evaluation required under section 104(c).
II Statistics on secondary school STEM teachers