Artificial Intelligence Education and Workforce Readiness Act of 2026

(d) Priority grants. In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Secretary shall prioritize eligible entities that seek to develop or implement curricula, assessments, and instructional tools that—

(1) support student success in artificial intelligence-disrupted career pathways (as defined in section 3 of the Artificial Intelligence Education and Workforce Readiness Act of 2026);

(2) address responsible uses of artificial intelligence in enabling healthy behavioral development and mitigating potentially harmful effects of artificial intelligence use on the mental health and wellness of students; and

(3) include humanities and social sciences components.

(e) Compliance. Each recipient of a grant under subsection (a) shall be subject to the requirements under section 6 of the Artificial Intelligence Education and Workforce Readiness Act of 2026.

(g) Artificial intelligence research in humanities and social sciences departments. The Secretary is authorized to award grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, institutions of higher education to fund research within departments in the humanities and social sciences located at such institutions on—

(1) artificial intelligence ethics (as defined in section 3 of the Artificial Intelligence Education and Workforce Readiness Act of 2026);

(2) artificial intelligence governance (as defined in such section 3); and

(3) artificial intelligence (as defined in such section 3) as it relates to the public trust, civics, reason, and judgement.

(h) Collaborative networks for artificial intelligence ethics

(1) In general. The Secretary is authorized to award grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, institutions of higher education and nonprofit research organizations (as defined in section 3 of the Artificial Intelligence Education and Workforce Readiness Act of 2026) to establish collaborative networks to—

(A) develop and disseminate model curricula on artificial intelligence ethics (as defined in such section 3) for use in secondary and higher education;

(B) provide training related to artificial intelligence ethics for secondary education and higher education faculty, including training in—

(i) the development of curricula related to artificial intelligence ethics, including the responsible use of artificial intelligence as a tool in such development;

(ii) instructional practices for teaching artificial intelligence ethics, including the responsible integration of artificial intelligence into such instruction; and

(iii) the responsible use of artificial intelligence in research, teaching, curriculum development, and assessment related to artificial intelligence ethics; and

(C) support student research on artificial intelligence ethics.

(2) Website. The Secretary shall develop and publish a website containing the model curricula developed under paragraph (1)(A).

(3) Collaborative network. In this subsection, the term collaborative network means a network consisting of 2 or more of the following:

(A) An institution of higher education.

(B) A nonprofit research organization (as defined in section 3 of the Artificial Intelligence Education and Workforce Readiness Act of 2026).

(C) A local educational agency.

(D) A State educational agency.

(i) Compliance. Each recipient of a grant or cooperative agreement under this section shall be subject to the requirements under section 6 of the Artificial Intelligence Education and Workforce Readiness Act of 2026.