Artificial Intelligence Education and Workforce Readiness Act of 2026

(a) Establishment. The Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Education and the Director of the National Science Foundation, shall establish a program to award grants to eligible entities to provide fellowships to—

(1) educators in elementary, secondary, or postsecondary education seeking to gain applied experience in artificial intelligence ethics and artificial intelligence governance; and

(2) employees of Federal, State, and local governments seeking to develop policymaking capacity related to—

(A) artificial intelligence governance; and

(B) artificial intelligence risk management.

(b) Eligible entity. In this section, the term eligible entity means—

(1) a State agency;

(2) an institution of higher education; and

(3) a nonprofit research organization.

(c) Fellowship requirements. A fellowship provided using a grant awarded under this section shall—

(1) have a duration of not less than 6 and not more than 24 months;

(2) include training on—

(A) the responsible use of artificial intelligence;

(B) data governance, including the responsible collection, storage, management, and sharing of data used in artificial intelligence systems, consistent with applicable Federal privacy and data security law; and

(C) mitigation of algorithmic bias; and

(3) result in the publication of a report or other output that demonstrates the application of artificial intelligence in—

(A) education; or

(B) the workforce.

(d) Interagency placements. The Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Education and the Director of the National Science Foundation, may enter into interagency agreements with Federal agencies to place fellowship recipients described in subsection (a)(2) with such agencies for the purpose of developing policymaking capacity related to artificial intelligence in education and the workforce.

(e) Reports

(1) Eligible entity reports. Not later than 1 year after the date on which such grant is awarded and annually thereafter during the period of such grant, each eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary of Labor a report describing with respect to the 1-year period covered by such report—

(A) the fellowships awarded by such eligible entity using such grant;

(B) the outcomes achieved by such fellowships; and

(C) in the case of fellowships involving placements with Federal agencies pursuant to subsection (d), the nature of such placements and a summary of the activities conducted during such placements.

(2) Reports to Congress. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Labor shall submit to Congress a report describing the grants awarded under this section during the 1-year period covered by such report, the outcomes achieved during such 1-year period by eligible entities receiving such grants, and any interagency placements carried out under subsection (d).

(f) Compliance. Each eligible entity receiving a grant under this section shall be subject to the requirements under section 6.