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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6419
To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to establish a
National Center for Advanced Development in Education at the Institute
for Education Sciences, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 4, 2025
Ms. Bonamici (for herself and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
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A BILL
To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to establish a
National Center for Advanced Development in Education at the Institute
for Education Sciences, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``New Essential Education Discoveries
Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION.
(a) Organization.--Section 111(c)(3) of the Education Sciences
Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9511(c)(3)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) the National Center for Advanced Development
in Education (as described in part G).''.
(b) Definitions.--Section 102 of the Education Sciences Reform Act
of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(24) Science of learning and development.--The term
`science of learning and development' means the body of peer-
reviewed knowledge from a variety of academic fields and
disciplines that demonstrates how students best learn and
develop.''.
(c) Establishment.--Title I of the Education Sciences Reform Act of
2002 (20 U.S.C. 9501 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``PART G--NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCED DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION
``SEC. 195. ESTABLISHMENT.
``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Institute a
National Center for Advanced Development in Education (in this part
referred to as the `Advanced Development Center').
``(b) Mission.--The mission of the Advanced Development Center is
to--
``(1) identify, develop, and promote advances in and new
solutions for teaching and learning, with an emphasis on
breakthrough technologies, new pedagogical approaches,
innovative learning models, and more efficient, reliable, and
valid forms of assessments;
``(2) identify, develop, and promote transformative,
community-informed solutions to address disparities in
achievement and opportunity for students;
``(3) identify, develop, and promote community-informed
advances in teaching and learning that have the potential to
transform education practices across--
``(A) early childhood education;
``(B) elementary and secondary education;
``(C) postsecondary education;
``(D) adult education;
``(E) special education and services for students
with disabilities; and
``(F) services for English learners;
``(4) identify, develop, test, and promote strategies and
interventions that support student relationships and skill-
building consistent with the science of learning and
development;
``(5) identify and provide community-informed
recommendations and solutions that address additional factors
that can improve student outcomes, including--
``(A) access to a diverse teaching workforce; and
``(B) institutional barriers, including with
respect to students from underrepresented communities;
and
``(6) investigate transformative research opportunities,
including--
``(A) technologies to analyze speech samples and
identify speech and reading disorders;
``(B) identifying tools to support skill
acquisition outside of school (including tools for
parents); and
``(C) developing tools to provide feedback directly
to students on their competencies.
``SEC. 196. COMMISSIONER FOR ADVANCED EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT.
``The Advanced Development Center shall be headed by a Commissioner
for Advanced Education Development (in this part referred to as the
`Advanced Development Commissioner') who shall be highly qualified and
have substantial knowledge of the methodologies used and activities
undertaken by the Advanced Development Center.
``SEC. 197. DUTIES.
``(a) General Duties.--The Advanced Development Center shall--
``(1) collect, report, analyze, and disseminate data
related to transforming education in the United States;
``(2) approve and terminate projects in accordance with
subsection (f)(2)(B);
``(3) set priorities that align with the mission of the
Advanced Development Center, including by identifying areas
that can be furthered by research and development, including--
``(A) interventions for learning acceleration, with
a particular focus on students who score below
proficient on the academic assessments in mathematics
or reading or language arts described in section
1111(b)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2));
``(B) pedagogy; and
``(C) assessments administered to students,
including such assessments that are summative,
formative, competency-based, performance-based,
administered throughout the school year to produce a
single summative assessment score, or incorporated into
an instructional sequence or lesson;
``(4) support the use of scientific discoveries and
inventions to improve teaching and learning;
``(5) carry out the evaluation and dissemination
requirements under subsection (e); and
``(6) convene and engage an advisory panel under section
198.
``(b) Plan.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this part, and every 3 years thereafter, the Advanced
Development Commissioner shall submit to the Director a research plan
that--
``(1) is consistent with the priorities and mission of the
Institute and the mission of the Advanced Development Center;
and
``(2) describes how the Advanced Development Center will
use the performance management system described in section 185
to assess and improve the activities of the Advanced
Development Center.
``(c) Training Program.--The Advanced Development Commissioner may
establish a program to train employees of public and private
educational agencies, organizations, and institutions and may establish
a fellowship program to appoint such employees as temporary fellows at
the Advanced Development Center in order to assist the Advanced
Development Center in carrying out its duties.
``(d) Collaboration.--
``(1) In general.--In carrying out the duties under this
section, the Advanced Development Commissioner may award grants
and cash prizes, enter into contracts and cooperative
agreements, and provide technical assistance.
``(2) Entities.--In awarding grants and cash prizes and
entering into contracts and cooperative agreements under
paragraph (1), the Advanced Development Commissioner shall--
``(A) solicit applications from public and private
entities; and
``(B) build research collaborations between a
variety of stakeholders--
``(i) from the private and public sectors;
and
``(ii) with expertise in education
practices, including teachers, principals and
other school leaders, and local and State
educational agency leaders.
``(3) Applicable programs.--For purposes of carrying out an
applicable program under subsection (f)(2), a program manager
may enter into contracts and cooperative agreements in the
manner described in paragraph (2).
``(e) Evaluation and Dissemination.--
``(1) Evaluation.--
``(A) In general.--The Advanced Development
Commissioner shall obtain independent, periodic, and
rigorous evaluation of--
``(i) the effectiveness of the processes
that the Advanced Development Center is using
to achieve the mission described in section
195(b);
``(ii) the relevance, accessibility, and
utility of the awards made and transactions
entered into under subsection (d) to education
practitioners; and
``(iii) the effectiveness of the projects
carried out through such awards and
transactions, using evidence standards
developed in consultation with the Institute of
Education Sciences, and the suitability of such
projects for further investment or increased
scale.
``(B) Best practices.--The Advanced Development
Commissioner shall assess the information obtained from
the evaluation and identify best practices for the
Advanced Development Center.
``(2) Dissemination.--
``(A) In general.--The Advanced Development Center
shall disseminate, through the entities listed in
subparagraph (B), information obtained from the
evaluation under paragraph (1) and any other
information determined to be relevant by the Advanced
Development Commissioner with respect to effective
practices and technologies developed under the Advanced
Development Center, as appropriate, to--
``(i) education professionals, including
teachers, principals, and local and State
superintendents; and
``(ii) parents and other caregivers.
``(B) Entities.--The Advanced Development Center
shall distribute the information described in
subparagraph (A) through--
``(i) the comprehensive centers established
under 203 of the Educational Technical
Assistance Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9602);
``(ii) the regional laboratories system
established under section 174 of the Education
Sciences Reform Act (20 U.S.C. 9564); and
``(iii) such other means as the Advanced
Development Commissioner, in consultation with
the Director and the Secretary, determines to
be appropriate.
``(3) Use and adoption.--The Advanced Development
Commissioner shall support the use and adoption of the best
practices identified in paragraph (1)(B) at all levels of
education and training.
``(f) Hiring.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 188, the
Advanced Development Commissioner, with the approval of and in
collaboration with the Director, shall--
``(A) make appointments of scientific, engineering,
and professional personnel, which may include temporary
or time-limited appointments as determined by the
Director to be necessary to carry out the mission
described in section 195(b), without regard to the
provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing
appointment in the competitive service and fix the
compensation of such personnel at a rate to be
determined by the Director;
``(B) hire staff with sufficient qualifications and
expertise (as determined by the Commissioner in
consultation with the Director) to enable the Advanced
Development Center to carry out the duties described in
subsection (a) in conjunction with other operations of
the Institute, without regard to the provisions of
title 5, United States Code, governing appointment in
the competitive service and fix the compensation of
such staff at a rate to be determined by the Director;
and
``(C) use all existing authorities of the Director
to hire administrative, financial, and clerical staff
as necessary to carry out this subsection and pay such
staff in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51
and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United
States Code, relating to classification and General
Schedule pay rates.
``(2) Program managers.--
``(A) In general.--The Advanced Development
Commissioner, with the approval of and in collaboration
with the Director, shall designate staff appointed or
hired under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1),
respectively, to serve as program managers for the
Advanced Development Center.
``(B) Duties.--A program manager shall be
responsible for--
``(i) establishing research and development
goals for an applicable program, including by
developing and hosting workshops and consulting
with outside experts;
``(ii) publicizing such goals;
``(iii) soliciting applications from
eligible entities for projects that advance
such goals and contribute to making rapid
advances in teaching and learning, to be
submitted by such entities at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as
the program manager, in conjunction with the
Advanced Development Commissioner, may require;
``(iv) selecting, on a competitive basis,
such projects to be supported under an
applicable program, taking into consideration--
``(I) the novelty and scientific
and technical merit of a proposed
project;
``(II) the demonstrated
capabilities of the eligible entity to
successfully carry out such proposed
project;
``(III) the extent to which the
eligible entity considered, as part of
the application submitted under clause
(iii), future commercial applications
of a proposed project to increase the
likelihood of scalability of such
project; and
``(IV) such other criteria as the
program manager, in conjunction with
the Advanced Development Commissioner,
may require;
``(v) terminating such projects, as
applicable; and
``(vi) establishing the research
collaborations described in subsection (d)(3).
``(C) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
``(i) Applicable program.--The term
`applicable program' means a program--
``(I) for which a project manager
establishes research and development
goals;
``(II) that supports projects
aligned with such goals; and
``(III) that receives funds from
the Advanced Development Center.
``(ii) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible
entity' means--
``(I) a State educational agency;
``(II) a local educational agency;
``(III) a public or private
nonprofit institution of higher
education;
``(IV) a nonprofit educational
organization; and
``(V) a federally funded research
and development center.
``SEC. 198. ADVISORY PANEL.
``(a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date on
which the Advanced Development Commissioner is appointed, the
Commissioner shall establish an advisory panel to identify, evaluate,
and make recommendations with respect to improving education research
in order to promote the mission of the Advanced Development Center.
``(b) Duties.--
``(1) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date on
which the advisory panel is established, the advisory panel
shall create and update on an annual basis a report that--
``(A) identifies, analyzes, and evaluates the state
of--
``(i) education research and development;
and
``(ii) education research priorities at the
State and local levels;
``(B) identifies and promotes advances in teaching
and learning; and
``(C) highlights factors that can have an impact on
student learning outcomes, with particular attention to
opportunity and achievement disparities for students,
including the factors addressed in section 195(b)(6).
``(2) Submission and publication.--Not later than 1 month
after the date on which the report described in paragraph (1)
is created and not later than 1 month after each subsequent
update of such report, the advisory panel shall--
``(A) submit such report to--
``(i) the Advanced Development
Commissioner;
``(ii) the Director;
``(iii) the Secretary;
``(iv) the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives;
``(v) the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate;
``(vi) the Committee on Education and
Workforce of the House of Representatives; and
``(vii) the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
``(B) make such report publicly available on the
website of the Institute.
``(c) Membership.--The advisory panel shall be composed of at least
8, but not more than 12, members appointed by the Advanced Development
Commissioner as follows:
``(1) At least 1 but not more than 2 members shall be
parents.
``(2) At least 1 but not more than 2 members shall be
education professionals.
``(3) At least 1 but not more than 2 members shall be
experts in technology.
``(4) At least 1 but not more than 2 members shall be
specialists in rapid gains in student achievement and school
improvement.
``(5) At least 1 but not more than 2 members shall be
specialists in personalized learning.
``(6) At least 1 but not more than 2 members shall be
education and social science researchers.
``(7) At least 1 but not more than 2 members shall be
representatives from the Department or National Science
Foundation.
``(8) At least 1 but not more than 2 members shall be
individuals with expertise in education issues not otherwise
represented who will contribute to the overall rigor and
quality of the Advanced Development Center.
``(d) Advisory Nature.--The function of the advisory panel shall be
advisory in nature. Nothing in this section shall be construed as
giving the advisory panel authority over the activities authorized
under this part.
``(e) Termination.--The advisory panel shall terminate 5 years
after the date of establishment of such panel.
``SEC. 199. COMMUNITY-INFORMED DEFINED.
``In this part, the term `community-informed' means to be informed
by input from State educational agencies, local educational agencies,
parents, students, and education practitioners, including teachers,
principals, and other school leaders within the community or regional
area where activities planned and carried out by the Advanced
Development Center will occur.
``SEC. 200. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
out this part $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
``(b) Timing.--Amounts made available for a fiscal year under
subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
``(c) Reservation.--The Secretary may reserve not more than 5
percent of the funds appropriated for a fiscal year under subsection
(a) for administrative expenses and technical assistance.''.
SEC. 3. IMPROVING STATEWIDE LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEMS.
Section 208 of the Education Sciences Reform Act (20 U.S.C. 9607)
is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 208. GRANT PROGRAM FOR STATEWIDE LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEMS.
``(a) Grants Authorized.--
``(1) Grants for statewide longitudinal data systems.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall award, on a
competitive basis, grants to eligible agencies to
enable such agencies to design, develop, implement, and
improve statewide longitudinal data systems.
``(B) Period.--
``(i) In general.--Except as provided in
clause (ii), a grant awarded under subparagraph
(A) shall be for a period of not longer than 4
years.
``(ii) Renewal.--Upon the conclusion of the
grant period described in clause (i), the
Secretary may renew a grant awarded under
subparagraph (A) for 2 additional years if the
eligible agency demonstrates significant
progress in meeting its goals, as determined by
the Secretary.
``(2) Planning grants.--
``(A) In general.--Of the amounts made available to
carry out this section, the Secretary may reserve not
more than 10 percent to award planning grants to
eligible agencies to support planning related to the
design, development, implementation, improvement, and
sustainability of statewide longitudinal data systems,
which may include planning to support--
``(i) the integration or coordination of
additional Federal, State, Tribal, or local
data sources in the statewide longitudinal data
system, which may include facilitating
interoperability and linkages across such data
sources, including from across other Federal,
State, Tribal, or local agencies;
``(ii) alignment with the voluntary
standards and guidelines described in section
143(a)(6), which may include the use of linked,
open, and interoperable data standards;
``(iii) the development of products, tools,
or interfaces that provide appropriate access
to data insights produced by the statewide
longitudinal data system; and
``(iv) upgrading data infrastructure or
reporting systems.
``(B) Period.--A grant awarded under subparagraph
(A) shall be for a period of not longer than 18 months.
``(C) Engagement.--In carrying out planning
activities under this paragraph, an eligible agency
shall, to the greatest extent practicable, engage
students, families, practitioners, education system
leaders, policymakers, community organizations, and
State, Tribal, and local public agencies.
``(b) Application.--An eligible agency desiring a grant under
subsection (a)(1) shall submit an application to the Secretary at such
time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the
Secretary may reasonably require, including the following:
``(1) A description of how the eligible agency will design,
develop, implement, or improve a statewide longitudinal data
system that will integrate data in accordance with the
individual privacy and data security requirements specified in
section 183, from the following data sources, to the greatest
extent practicable:
``(A) Early childhood education, in accordance with
the guidance developed pursuant to subsection (g)(2).
``(B) Elementary and secondary education, including
data reported from local educational agencies and the
State educational agency.
``(C) Career and technical education.
``(D) Postsecondary education, including data
reported from public institutions of higher education
and public systems of institutions of higher education.
``(E) Adult education and workforce development
programs.
``(F) Unemployment insurance or other statewide
data sources with access to labor market outcomes or
wage record data and in accordance with privacy and
data security requirements of the State.
``(G) The Bureau of Indian Education, as
applicable.
``(2) A description of how the eligible agency will design,
develop, implement, or improve a statewide longitudinal data
system that may integrate data from other Federal, State, or
local public or private agencies or organizations, in
accordance with Federal and State privacy laws.
``(3) A description of how the eligible agency will ensure
that the statewide longitudinal data system will--
``(A) be able to publicly disaggregate student data
by each subgroup of students (as defined in section
1111(c)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(c)(2)));
``(B) ensure technical quality, including validity
and reliability, of the data managed by the statewide
longitudinal data system;
``(C) enable the development of tools, products, or
interfaces that will provide publicly accessible and
useful information to students, families,
practitioners, education system leaders, policymakers,
community organizations, State and local public
agencies, and the public in a manner that protects and
promotes individual privacy and data security; and
``(D) enable researchers to conduct scientifically
valid research in a manner that adheres to Federal or
State privacy laws and protections.
``(4) A description of how the statewide longitudinal data
system will, to the extent practicable, promote standardized
data definitions, open data formats, other widely recognized
and adopted standards, and linkages utilized in multiple
States, and be aligned with subchapter I of chapter 35 of title
44, United States Code.
``(5) A description of how the eligible agency will protect
and promote individual privacy and data security in
implementing the State longitudinal data system, including by--
``(A) defining policies, guidelines, or protocols
as appropriate for data collection, storage, data
sharing, use, data destruction, and disclosure
avoidance to secure any personally identifiable
information;
``(B) reviewing how researchers, State agencies,
local agencies, and other entities that will have
access to the statewide longitudinal data systems under
this section will adhere to Federal and State privacy
laws and protections in the building, maintenance, and
use of such data systems; and
``(C) providing training or professional
development to any employee or contractor of such
system to ensure compliance with section 444 of the
General Education Provisions Act (commonly known as the
`Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974'),
section 445 of that Act (commonly known as the
`Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment'), the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. 6501
et seq.), the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191), and
any other relevant Federal or State privacy law as
determined by the Secretary.
``(6) A description of the data governance structure for
the statewide longitudinal data system, which shall, to the
greatest extent practicable, support the implementation of
statewide data governance structures that involve all relevant
State agencies, and which may include establishing a State
chief privacy officer or a data governance coordinator.
``(7) A description of how the eligible agency will promote
long-term sustainability of the statewide longitudinal data
system, including by identifying State and local funding that
will be used to support the operation, maintenance, and
upgrades of such system.
``(c) Selection.--
``(1) In general.--In awarding grants under subsection
(a)(1), the Secretary shall use a peer review process that,
with respect to the entities selected--
``(A) ensures technical quality (including validity
and reliability), promotes data linkages within the
State, and ensures the protection of individual privacy
consistent with section 183;
``(B) promotes the generation and accurate and
timely use of data that is needed--
``(i) to support implementation of--
``(I) the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965;
``(II) the Higher Education Act of
1965;
``(III) the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act;
``(IV) the Carl D. Perkins Career
and Technical Education Act of 2006;
``(V) the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et
seq.);
``(VI) the Head Start Act (42
U.S.C. 9831 et seq.);
``(VII) the Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 9857 et seq.); and
``(VIII) other relevant Federal
laws as determined by the Secretary;
and
``(ii) to facilitate research to improve
educational and employment opportunities and
outcomes, including student academic
achievement, postsecondary education access and
completion, labor market outcomes, and the
closing of opportunity and achievement gaps
between subgroups of students (as defined in
section 1111(c)(2) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
6311(c)(2))).
``(2) Priority.--In awarding grants under subsection
(a)(1), the Secretary shall give priority to eligible agencies
that--
``(A) received a planning grant under subsection
(a)(2) and propose to carry out activities informed by
such planning;
``(B) propose the development of products, tools,
or interfaces that provide appropriate access to data
insights produced by the statewide longitudinal data
system; or
``(C) require the use of the voluntary standards
and guidelines described in section 153(a)(5).
``(d) Use of Funds.--An eligible agency receiving an award under
subsection (a)(1)--
``(1) shall use funds--
``(A) to enhance or modernize data infrastructure
and analytics capacity to integrate data across early
childhood education through postsecondary study and
labor market outcomes into the statewide longitudinal
data system; and
``(B) to carry out the activities described in
paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (b); and
``(2) may carry out 1 or more of the following activities:
``(A) Award subgrants to public agencies or
institutions of higher education to improve the
capacity of such agencies or institutions to
participate in statewide longitudinal data systems.
``(B) Integrate additional Federal, State, or local
data sources in the statewide longitudinal data system
or facilitate interoperability between such data
sources.
``(C) Develop or increase the access of the public
to products, tools, or interfaces that provide
appropriate access to data insights produced by the
statewide longitudinal data system.
``(D) Implement policies to protect and promote
student privacy and data security.
``(E) Provide professional development to
individuals, practitioners, and education system
leaders to better understand, use, and analyze data
from the statewide longitudinal data system.
``(e) Supplement Not Supplant.--Funds made available under this
section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other State or
local funds used for developing State data systems.
``(f) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
the New Essential Education Discoveries Act of 2025, and again 3 years
after such date of enactment, the Secretary, in consultation with the
National Academies Committee on National Statistics shall make publicly
available a report on the implementation and effectiveness of Federal,
State, and local efforts related to the activities carried out by
eligible entities that receive a grant under subsection (a)(1),
including--
``(1) identifying and analyzing State practices regarding
the development and use of statewide longitudinal data systems;
``(2) evaluating the ability of such systems to manage
individual student data, promote linkages across States, and
protect student privacy consistent with section 183; and
``(3) identifying best practices and areas for improvement.
``(g) Guidance.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of the New Essential Education Discoveries Act of
2025, and on an ongoing basis thereafter, the Secretary shall
issue guidance and provide technical assistance on--
``(A) protecting and promoting individual privacy
and data security in implementing statewide
longitudinal data systems in accordance with applicable
Federal, State, and local privacy laws;
``(B) developing or increasing the public's access
to products, tools, or interfaces that provide
appropriate access to data insights produced by
statewide longitudinal data systems, which may support
the public, researchers, policymakers, practitioners,
and States in efficiently and accurately accessing,
managing, analyzing, and using data to inform decision
making and improve educational opportunities and
outcomes, including academic achievement, postsecondary
education access and completion, and labor market
outcomes; and
``(C) supporting data linkages between a statewide
longitudinal data system and data from postsecondary
education, workforce programs, unemployment insurance,
or other statewide data sources with access to wage
record data, which shall include the use of different
unique identifiers and may include the use of Social
Security numbers, in accordance with applicable
Federal, State, and local privacy laws.
``(2) Early childhood education data.--The Secretary of
Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Statistics
Commissioner, shall develop guidance for eligible agencies with
respect to integrating data voluntarily reported under the Head
Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) and other early childhood
education data in the statewide longitudinal data system.
``(3) Early college high school or dual or concurrent
enrollment programs.--The Statistics Commissioner shall provide
technical assistance to eligible agencies to collect and report
data related to enrollment, retention, transfer, and completion
rates in early college high school or dual or concurrent
enrollment programs.
``(h) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Eligible agency.--The term `eligible agency' means--
``(A) a State educational agency;
``(B) the office of the Governor of a State;
``(C) a State agency, data governance body, or
public sector organization, as determined and
designated by the Governor;
``(D) an outlying area; and
``(E) a consortium of entities described in
subparagraphs (A) through (C) located in a single State
or a consortium of such entities located in 2 or more
States.
``(2) Statewide longitudinal data system.--The term
`statewide longitudinal data system' means a data system
operated by an eligible agency at the State level that connects
individual-level data from early childhood education,
elementary and secondary education, postsecondary education,
adult education, workforce development, labor market outcomes,
and other data sources, as determined by the State, in a manner
that--
``(A) protects and promotes individual privacy and
data security, in accordance with applicable Federal,
State, and local privacy laws, increases data
transparency, and minimizes reporting burden; and
``(B) enhances the ability of the public,
researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and States to
efficiently and accurately access, manage,
disaggregate, analyze, and use data to inform decision
making and improve educational opportunities and
outcomes, including academic achievement, postsecondary
education access and completion, and labor market
outcomes.
``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section--
``(1) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and
``(2) for each fiscal year thereafter, not less than the
amount appropriated for fiscal year 2026.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
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