U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10347: Data Science and Literacy Act of 2026
Status: In committee, September 10, 2026
To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants for the purpose of increasing access to data literacy education, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants for the purpose of increasing access to data literacy education, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 10, 2026:
A BILL To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants for the purpose of increasing access to data literacy education, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Data Science and Literacy Act of 2026 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. Title I--Data literacy education grant program Sec. 101. Grant program established. Sec. 102. Applications. Sec. 103. Use of funds. Sec. 104. Reporting and evaluation. Sec. 105. Definitions. Sec. 106. Authorization of appropriations. Title II--Statistics on secondary school STEM teachers Sec. 201. Amendments to the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002. SECTION 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Data science and literacy are vital for United States residents in an era of intense global competition and growing reliance on data. (2) The American people constantly interact with and are affected by data. For example, they-- (A) regularly consume data, such as educational data, business data, financial data, medical data, sports statistics, and data-based claims in news media; (B) are included in a variety of data sets, such as medical and credit histories, web searches, social media activity, and purchase histories; and (C) interact with products that are the result of data-driven …
Sponsors
- Haley Stevens (D, HD-011) · primary sponsor
- James Baird (R, HD-004)
- Don Beyer (D, HD-008)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R, HD-001)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Education
Common questions
- What is HB10347?
- HB10347 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Data Science and Literacy Act of 2026.
- What does HB10347 do?
- In its own words: To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants for the purpose of increasing access to data literacy education, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10347?
- In committee as of September 10, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. (September 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10347?
- Haley Stevens (D, HD-011), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10347?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10347
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