Reimagining Education and Skills through Unified Longitudinal Talent Systems (RESULTS) Act of 2026

This bill rewrites the federal grant program for statewide longitudinal data systems, which link individual records from early childhood education, K-12 schools, colleges, adult education, workforce programs, and unemployment insurance wage records. The Department of Education would award competitive grants of up to 4 years to governors or state entities they designate, to build or update these systems in line with federal and state privacy laws. Grant funds could be used for data governance, public data dashboards, research access, privacy and security training, multistate data sharing, and exploring artificial intelligence. Each grantee would report on its activities within 180 days after the grant ends. The bill also allows states to use the National Directory of New Hires for workforce performance reporting and requires governors to designate a state agency to handle wage record data matching.

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Sponsors

• Lisa Blunt Rochester Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors