S4371-119

In Committee

TECH Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 22, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, TECH Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Labor, Healthcare.

Who Benefits and How

schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HB89F0A21502944DE8BC9892B68392FFA: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transforming Education through College and Hands-On Training Act or the TECH Act.
  • Section H9BBA9096413D4A8693F119DD0B5F7350: 2. Modification to eligibility for certain Federal grant programs Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a qualified technical school shall be eligible to...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, TECH Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Labor, Healthcare

Primary Purpose

This bill, TECH Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.

Policy Domains

Education Labor Healthcare

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • schools, students, and education providers
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schools, students, and education providers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • schools, students, and education providers
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federal implementing agencies:
schools, students, and education providers:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 22, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …

Apr 22, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Apr 22, 2026

Mr. Curtis introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Labor Healthcare
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor
"secretary_of_education"
→ Secretary of Education

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"qualified technical school" §H9BBA9096413D4A8693F119DD0B5F7350

a postsecondary vocational institution (as defined in section 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c))) that— offers an eligible career pathway program or an eligible job training program

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