U.S. Senate · 119th Congress · S. 4597
Early Childhood Workforce Advancement Act of 2026
A bill to direct the Secretary of Education, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to award competitive grants to eligible partnerships to establish, expand, or support career and technical education programs of study in early childhood education.
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- Sponsor
- Jeff MerkleyD-OR
- Introduced
- May 20, 2026, in the Senate
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Education (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
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Cosponsors (5)
5 Democrats. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Kirsten E. GillibrandD-NY
- Martin HeinrichD-NM
- Ben Ray LujánD-NM
- Adam B. SchiffD-CA
- Ron WydenD-OR