Who it affects
- Eligible schools with agriculture programs
- Students enrolled in agriculture workforce training
- Agriculture industry training partners
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture
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ASPIRE Act
H.R. 5138 · House bill · Introduced Sept. 4, 2025
The ASPIRE Act would require grants for eligible schools to create agriculture workforce training programs with industry partners for enrolled students.
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What it would do
- The bill directs the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to establish a grant program for agriculture workforce training.
- Eligible schools include certain universities, agriculture colleges, community colleges, and career and technical schools with agriculture programs.
- Schools must develop training programs with industry partners that provide training to enrolled students.
- Training may include internships, apprenticeships, hands-on coursework, educational programs, and workshops.
- Grants must support industry growth, competitiveness, worker training, and efforts to keep workers in the industry.
- The grant program must be in place by January 31, 2026.
Written with AI from the official summary by Congress's research office.
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize grants for eligible institutions to carry out agriculture workforce training programs, and for other purposes.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Finstad, Brad (R-MN)
- Introduced
- Sept. 4, 2025
- Cosponsors
- 4
- Committees
- House Agriculture Committee
- Latest action
- Sept. 4, 2025 · Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Official summary from the Congressional Research Service
Agriculture Skills Preparation for Industry Recruitment Efforts Act or the ASPIRE Act This bill directs the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to establish a grant program within its Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program for eligible educational institutions to develop and carry out agriculture workforce training programs. Eligible institutions include U.S. land-grant universities, non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, junior or community colleges with agriculture programs, and area career and technical education schools with agriculture programs. The grants must be used to develop and carry out agriculture workforce training programs to (1) promote the growth of the agriculture industry, (2) foster competitiveness within the industry, and (3) improve the training and retention of workers in the industry. An agriculture workforce training program is a program developed by an eligible institution in collaboration with a targeted industry partner through which the industry partner provides training to enrolled students. This may include training through internships, apprenticeships, experience-based curricula, and educational programs and workshops. The program must be implemented by January 31, 2026.
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