HR 4965 Counseling for Career Choice Act 2025 (Amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand educational opportunities, including using AI)

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2025-08-12

Risk subdomain coverage

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has no meaningful coverage of AI risk domains. It is an enabling statute that promotes the use of AI in educational career counseling without addressing risks, harms, or mitigation measures. The single reference to AI mentions leveraging it as a resource for career development, but includes no discussion of associated risks or governance measures to address potential harms.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Educational Services

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document exclusively governs the Educational Services sector, specifically addressing career counseling programs in elementary and secondary schools. The amendment focuses on expanding career guidance activities, including the potential use of AI technologies to support student career development and counseling.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a bill introduced in the U.S. Congress to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. If enacted, it would create binding legal obligations with mandatory language ('shall include'). While currently proposed legislation, it follows the formal legislative process and would have force of law upon enactment.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania; Ms. Bonamici; Committee on Education and Workforce
• Summary: The bill was introduced by two members of Congress and referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, which are the proposing actors for this legislative instrument.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Deployer, Affected_Stakeholder
• Entities: State educational agencies; Local educational agencies; School counselors; School counseling programs; Students
• Summary: The bill targets entities that receive student support and academic enrichment grants under ESEA, including educational institutions implementing career counseling programs and school counselors who would use AI technologies. Students are affected stakeholders who would receive these services.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: No specific enforcement body is named in this amendment. However, amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are typically enforced by the U.S. Department of Education through standard grant compliance mechanisms.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The bill mentions evaluating outcomes but does not specify which entity would conduct such monitoring. This would likely fall to State and local educational agencies or the U.S. Department of Education under standard ESEA oversight procedures.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document minimally addresses AI lifecycle stages, with limited implicit coverage of deployment and monitoring. It references leveraging AI technologies for career counseling without specifying development stages or technical implementation details.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• AI Systems

Technical Scope Summary

The document makes a single brief reference to artificial intelligence as an emerging technology to support career development and counseling. It does not define AI or specify particular types of AI systems, models, or technical parameters. The scope is limited and non-technical.