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United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce

The Committee on Education and the Workforce is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. There are 50 members of this committee. Since 2023, the chair of the Education and the Workforce committee is Virginia Foxx of North Carolina.

Standing committee

March 21, 1867

  • Committee on Education and Labor
  • Committee on Education
  • Committee on Labor
  • Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities

Virginia Foxx (R)
Since January 3, 2023

Bobby Scott (D)
Since January 3, 2023

50 members

Majority (25)

Minority (20)

Elementary and secondary education initiatives, including the , school choice for low-income families, special education (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), teacher quality & teacher training, scientifically based reading instruction, and vocational and technical education;

No Child Left Behind Act

Higher education programs (the Higher Education Act), to support college access for low and middle-income students and help families pay for college;

Early childhood & preschool education programs including Head Start;

School lunch and child nutrition programs;

Financial oversight of the U.S. Department of Education;

Programs and services for the care and treatment of at-risk youth, child abuse prevention, and child adoption;

Educational research and improvement;

Adult education; and

Anti-poverty programs, including the Community Services Block Grant Act and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

From the Official Committee Webpage:


The Education and Labor Committee's purpose is to ensure that Americans' needs are addressed so that students and workers may move forward in a changing school system and a competitive global economy.


The committee and its five subcommittees oversee education and workforce programs that affect all Americans, from early learning through secondary education, from job training through retirement.


The Education and Labor Committee Democrats' goal is to keep America strong by increasing education opportunities for students, by making it easier to send young adults to college, and by helping workers find job training and retirement security for a better future. The following education issues are under the jurisdiction of the Education and Labor Committee:


Education. The Committee on Education and Labor oversees federal programs and initiatives dealing with education at all levels—from preschool through high school to higher education and continuing education. These include:


Labor. The Committee on Labor also holds jurisdiction over workforce initiatives aimed at strengthening health care, job training, and retirement security for workers. Workforce issues in the jurisdiction of the Education and the Labor Committee include:

Activity[edit]

In December 2023, the Committee held a hearing on antisemitism at which three university presidents were invited to speak about their handling of antisemitism on their campuses, and later pressured to resign.[4][5]

Employee Free Choice Act

List of current United States House of Representatives committees

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Official homepage

. Legislation activity and reports, Congress.gov.

House Education and the Workforce Committee