Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Advances AI Education for American Youth

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This is a “fact” sheet for an executive order that establishes a White House Task Force on AI Education, creates a Presidential AI Challenge, forms public-private partnerships for K-12 education, and directs federal agencies to prioritize AI workforce development within existing programs. It contains planning processes with 90-120 day timelines rather than immediate actions, and focuses primarily on education and training rather than addressing broader workforce transition issues.

This “fact” sheet is for an executive order that establishes the White House Task Force on AI Education, the Presidential AI Challenge, public-private partnerships for K-12 education, and workforce development initiatives.

It presents the initiative primarily as fulfilling a Trump promise to “ensure and advance America’s position as the global leader in AI technology,” but the EO itself frames this more broadly as a national policy priority without directly attributing it to a specific campaign promise.

The document overstates immediate impact by using present tense verbs that suggest actions are already happening when the EO merely initiates planning processes that will take 90-120 days to begin implementation.

The fact sheet includes a “Special Advisor for AI & Crypto” position on the task force, combining these distinct technologies as if they’re inherently related when they represent different technological domains with different policy implications.

Furthermore, it implies comprehensive “financial incentives” for AI-related apprenticeships when the EO merely directs the Department of Labor to “prioritize” AI within existing programs and contains no provisions for new funding.

The document also suggests direct training and certification programs when the EO actually only directs agencies to “identify” and “promote” existing resources rather than creating new ones.

The fact sheet portrays a coordinated effort between Labor, Education, and NSF to create high school AI courses when the EO merely directs consideration of AI in grant priorities for existing programs.

The phrase “America’s global dominance in this technological revolution” in the opening paragraph suggests the US has established dominance in AI when in reality this is contested territory with significant competition from China and other nations.

The fact sheet omits mention of the conditional language (“as appropriate and consistent with applicable law”) that appears throughout the actual EO, presenting mandates as more definitive than they actually are.

The document presents the presidential initiative as comprehensive policy for “protecting and preparing the American workforce” while the EO focuses almost exclusively on education and training without addressing broader workforce transition issues like potential job displacement.

EMPOWERING AMERICA’S YOUTH: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to create new educational and workforce development opportunities for America’s youth, fostering interest and expertise in artificial intelligence (AI) technology from an early age to maintain America’s global dominance in this technological revolution for future generations.

  • AI is rapidly transforming the modern world, driving innovation, enhancing productivity, and reshaping how we live and work.
  • America’s youth need opportunities to cultivate the skills and understanding necessary to use and create the next generation of AI technology.
    • Early training in AI will demystify this technology and prepare America’s students to be confident participants in the AI-assisted workforce, propelling our nation to new heights of scientific and economic achievement.
  • Preparing our students to be leaders in AI technology also requires investing in our educators, providing them with the tools and knowledge to both train students about AI and utilize the technology in the classroom.
  • Lifelong learners also need new resources to develop technical skills for a rapidly evolving work environment that increasingly incorporates digital technology.

PROMOTING AI LITERACY AND PROFICIENCY: President Trump promised to ensure and advance America’s position as the global leader in AI technology. By incorporating AI into education and providing AI training for educators, we will help equip the next generation of American AI innovators.

  • To do this, President Trump is establishing the White House Task Force on AI Education.
  • The task force will be chaired by the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and include other key members of the administration, such as the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor, and the Special Advisor for AI & Crypto.
  • The task force will plan and help agencies implement a Presidential AI Challenge, which will encourage and highlight student and educator achievements in AI, promote wide geographic adoption of technological advancement, and foster collaboration between government, academia, philanthropy, and industry to address national challenges with AI solutions.
  • The task force will also establish public-private partnerships to provide resources for K-12 AI education, both to enhance AI-related education but also to better utilize AI tools in education generally.
  • The order directs the Secretary of Education to prioritize the use of AI in discretionary grant programs for teacher training and directs the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to prioritize research on the use of AI in education.

PREPARING AMERICA’S WORKFORCE: Protecting and preparing the American workforce for the challenges of the future has always been at the forefront of the President’s AI agenda.

  • Today’s executive order instructs the Secretary of Labor to leverage authorities and financial incentives to increase participation in AI-related apprenticeships.
  • It also instructs the Secretary of Labor to encourage States and grantees to use Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding to develop AI skills and support work-based learning opportunities within occupations utilizing AI.
  • The Secretary of Labor, through the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training, in collaboration with the Director of NSF, will work with State and local workforce organizations and training providers to identify and promote high-quality AI skills education coursework and certifications across the country.
  • The Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Education, and the NSF Director will work together to create opportunities for high school students to take AI courses and certification programs.