ASPIRE Act

Sponsor: Brad Finstad (Republican-MN)September 4, 2025

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Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

Creates grants for schools to train students for agriculture jobs.

This bill would create a new grant program to help schools offer training for agriculture jobs. Colleges, community colleges, and career schools could get money to develop programs like internships and apprenticeships. This would help students gain skills and improve the workforce for farming and related industries.

What Would Change

Today, there is no specific federal grant program authorized to help schools create agriculture workforce training programs. If this bill becomes law, the Secretary of Agriculture would be able to award grants. These grants would go to colleges, community colleges, and career schools to develop and run agriculture training programs. At least 5 percent of these grant funds would need to go towards recruiting students and training faculty.

Key Provisions

Lets the Secretary of Agriculture award grants to schools for agriculture job training programs.
Requires schools getting grants to spend at least 5 percent of the money on student recruitment and teacher training.
Defines "agriculture workforce training program" to include internships, apprenticeships, and technical skill workshops.
Identifies many types of colleges and career schools as eligible to receive these grants.
Clarifies that agriculture companies, apprenticeship programs, and nonprofits can partner with schools for these training programs.

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ASPIRE Act

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