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Source checked as of September 18, 2026. Primary authority: Executive Order 14277, TEGL 03-25, and TEN 07-25.
Check result: EO 14277 directed DOL to encourage WIOA-supported AI skills, AI-related apprenticeship, and collaboration with workforce boards and training providers. DOL later issued active TEGL 03-25 for WIOA Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker programs and active TEN 07-25 with a voluntary AI Literacy Framework. AI training is encouraged, not a mandatory service for every participant. This AI-assisted brief does not receive human legal or compliance review. Official sources control.
This Executive Order has already produced direct DOL guidance encouraging Local Boards to use WIOA for AI skills
Executive Order 14277 instructed the Secretary of Labor to encourage state and local workforce boards to use WIOA Youth funds for AI skills and work-based learning, expand AI-related Registered Apprenticeship, and work with workforce boards and training providers to identify high-quality AI coursework and credentials. DOL has since implemented those directions through active workforce guidance that extends AI-literacy encouragement to WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs as well.
Current implementation, not just an old Executive Order. DOL issued TEGL 03-25 in August 2025 encouraging WIOA Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker programs to provide AI literacy and skills, and TEN 07-25 in February 2026 added a federal AI Literacy Framework for program design.
At a glance
Issued
April 23, 2025
WIOA named
Yes
DOL implementation
TEGL 03-25 · TEN 07-25
Local programs affected
Youth · Adult · DW
Executive takeaway
EO 14277 began as an AI-education order, but Section 8 makes it directly relevant to the public workforce system. The order required DOL to encourage WIOA-funded AI skills, prioritize AI-related apprenticeships, engage Local Boards and training providers around AI coursework and certifications, and support high-school AI courses and credentials.
The most important update for Local Boards is that DOL has already moved beyond the Executive Order itself. TEGL 03-25 encourages state and local boards to use WIOA Title I Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker funds for AI literacy and skills, and TEN 07-25 provides an AI Literacy Framework that workforce and education programs can use voluntarily when designing training.
What the Executive Order directed
| Direction | Why it matters to Local Boards |
|---|---|
| Expand AI-related Registered Apprenticeship. | Creates an apprenticeship-development priority across industries using AI. |
| Encourage WIOA Youth funding for AI skills. | Explicitly connects AI literacy to WIOA formula resources. |
| Clarify that Governor set-aside funds can support AI learning in youth programs. | Creates a state-level pathway for broader AI initiatives. |
| Engage state and local workforce boards, training providers, industry, and employers to identify AI coursework and credentials. | Positions WDBs as part of the quality-screening and access strategy. |
| Support high-school AI courses, certifications, and dual enrollment. | Connects youth workforce strategy with K-12 and postsecondary pathways. |
What DOL guidance now says
TEGL 03-25
Encourages Local Boards to provide AI literacy, integrate AI learning into relevant programs, partner with other organizations and funding sources, and create AI-skills programs under Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker.
TEN 07-25
Provides a voluntary AI Literacy Framework with foundational content areas and delivery principles that programs can use to evaluate and design AI-literacy training.
What Local Boards should do
- Define the problem before buying training. Distinguish basic AI literacy from occupation-specific AI skills and from advanced technical AI occupations.
- Use the federal AI Literacy Framework. It can help screen course quality without forcing every provider into a single curriculum.
- Integrate AI into existing pathways. In many occupations, the best strategy may be adding AI competencies to healthcare, manufacturing, business, IT, education, or other training rather than creating a stand-alone AI program.
- Use employer evidence. Confirm which tools and competencies employers actually expect before prioritizing credentials.
- Coordinate Youth programs with schools and colleges. The EO explicitly supports AI courses, certifications, work-based learning, and dual enrollment.
- Apply ordinary WIOA controls. Eligibility, cost reasonableness, procurement, ETPL requirements where applicable, performance, and supportive-service rules still matter.
What this does not mean
- AI training is encouraged, not mandated for every participant.
- An AI-branded course is not automatically high quality or an allowable WIOA investment.
- The Executive Order does not replace state ETPL or local training-investment policies.
- Boards should not equate AI literacy with coding or advanced machine-learning training.
Source basis
Executive Order: EO 14277 — Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth
- TEGL 03-25 — Encouraging the Use of WIOA Funding to Help Youth and Adults Develop AI Skills
- TEN 07-25 — U.S. Department of Labor AI Literacy Framework
Policy distinction: The EO directed federal agencies. TEGL 03-25 and later DOL guidance provide the more useful current implementation context for Local Boards.
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