Executive Order 14278

Preparing Americans for High-Paying Skilled Trade Jobs of the Future

Signed 2025-04-23 in effect
EducationWorkforceSkilled Trades
Trade & TariffsEducation

Expands apprenticeship programs and vocational education funding.

Section by Section

What each section does, and how they differ.

Sec. 1 Purpose

Administration equips workers for secure high-paying jobs by consolidating fragmented federal workforce development programs.

Sec. 2 Policy

Optimizes federal workforce investments aligned with reindustrialization needs and equips workers for skilled trades.

Sec. 3 Comprehensive Worker Investment and Development Strategy

Secretaries review all programs within 90 days and identify integration opportunities, ineffective programs, statutory authorities, and worker upskilling strategies.

Sec. 4 Expanding Registered Apprenticeships

Secretaries submit plan within 120 days to reach and surpass one million new active apprentices.

Sec. 5 Delivering Unprecedented Transparency and Accountability

Secretaries improve transparency on workforce program outcomes including earnings and employment data.

Sec. 6 General Provisions

Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.