Support legislation to remove college cost as a barrier to every student having access to a well-prepared and diverse educator workforce.

Adriano Espaillat · New York · Democratic

policy impact 0.60 specificity 0.70 extraction confidence 84%

Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Support H.R. 10518, the Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth Act.. Promised outcome: Remove college cost as a barrier to every student having access to a well-prepared and diverse educator workforce.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. 119th Congress, 2nd Session; H.R. 10518 introduced in the House on 2026-09-21 with Adriano Espaillat listed as a cosponsor.

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Occurrences

Full Title To remove college cost as a barrier to every student having access to a well-prepared and diverse educator workforce, and for other purposes.

Espaillat was listed as a cosponsor of H.R. 10518, a bill whose stated purpose is to remove college cost as a barrier to access to a well-prepared and diverse educator workforce.

H.R. 10518 (IH) - Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth Act - BILLS-119hr10518ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Evidence

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Mr. García of Illinois (for himself, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Espaillat, Mrs. Grijalva, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Norton, Ms. Chu, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Espaillat was listed among the original House supporters of H.R. 10518, but the same official record says the bill was referred to committees rather than enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10518 (IH) - Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth Act - BILLS-119hr10518ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Full Title To remove college cost as a barrier to every student having access to a well-prepared and diverse educator workforce, and for other purposes. Cosponsors Jahana Hayes (CT); Lucy McBath (GA); Mark Pocan (WI); Adriano Espaillat (NY);

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official GovInfo metadata matches the promise language and identifies Adriano Espaillat as a cosponsor, showing concrete support but not final enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10518 (IH) - Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth Act - BILLS-119hr10518ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``$4,000'' and inserting ``$8,000'';

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The bill text shows a substantive mechanism to reduce educator preparation costs by increasing TEACH Grant amounts, but it remains introduced/referred.

unresolved same_term A for effort

GovInfo - Text of H.R. 10518 (IH)
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Mr. Booker (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Van Hollen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): A Senate companion was introduced in the lookback window and referred to committee, corroborating active legislative effort but not enactment of the policy.

unresolved same_term

GovInfo - S. 5431 (IS), Diversify Act
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Cosponsors (50) Cosponsor Date Cosponsored Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]* 12/06/2019 Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]* 12/06/2019 Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]* 12/06/2019 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]* 12/06/2019 Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]* 12/06/2019 Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray, Jr. [D-CA-39]* 12/06/2019 Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]* 12/06/2019 Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]* 12/06/2019

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Espaillat previously supported the same-named Diversify Act as an original cosponsor in the 116th Congress; Congress.gov lists that bill only as introduced and referred, so it documents effort rather than delivery.

unresolved later_term A for effort

Congress.gov - H.R.5350, Diversify Act, All Information
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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-05 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

Verified evidence shows Espaillat was listed among the House members for whom H.R. 10518 was introduced, and the bill was referred to committees. The verified bill text includes a cost-reduction mechanism, but there is no verified evidence that the bill was enacted or that the promised outcome was achieved by 2026-10-05. Because this is an outcome promise rather than merely a promise to introduce or cosponsor legislation, documented support counts as material effort but not delivery or partial delivery.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%