[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4655 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4655
To establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships
among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational
agencies or area career and technical education schools, and community
colleges, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 22, 2021
Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Smith of
Washington, and Mr. Langevin) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships
among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational
agencies or area career and technical education schools, and community
colleges, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Workforce Investment in
Next Generation of Students Act''.
SEC. 2. 2-2-2 PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--From the amounts appropriated to carry out this
Act, the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of
Labor, shall award grants to not less than 10 eligible entities to
carry a program described in subsection (c) for eligible students.
(b) Application Requirements.--An eligible entity that desires to
receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the
Secretary as such time, in such manner, and containing such information
as the Secretary may require.
(c) Uses of Funds.--
(1) In general.--An eligible entity that receives a grant
under this section shall use such grant to carry out a program
under which each eligible student participating in the
program--
(A) during grades 11 and 12 at a high school served
by a local educational agency partner of the eligible
entity, enrolls in and completes--
(i) STEM and STEM-focused career and
technical education courses; and
(ii) courses that prepare such student for
community college and a career in a State-
identified high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand
industry sector or occupation (within the
meaning of such phrase in the Carl D. Perkins
Career and Technical Education Act of 2006), or
the manufacturing field or other vocational or
career and technical education field, or a
conservation, sustainability and
environmentally focused jobs;
(B) upon graduating from the high school, enrolls,
at a community college partner of the eligible entity--
(i) in a course of study related to a
career pathway described in subparagraph
(A)(ii); or
(ii) in a youth apprenticeship program;
(C) upon receiving an associate's degree from the
community college, in the case of a student who has not
completed the youth apprenticeship program or joint
labor-management training program of the eligible
entity, enrolls and participates, for at least a 2-year
period, in such youth apprenticeship program or joint
labor-management training program;
(D) receives assistance, on a regular basis
throughout the student's participation in the program
at the student's request and through regular annual
meetings, from a student career workforce navigator
who--
(i) assists the student in making decisions
to ensure long-term success and eligibility in
the program, and evaluating eligible career
pathways; and
(ii) provides guidance on how to access
other Federal benefits (such as nutrition
assistance, housing support, and Federal
student aid); and
(E) receives work training and job placement
through a general or industry specific workforce
development consortium employer established under
paragraph (2).
(2) Workforce development consortium employer.--
(A) In general.--An eligible entity that receives a
grant under this section shall use not less than 10
percent of the grant to establish a workforce
development employer consortium described in
subparagraph (B) that partners with the local
educational agency and community college partners of
the eligible entity to provide eligible students
participating in the program described in paragraph (1)
with work training and job placement.
(B) Workforce development consortium employer.--For
purposes of this paragraph, the ``workforce development
employer consortium'' means--
(i) a general workforce consortium employer
that--
(I) focuses on assessing and
identifying the common workforce need
for the geographic area or community
served by the eligible entity; and
(II) is composed of partnering
employers, spanning multiple industries
or sectors; or
(ii) an industry specific workforce
development employer consortium that--
(I) focuses on assessing and
identifying the common workforce need
for industries; and
(II) is composed of partnering
employers within a single industry or
sector.
(d) Eligible Students.--To be eligible to participate in a program
described in subsection (c), a student shall, prior to participating in
the program, demonstrate academic ability and a commitment to pursue a
career pathway described in subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii).
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Apprenticeship.--The term ``apprenticeship'' means an
apprenticeship registered under the Act of August 16, 1937
(commonly known as the ``National Apprenticeship Act''; 50
Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.).
(2) Area career and technical education school.--The term
``area career and technical education school'' has the meaning
given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302).
(3) Career and technical education.--The term ``career and
technical education'' has the meaning given the term in section
3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of
2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302).
(4) Community college.--The term ``community college'' has
the meaning given the term ``junior or community college'' in
section 312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1058(f)).
(5) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a
partnership--
(A) among--
(i) at least one local educational agency
or area career and technical education school;
(ii) at least one community college; and
(iii) at least one youth apprenticeship
program or joint labor-management training
program; and
(B) that works with an employer in a State-
identified high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry
sector or occupation described in subsection
(c)(1)(A)(ii) that is serving, or seeking to expand its
capacity to serve, youth apprenticeship programs.
(6) ESEA terms.--The terms ``local educational agency'',
``high school'', and ``State'' have the meanings given the
terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
(7) Joint labor-management training program.--The term
``joint labor-management training program'' means a program
that--
(A) is carried out by a committee that is composed
of an equal number of representatives of employers and
representatives of employees represented by a bona fide
collective bargaining agent; and
(B) has been established to conduct, operate, or
administer an youth apprenticeship program and enter
into apprenticeship agreements with apprentices.
(8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Education.
(9) STEM.--The term ``STEM'' means--
(A) science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics; and
(B) other career and technical education subjects
that build on the subjects described in subparagraph
(A).
(10) Youth apprenticeship program.--The term ``youth
apprenticeship program'' means an apprenticeship program that
is a partner of the eligible entity that--
(A) is designed for an eligible student who at the
start of the program is eligible to be enrolled in high
school; and
(B) incorporates the following:
(i) Paid, on-the-job learning under the
supervision of skilled employee mentors.
(ii) Related classroom-based instruction at
a local educational agency or community college
partner of the eligible entity aligned with a
career pathway described in subsection
(c)(1)(A)(ii).
(iii) Ongoing assessment against
established skill and competency standards.
(iv) Culmination in a recognized
postsecondary credential, with the quality of
the training leading to the credential reviewed
by the eligible entity.
(v) Leads to placement in further
education, employment, or an apprenticeship
program.
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