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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3715 

To encourage online workforce training. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 16, 2011 

Mr. HOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To encourage online workforce training. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Online Job Training 

5 Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ONLINE WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS. 

7 Section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

8 (29 U.S.C. 2916) is amended by adding at the end the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(f) ONLINE WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM.— 

11 ‘‘(1) NATIONAL ONLINE WORKFORCE TRAINING

12 GRANTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From the amount ap2 propriated under subparagraph (G), the Sec3 retary shall award National Online Workforce 

4 Training Grants on a competitive basis to eligi5 ble entities to enable such entities to carry out 

6 workforce training programs using distance7 learning technologies, such as the Internet. An 

8 entity may leverage such grant with other Fed9 eral, State, local, and private resources, in 

10 order to expand the participation of businesses, 

11 employees, and other individuals in such train12 ing programs. 

13 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—For 

14 purposes of this subsection, the term ‘eligible 

15 entity’ means an educational institution, com16 munity-based organization, nonprofit organiza17 tion, State board or local board, or unit of gen18 eral local government, that provides online 

19 workforce training. 

20 ‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—Priority in awarding 

21 grants under this paragraph shall be given to 

22 eligible entities that— 

23 ‘‘(i) have demonstrated experience in 

24 implementing and operating online work25 force training and education programs; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) have demonstrated experience co2 ordinating activities, where appropriate, 

3 with the workforce investment system; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) conduct training for occupations 

5 with national or local shortages. 

6 ‘‘(D) DATA COLLECTION.—Each eligible 

7 entity receiving a grant under this paragraph 

8 shall collect and report information on— 

9 ‘‘(i) the number of participants in the 

10 workforce training program funded under 

11 this paragraph; 

12 ‘‘(ii) the services received by the par13 ticipants; 

14 ‘‘(iii) program completion rates; 

15 ‘‘(iv) factors determined as signifi16 cantly interfering with program participa17 tion or completion; 

18 ‘‘(v) the rate of job placement; and 

19 ‘‘(vi) other information as determined 

20 as needed by the Secretary. 

21 ‘‘(E) OUTREACH.—Each eligible entity re22 ceiving a grant under this paragraph shall con23 duct outreach activities to disseminate informa24 tion to workforce investment boards, local govVerDate Mar 15 2010 20:27 Dec 23, 2011 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3715.IH H3715

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1 ernments, educational institutions, and other 

2 workforce training organizations about— 

3 ‘‘(i) the workforce training program 

4 funded under this paragraph; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) the results of such, and the best 

6 practices with respect to workforce training 

7 identified as a result of, program. 

8 ‘‘(F) PERFORMANCE LEVELS.—The Sec9 retary shall establish indicators of performance 

10 that will be used to evaluate the performance of 

11 eligible entities under this paragraph in car12 rying out the activities required under this 

13 paragraph. Prior to awarding a grant under 

14 this paragraph to an eligible entity, the Sec15 retary shall negotiate and reach agreement with 

16 the entity regarding the levels of performance 

17 expected to be achieved by the entity on the in18 dicators of performance. 

19 ‘‘(G) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA20 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro21 priated to the Secretary to carry out this para22 graph $50,000,000 for fiscal years 2012 

23 through 2022. 

24 ‘‘(2) ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM CLEARING25 HOUSE.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) DESCRIPTION OF GRANT.—From the 

2 amounts appropriated under subparagraph (D), 

3 the Secretary shall award one grant to an eligi4 ble postsecondary educational institution to pro5 vide the services described in this paragraph. 

6 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to re7 ceive a grant under this paragraph, a postsec8 ondary educational institution shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) have demonstrated the ability to 

10 disseminate research on best practices for 

11 implementing workforce investment pro12 grams; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) be a national leader in producing 

14 cutting-edge research on technology related 

15 to workforce investment systems under 

16 subtitle B. 

17 ‘‘(C) SERVICES.—The postsecondary edu18 cational institution that receives a grant under 

19 this paragraph shall use such grant— 

20 ‘‘(i) to provide technical assistance to 

21 entities that receive grants under para22 graph (1); 

23 ‘‘(ii) to collect and nationally dissemi24 nate the data gathered by entities that re25 ceive grants under paragraph (1); and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) to disseminate best practices 

2 identified by the Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA4 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro5 priated to the Secretary to carry out this sub6 section $1,000,000 for fiscal years 2012 

7 through 2022.’’. 

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