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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 343 

To support the establishment of an apprenticeship college consortium. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 9, 2023 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To support the establishment of an apprenticeship college 

consortium. 

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 ‘‘Apprenticeships to Col5 lege Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. APPRENTICESHIP COLLEGE CONSORTIUM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, in order to cooperate with 

9 the Secretary of Education and promote awareness and 


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1 adoption of apprenticeship programs, the Secretary of 

2 Labor shall— 

3 (1) enter into an interagency agreement with 

4 the Secretary of Education to promote and support 

5 integration and alignment of programs under the 

6 national apprenticeship system with secondary, post7 secondary, and adult education, through the activi8 ties described in this section; and 

9 (2) submit to the Committee on Education and 

10 the Workforce of the House of Representatives and 

11 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 

12 Pensions of the Senate, such agreement and any 

13 modifications to such agreement. 

14 (b) APPRENTICESHIP COLLEGE CONSORTIUM.—In 

15 order to support the establishment of a college consortium 

16 of postsecondary educational institutions, related instruc17 tion providers, sponsors, qualified intermediaries, and em18 ployers (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Registered Appren19 ticeship College Consortium’’) for the purposes of pro20 moting stronger connections between programs under the 

21 national apprenticeship system and participating 2- and 

22 4-year postsecondary educational institutions, the inter23 agency agreement under subsection (a) shall include a de24 scription of how the Secretaries will— 


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1 (1) support data sharing systems that align 

2 education records and records of programs under 

3 the national apprenticeship system regarding wheth4 er program participants who receive financial aid 

5 under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

6 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) enroll in, or complete, post7 secondary coursework while participating in a pro8 gram under such system; 

9 (2) provide guidance on how to align eligible 

10 funding from, planning processes for, and the re11 quirements of, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech12 nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et 

13 seq.), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 

14 et seq.), and the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

15 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) with this Act; 

16 (3) require all participants of the Registered 

17 Apprenticeship College Consortium to enter into 

18 agreements to— 

19 (A) have an articulation agreement with a 

20 participating sponsor of an apprenticeship pro21 gram, which may include a 2- or 4-year postsec22 ondary educational institution; 

23 (B) create or expand the awarding and ar24 ticulation of academic credit for related instruc25 tion completed and credentials awarded to proVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:23 Feb 23, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S343.IS S343

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1 gram participants as part of a program under 

2 the national apprenticeship system; and 

3 (C) support the creation or expansion of 

4 electronic transcripts for apprenticeship pro5 grams and all academic content, including re6 lated instruction and on-the-job training; 

7 (4) provide technical assistance on eligible uses 

8 of financial aid, including the Federal work study 

9 program under part C of title IV of the Higher Edu10 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087–51 et seq.), for 

11 related instruction for programs under the national 

12 apprenticeship system; 

13 (5) provide to Registered Apprenticeship Col14 lege Consortium participants or potential partici15 pants information regarding— 

16 (A) a list of apprenticeship programs in re17 lated occupations offered in the State or avail18 able under the Office of Apprenticeship that 

19 may become part of the Registered Apprentice20 ship College Consortium; 

21 (B) information on how to develop an ap22 prenticeship program; 

23 (C) information on Federal, State, and 

24 local financial resources available to assist with 


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1 the establishment and implementation of ap2 prenticeship programs; and 

3 (D) information on related qualified inter4 mediaries or industry or sector partnerships 

5 supporting apprenticeship programs, as applica6 ble; and 

7 (6) support information regarding the Reg8 istered Apprenticeship College Consortium being 

9 made available on a publicly accessible website, in10 cluding— 

11 (A) a list of participating members of the 

12 Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium, 

13 apprenticeship programs provided, credentials 

14 awarded with each program, and available 

15 apprenticeable occupations; and 

16 (B) models of articulation agreements, 

17 prior learning assessments, and competency18 based curriculum for related instruction for il19 lustrative purposes. 

20 (c) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this Act shall re21 quire— 

22 (1) an institution of higher education to partici23 pate in the Registered Apprenticeship College Con24 sortium; or 


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1 (2) an apprenticeship sponsor to participate in 

2 the Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium. 

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