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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1197 

To establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among 

apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational agencies, and community colleges, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 13, 2019 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 

NORTON, Mr. TONKO, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. HECK, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. KIND, 

Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. KILMER, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, and Mr. HASTINGS) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among apprenticeships or other job training 

programs, local educational agencies, and community colleges, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Youth Access to Amer5 ican Jobs Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. 2–2–2 PILOT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 

3 to carry out this Act, the Secretary of Education, in con4 sultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall award grants 

5 to 10 eligible entities to carry a program described in sub6 section (c) for eligible students. 

7 (b) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible enti8 ty that desires to receive a grant under this section shall 

9 submit an application to the Secretary as such time, in 

10 such manner, and containing such information as the Sec11 retary may require. 

12 (c) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 

13 a grant under this section shall use such grant to carry 

14 out a program under which each eligible student partici15 pating in the program— 

16 (1) during grades 11 and 12 at a high school 

17 served by a local educational agency partner of the 

18 eligible entity, enrolls in and completes— 

19 (A) STEM and STEM-focused career and 

20 technical education courses; and 

21 (B) courses that prepare such student for 

22 community college and a career in a State-iden23 tified high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand indus24 try sector or occupation (within the meaning of 

25 the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu26 cation Act of 2006, as in effect on or after July 


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1 1, 2019), or the manufacturing field or other 

2 vocational or career and technical education 

3 field; 

4 (2) upon graduating from the high school, en5 rolls, at a community college partner of the eligible 

6 entity— 

7 (A) in a course of study related to a career 

8 pathway described in paragraph (1)(B); or 

9 (B) in a youth apprenticeship program; 

10 and 

11 (3) upon receiving an associate’s degree from 

12 the community college, in the case of a student who 

13 has not completed the youth apprenticeship program 

14 or joint labor-management training program of the 

15 eligible entity, enrolls and participates, for at least 

16 a 2-year period, in such youth apprenticeship pro17 gram or joint labor-management training program. 

18 (d) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.—To be eligible to partici19 pate in a program described in subsection (c), a student 

20 shall, prior to participating in the program, demonstrate 

21 academic ability and a commitment to pursue a career 

22 pathway described in subsection (c)(1)(B). 

23 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

24 (1) APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘apprentice25 ship’’ means an apprenticeship registered under the 


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1 Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the 

2 ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chap3 ter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 

4 (2) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—The 

5 term ‘‘career and technical education’’ has the 

6 meaning given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. 

7 Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 

8 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 

9 (3) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu10 nity college’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘junior 

11 or community college’’ in section 312(f) of the High12 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)). 

13 (4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti14 ty’’ means a partnership— 

15 (A) among— 

16 (i) one or more local educational agen17 cies; 

18 (ii) one or more community colleges; 

19 and 

20 (iii) one or more youth apprenticeship 

21 programs or joint labor-management train22 ing programs; and 

23 (B) that works with an employer in a 

24 State-identified high-skill, high-wage, or in-de25 mand industry sector or occupation described in 


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1 subsection (c)(1)(B) that is serving, or seeking 

2 to expand its capacity to serve, youth appren3 ticeship programs. 

4 (5) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local edu5 cational agency’’, ‘‘high school’’, and ‘‘State’’ have 

6 the meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the 

7 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

8 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

9 (6) IN-DEMAND INDUSTRY SECTOR OR OCCUPA10 TION.—The term ‘‘in-demand industry sector or oc11 cupation’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

12 3 of the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act 

13 (29 U.S.C. 3102). 

14 (7) JOINT LABOR-MANAGEMENT TRAINING PRO15 GRAM.—The term ‘‘joint labor-management training 

16 program’’ means a program that— 

17 (A) is carried out by a committee that is 

18 composed of an equal number of representatives 

19 of employers and representatives of employees 

20 represented by a bona fide collective bargaining 

21 agent; and 

22 (B) has been established to conduct, oper23 ate, or administer an youth apprenticeship pro24 gram and enter into apprenticeship agreements 

25 with apprentices. 


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1 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Education. 

3 (9) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means— 

4 (A) science, technology, engineering, and 

5 mathematics; and 

6 (B) other career and technical education 

7 subjects that build on the subjects described in 

8 subparagraph (A). 

9 (10) YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.—The 

10 term ‘‘youth apprenticeship program’’ means an ap11 prenticeship program that is a partner of the eligible 

12 entity that— 

13 (A) is designed for an eligible student who 

14 at the start of the program is eligible to be en15 rolled in high school; and 

16 (B) incorporates the following: 

17 (i) Paid, on-the-job learning under the 

18 supervision of skilled employee mentors. 

19 (ii) Related classroom-based instruc20 tion at a local educational agency or com21 munity college partner of the eligible entity 

22 aligned with a career pathway described in 

23 subsection (c)(2)(A). 

24 (iii) Ongoing assessment against es25 tablished skill and competency standards. 


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1 (iv) Culmination in a recognized post2 secondary credential, with the quality of 

3 the training leading to the credential re4 viewed by the eligible entity. 

5 (v) Leads to placement in further edu6 cation, employment, or an apprenticeship 

7 program. 

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