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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8328 

To support the establishment of an apprenticeship college consortium. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 

Mr. HARDER of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and Labor 

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 

10 adoption of apprenticeship programs, the Secretary of 

11 Labor shall— 


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1 (1) enter into an interagency agreement with 

2 the Secretary of Education to promote and support 

3 integration and alignment of programs under the 

4 national apprenticeship system with secondary, post5 secondary, and adult education, through the activi6 ties described in this section; and 

7 (2) submit to the Committee on Education and 

8 Labor of the House of Representatives and the Com9 mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

10 of the Senate, such agreement and any modifications 

11 to such agreement. 

12 (b) APPRENTICESHIP COLLEGE CONSORTIUM.—In 

13 order to support the establishment of a college consortium 

14 of postsecondary educational institutions, related instruc15 tion providers, sponsors, qualified intermediaries, and em16 ployers for the purposes of promoting stronger connections 

17 between programs under the national apprenticeship sys18 tem and participating 2- and 4-year postsecondary edu19 cational institutions, the interagency agreement under 

20 subsection (a) shall include a description of how the Secre21 taries will— 

22 (1) support data sharing systems that align 

23 education records and records of programs under 

24 the national apprenticeship system regarding wheth25 er program participants who receive financial aid 


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1 under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

2 enroll in, or complete, postsecondary coursework 

3 while participating in a program under such system; 

4 (2) provide guidance on how to align eligible 

5 funding from, planning processes for, and the re6 quirements of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech7 nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et 

8 seq.), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the High9 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) 

10 with this Act; 

11 (3) require all participants of the apprentice12 ship college consortium to enter into agreements 

13 to— 

14 (A) have an articulation agreement with a 

15 participating sponsor of an apprenticeship pro16 gram, which may include a 2- or 4-year postsec17 ondary educational institution; 

18 (B) create or expand the awarding and ar19 ticulation of academic credit for related instruc20 tion completed and credentials awarded to pro21 gram participants as part of a program under 

22 the national apprenticeship system; and 

23 (C) support the creation or expansion of 

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1 grams and all academic content, including re2 lated instruction and on-the-job training; 

3 (4) provide technical assistance on eligible uses 

4 of financial aid, including the Federal work study 

5 program under part C of title IV of the Higher Edu6 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087–51 et seq.), for 

7 related instruction for programs under the national 

8 apprenticeship system; 

9 (5) provide to consortium participants or poten10 tial participants information regarding— 

11 (A) a list of apprenticeship programs in re12 lated occupations offered in the State or avail13 able under the Office of Apprenticeship that 

14 may become part of the consortium; 

15 (B) information on how to develop an ap16 prenticeship program; 

17 (C) information on Federal, State, and 

18 local financial resources available to assist with 

19 the establishment and implementation of ap20 prenticeship programs; and 

21 (D) information on related qualified inter22 mediaries or industry or sector partnerships 

23 supporting apprenticeship programs, as applica24 ble; and 


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1 (6) support information regarding the appren2 ticeship consortium being made available on a pub3 licly accessible website, including— 

4 (A) a list of participating members of the 

5 consortium, apprenticeship programs provided, 

6 credentials awarded with each program, and 

7 available apprenticeable occupations; and 

8 (B) models of articulation agreements, 

9 prior learning assessments, and competency10 based curriculum for related instruction for il11 lustrative purposes. 

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