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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2224 

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 

MAY 1, 2015 

Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Mr. TONKO) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Education and the Workforce 

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 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. 2–2–2 PILOT PROGRAM. 

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

8 to carry out this Act, the Secretary of Education, in conVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:54 May 09, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2224.IH H2224

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1 sultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall award grants 

2 to 10 eligible entities to carry a program described in sub3 section (c) for eligible students. 

4 (b) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible enti5 ty that desires to receive a grant under this section shall 

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

7 such manner, and containing such information as the Sec8 retary may require. 

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

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

11 out a program under which each eligible student partici12 pating in the program— 

13 (1) during grades 11 and 12 at a secondary 

14 school served by the local educational agency in the 

15 eligible entity, takes STEM and STEM-focused Ca16 reer and Technical Education courses and courses 

17 that prepare such student for community college; 

18 (2) upon graduating from the secondary school, 

19 enrolls in a course of study related to the manufac20 turing field at the community college in the eligible 

21 entity; and 

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

23 the community college, enrolls and participates, for 

24 a 2-year period, in— 


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1 (A) the State apprenticeship program in 

2 the eligible entity; or 

3 (B) the joint-labor management training 

4 program in the eligible entity. 

5 (d) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.—To be eligible to partici6 pate in a program described in subsection (c), a student 

7 shall, prior to participating in the program, demonstrate 

8 academic ability and a commitment to pursue a career in 

9 a manufacturing field or other vocational or career and 

10 technical education field. 

11 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu13 nity college’’ has the meaning given the term in sec14 tion 312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

15 U.S.C. 1058(f)). 

16 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti17 ty’’ means a partnership among— 

18 (A) a local educational agency; 

19 (B) a community college; and 

20 (C) a State apprenticeship program or a 

21 joint-labor management training program. 

22 (3) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local edu23 cational agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State’’ 

24 have the meanings given the terms in section 9101 


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1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

2 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

3 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

4 the Secretary of Education. 

5 (5) STATE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.—The 

6 term ‘‘State apprenticeship program’’ means an ap7 prenticeship program that provides an apprentice8 ship with an employer in the manufacturing field to 

9 students with an associate’s degree related to the 

10 field of manufacturing. 

11 (6) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means— 

12 (A) science, technology, engineering, and 

13 mathematics; and 

14 (B) other career and technical education 

15 subjects that build on the subjects described in 

16 subparagraph (A). 

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