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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5511 

To provide subsidized summer and year-round employment for youth who 

face systemic barriers to employment and viable career options and 

to assist local community partnerships in improving high school graduation and youth employment rates, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mrs. HAYES, and 

Ms. WILSON of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To provide subsidized summer and year-round employment 

for youth who face systemic barriers to employment and 

viable career options and to assist local community partnerships in improving high school graduation and youth 

employment rates, 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 ‘‘Opening Doors for 

5 Youth Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec3 retary of Labor to carry out this Act— 

4 (1) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 

5 (2) $1,050,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 

6 (3) $1,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 

7 (4) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 2027; 

8 (5) $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2028; and 

9 (6) $1,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2029. 

10 SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 

11 (a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE

12 AND OTHER PURPOSES.—Of the amount available under 

13 section 2, the Secretary of Labor shall reserve— 

14 (1) not more than 5 percent to carry out inno15 vation and learning activities under section 9; 

16 (2) not more than 5 percent for the costs of 

17 Federal administration of this Act; and 

18 (3) not more than 2 percent to carry out eval19 uations under section 10. 

20 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Of the amount made 

21 available under section 2 and not reserved under sub22 section (a), the Secretary of Labor shall use— 

23 (1) 30 percent of such amount to carry out sec24 tion 4; 

25 (2) 35 percent of such amount to carry out sec26 tion 5; and 


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1 (3) 35 percent of such amount to carry out sec2 tion 6. 

3 SEC. 4. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR 

4 YOUTH. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount available under 

6 section 3(b)(1), the Secretary of Labor shall, for the pur7 pose of carrying out summer employment programs under 

8 this section— 

9 (1) after making the reservations described in 

10 paragraphs (2) and (3), make an allotment of the 

11 remainder of such amount in accordance with sec12 tion 127(b)(1)(C)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation 

13 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3162(b)(1)(C)(ii)) 

14 to each State that meets the requirements of section 

15 102 or 103 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3112; 3113); 

16 (2) reserve not more than one-quarter of 1 per17 cent of such amount to provide assistance to the 

18 outlying areas; and 

(3) reserve not more than 11 19 ⁄2 percent of such 

20 amount to make grants to, or enter into contracts 

21 or cooperative agreements with, Indian tribes, tribal 

22 organizations, Alaska Native entities, Indian-con23 trolled organizations serving Indians, or Native Ha24 waiian organizations, to carry out the activities de25 scribed in subsection (d)(2). 


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1 (b) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATIONS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of a State, in 

3 accordance with the State plan developed under sec4 tion 102 or 103 of the Workforce Innovation and 

5 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112; 3113), shall allo6 cate the amount that is allotted to the State under 

7 subsection (a)(1) to local areas meeting the require8 ments under subsection (c) in accordance with the 

9 allocation described in section 128(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 

10 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

11 U.S.C. 3163(b)(2)(A)(i)) for the purpose of devel12 oping and expanding summer employment programs 

13 under this section. 

14 (2) REALLOCATION AMONG LOCAL AREAS.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Governor may, 

16 after consultation with the State board, reallo17 cate to eligible local areas within the State 

18 amounts that are made available to local areas 

19 from allocations made under this section (re20 ferred to in this paragraph as a ‘‘local alloca21 tion’’) and that are available for reallocation in 

22 accordance with this paragraph. 

23 (B) AMOUNT.—The amount available for 

24 reallocation for a program year is equal to the 

25 amount by which the unobligated balance of the 


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1 local allocation, at the end of the program year 

2 prior to the program year for which the deter3 mination under this paragraph is made, exceeds 

4 20 percent of such allocation for the prior pro5 gram year. 

6 (C) REALLOCATION.—In making realloca7 tions to eligible local areas of amounts available 

8 pursuant to subparagraph (B) for a program 

9 year, the Governor shall allocate to each eligible 

10 local area within the State an amount based on 

11 the relative amount of the local allocation for 

12 the program year for which the determination is 

13 made, as compared to the total amount of the 

14 local allocations for all eligible local areas in the 

15 State for such program year. 

16 (D) ELIGIBLE LOCAL AREA.—For pur17 poses of this paragraph, the term ‘‘eligible local 

18 area’’ means a local area that meets the re19 quirements under subsection (c) and does not 

20 have an amount available for reallocation under 

21 subparagraph (B) for the program year for 

22 which the determination under such subpara23 graph is made. 

24 (3) LOCAL RESERVATION.—Of the amount allo25 cated to a local area under paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) not more than 10 percent of such 

2 amount may be used for the administrative 

3 costs of carrying out a summer employment 

4 program under this section, including costs for 

5 participating in regional and national opportu6 nities for in-person or virtual peer learning 

7 under section 9; and 

8 (B) not less than 5 percent of such amount 

9 shall be used to provide direct financial assist10 ance to eligible youth through grants to support 

11 their financial needs to enter, remain enrolled 

12 in, and complete the program, such as support 

13 for supplies, transportation, child care, and 

14 housing. 

15 (c) LOCAL PLANS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order for a local area to 

17 be eligible for funds under this section, the local 

18 board of the local area shall develop and submit to 

19 the Governor in accordance with paragraph (2) a 4- 

20 year plan for the summer employment program. 

21 Such plan shall, at a minimum— 

22 (A) not conflict with the local plan sub23 mitted by the local board under section 108 of 

24 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 


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1 (29 U.S.C. 3123), as determined by the Gov2 ernor; and 

3 (B) contain the contents required under 

4 paragraph (3). 

5 (2) SUBMISSION.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—A plan required under 

7 this subsection shall be submitted by the local 

8 area to the Governor of such area at such time 

9 and in such manner as the Governor may rea10 sonably require. 

11 (B) COMBINED PLANS.—If a local area is 

12 seeking funds under this section and section 5, 

13 the plan required under this subsection may be 

14 submitted in combination with a plan under 

15 section 5, in lieu of the local area submitting 2 

16 separate plans. 

17 (3) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, each plan re18 quired under this subsection shall include— 

19 (A) a description of how the local area will 

20 carry out the activities described in subsection 

21 (d) for each program year; 

22 (B) a description of how the local area will 

23 recruit eligible youth into the summer employ24 ment program, including how the local area will 


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1 prioritize recruitment of individuals with bar2 riers to employment; 

3 (C) the number of eligible youth expected 

4 to participate in the program each program 

5 year; 

6 (D) a description of the services, including 

7 supportive services, that the program is ex8 pected to provide to eligible youth, including 

9 how the local area will partner with community10 based organizations to provide such services; 

11 (E) performance accountability goals, as 

12 measured by the primary indicators of perform13 ance described in subsection (e)(1); 

14 (F) an assurance that the program will be 

15 aligned with the youth workforce investment ac16 tivities provided by the local area under chapter 

17 2 of subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Inno18 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3161 et 

19 seq.), and to the extent practicable, the career 

20 exploration, information, and guidance activities 

21 provided by such local area in accordance with 

22 section 134(b)(3) of the Carl D. Perkins Career 

23 and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

24 U.S.C. 2354(b)(3)); 


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1 (G) an assurance that the local area will 

2 adhere to the labor standards described in sec3 tion 7; 

4 (H) a description of program alignment to 

5 work-based learning opportunities, or plans to 

6 create work-based learning opportunities, and a 

7 description of whether the program awards aca8 demic credit towards a secondary school di9 ploma or its recognized equivalent, or a recog10 nized postsecondary credential, as applicable; 

11 (I) a description of programs being offered 

12 that align to high-skill, high-wage, or in-de13 mand industry sectors or occupations; and 

14 (J) any other information as the Governor 

15 may reasonably require. 

16 (d) LOCAL USE OF FUNDS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—A local area that receives an 

18 allocation under this section shall use such allocation 

19 for development activities or expansion activities 

20 with respect to a summer employment program in 

21 accordance with this subsection. 

22 (2) DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.—In the case of 

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1 ment program described in paragraph (4), the local 

2 board of such local area— 

3 (A) shall use the amount allocated under 

4 this section to such local area to— 

5 (i) plan, develop, and carry out a 

6 summer employment program described in 

7 paragraph (4); 

8 (ii) engage or establish industry or 

9 sector partnerships to determine local sum10 mer job needs to inform the establishment 

11 of such program; and 

12 (iii) conduct outreach to eligible youth 

13 and employers; and 

14 (B) may— 

15 (i) use such amount to develop tech16 nology infrastructure, including data and 

17 management systems, to support such pro18 gram; and 

19 (ii) use not more than 25 percent of 

20 such amount to subsidize not more than 

21 75 percent of the wages of each eligible 

22 youth participating in the program. 

23 (3) EXPANSION ACTIVITIES.—In the case of a 

24 local area that, at the beginning of the first program 

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1 section (c), is carrying out a summer employment 

2 program described in paragraph (4), the local board 

3 of such local area— 

4 (A) shall use the amount allocated under 

5 this section to such local area to— 

6 (i) increase the number of summer 

7 employment opportunities offered through 

8 such program, including unsubsidized or 

9 partly subsidized opportunities and oppor10 tunities in the private sector; 

11 (ii) conduct outreach to eligible youth 

12 and employers; and 

13 (iii) subsidize not more than 50 per14 cent of the wages of each eligible youth 

15 participating in the program; and 

16 (B) may use such amount to enhance the 

17 activities required under paragraph (4)(B). 

18 (4) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A summer em19 ployment program described in this paragraph is a 

20 program that meets the following requirements: 

21 (A) PROGRAM DESIGN.—Each eligible 

22 youth participating in the program is matched 

23 with an appropriate employer, based on factors 

24 including the needs of the employer and the 

25 age, skill, and aspirations of the eligible youth, 


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1 for a high-quality summer employment oppor2 tunity, which may not— 

3 (i) be less than 4 weeks; and 

4 (ii) pay less than the greater of the 

5 applicable Federal, State, or local min6 imum wage. 

7 (B) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program 

8 includes the following program elements: 

9 (i) Work-readiness training and edu10 cational programs for eligible youth to en11 hance their summer employment opportu12 nities, including digital literacy and online 

13 work-readiness opportunities, as appro14 priate, and support obtaining documenta15 tion needed for employment, such as iden16 tification or licenses. 

17 (ii) Coaching and mentoring services 

18 for eligible youth participating in the pro19 gram to enhance their summer employ20 ment opportunities and encourage comple21 tion of such opportunities through the pro22 gram, which may occur prior to, during, or 

23 after the summer employment program. 

24 (iii) Coaching and mentoring services 

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1 ploy eligible youth participating in the pro2 gram in meaningful work, including on 

3 providing a safe work and training envi4 ronment for all participants, regardless of 

5 race, color, disability, age, religion, na6 tional origin, political affiliation, belief, 

7 marital status, sex (including sexual ori8 entation or gender identity), pregnancy, 

9 childbirth, or a related medical condition, 

10 or status as a parent. 

11 (iv) Career exploration, career coun12 seling, career planning and postsecondary 

13 education planning services for eligible 

14 youth participating in the program. 

15 (v) High-quality financial literacy edu16 cation for eligible youth participating in 

17 the program as described in section 

18 129(b)(2)(D) of the Workforce Innovation 

19 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

20 3164(b)(2)(D)), and including education 

21 on the use of credit and financing higher 

22 education, savings, and access to safe and 

23 affordable banking accounts with consumer 

24 protections. 


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1 (vi) Providing supportive services to 

2 eligible youth, or connecting such youth to 

3 supportive services provided by another en4 tity, to enable their participation in the 

5 program. 

6 (vii) Follow-up services for not less 

7 than 12 months after the completion of 

8 participation, as appropriate. 

9 (viii) Integrating services provided by 

10 the program with year-round employment 

11 programs, youth development programs, 

12 secondary school programs, career path13 ways, career and technical education pro14 grams, youth workforce investment activi15 ties provided under chapter 2 of subtitle B 

16 of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 

17 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.), 

18 work-based learning, and skills training 

19 programs funded by the State or Federal 

20 Government, as applicable. 

21 (ix) Connecting eligible youth partici22 pating in the program to providers of 

23 youth services, adult employment and 

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1 ices under title II of the Workforce Innova2 tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 

3 et seq.), career pathways, or skills training 

4 programs funded by the State or Federal 

5 Government, as applicable for each eligible 

6 youth. 

7 (x) Express, written commitment from 

8 mayors and county executives to support 

9 the execution of the program as described 

10 in the plan submitted under subsection (c). 

11 (C) INFORMATION AND REFERRALS.— 

12 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each local board 

13 shall ensure that each participant of a 

14 summer employment program receiving as15 sistance under this section shall be pro16 vided— 

17 (I) information on the full array 

18 of applicable or appropriate services 

19 that are available through the local 

20 board or other eligible providers or 

21 one-stop partners, including those 

22 providers or partners receiving funds 

23 under this Act; and 

24 (II) referral to appropriate train25 ing and educational programs that 


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1 have the capacity to serve the partici2 pant either on a concurrent or sequen3 tial basis. 

4 (ii) FURTHER ASSESSMENT AND RE5 FERRAL.—Each local board shall, in a 

6 manner consistent with section 

7 129(c)(3)(B) of the Workforce Innovation 

8 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

9 3164(c)(3)(B)), ensure that eligible youth 

10 who do not meet employment requirements 

11 for the summer employment program shall 

12 be referred for further assessment, as nec13 essary, and referred to appropriate pro14 grams in accordance with clause (i) to 

15 meet the basic skills and training needs for 

16 such employment. 

17 (5) PRIORITY.—In carrying out a summer em18 ployment program receiving assistance under this 

19 section, a local board shall— 

20 (A) give priority to summer employment 

21 opportunities offered under such program— 

22 (i) in existing or emerging high-skill, 

23 high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors 

24 or occupations; or 


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1 (ii) that meet community needs in the 

2 public, private, or nonprofit sector; and 

3 (B) for any program year, use not less 

4 than 75 percent of the amount allocated under 

5 this section to provide summer employment op6 portunities under such program for eligible 

7 youth that are in-school youth. 

8 (e) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

9 (1) PRIMARY INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.— 

10 For each local board carrying out a summer employ11 ment program funded under this section, the pri12 mary indicators of performance, with respect to each 

13 such program, shall include— 

14 (A) the performance metrics described in 

15 clause (i)(V), and subparagraphs (I) and (II) of 

16 clause (ii), of section 116(b)(2)(A) of the Work17 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

18 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)); 

19 (B) the percentage of eligible youth com20 pleting the program; and 

21 (C) the percentage of youth having partici22 pated in work-based learning. 

23 (2) FAILURE TO MEET LOCAL PERFORMANCE

24 ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—If a local area fails, for 

2 any program year, to meet a performance ac3 countability goal identified in its local plan 

4 under subsection (c)(3)(E), with respect to a 

5 summer employment program receiving assist6 ance under this section, the Governor, or, upon 

7 request by the Governor, the Secretary of 

8 Labor, shall provide the local board with tech9 nical assistance, which may include assistance 

10 in the development of a performance improve11 ment plan for such summer employment pro12 gram. 

13 (B) CORRECTIVE ACTION.—In a case in 

14 which such local area fails to meet such per15 formance accountability goal with respect to the 

16 program for a third consecutive year or fails to 

17 implement the improvement plan, the Governor 

18 shall take corrective actions, which may include, 

19 after notice and opportunity for a hearing, the 

20 withholding from the local area all, or a por21 tion, of the allocation under this section. Such 

22 funds shall be used to provide summer employ23 ment activities in such local area under alter24 native arrangements that are consistent with 


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1 the program elements described in subsection 

2 (d)(4)(B). 

3 (f) SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT.—Any funds 

4 made available for a local area for summer employment 

5 programs under this section shall supplement and not sup6 plant other State or local public funds expended for sum7 mer employment programs or other youth activities fund8 ed under section 129 of the Workforce Innovation and Op9 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164). 

10 (g) REPORTS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that a local 

12 area receives an allocation under this section to 

13 carry out a summer employment program, the local 

14 board shall submit to the Secretary of Labor and the 

15 Governor a report with— 

16 (A) the number of eligible youth partici17 pating in the program, disaggregated by the 

18 number of such youth that are in-school youth 

19 and that are out-of-school youth; 

20 (B) the number of eligible youth partici21 pating in the program who complete a summer 

22 employment opportunity through the program; 

23 (C) the expenditures made from the 

24 amounts allocated under this section, including 

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1 ticipating in such program with supportive serv2 ices; 

3 (D) a description of how the local area has 

4 used amounts allocated under this section to de5 velop or expand a summer employment pro6 gram, including a description of program activi7 ties and services provided to eligible youth, in8 cluding supportive services provided and the 

9 number of eligible youth participating in such 

10 program and accessing such services; 

11 (E) for youth participants with a sub12 sidized wage, the amount and source of the sub13 sidy, including the amount of the subsidy cov14 ered by grant funds under this section; 

15 (F) information specifying the levels of 

16 performance achieved with respect to the pri17 mary indicators of performance for the program 

18 described in subsection (e)(1); 

19 (G) the average number of hours and 

20 weeks worked and the average amount of wages 

21 earned by eligible youth participating in the 

22 program; 

23 (H) the average number of hours spent 

24 on— 


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1 (i) recruitment and retention strate2 gies; and 

3 (ii) support for participating youth, 

4 such as time management, career planning, 

5 and financial literacy training; 

6 (I) the percent of eligible youth partici7 pating in the program that are placed in— 

8 (i) an employment opportunity in the 

9 nonprofit sector; 

10 (ii) an employment opportunity in the 

11 public sector; and 

12 (iii) an employment opportunity in the 

13 private sector; and 

14 (J) any other information that the Sec15 retary of Labor determines necessary to mon16 itor the effectiveness of the summer employ17 ment program. 

18 (2) DISAGGREGATION.—The information re19 quired to be reported under subparagraphs (A), (B), 

20 and (G) of paragraph (1) shall be disaggregated by 

21 race, ethnicity, sex, age, and the subpopulations de22 scribed in subclauses (I) through (VI) of section 

23 129(a)(1)(B)(iii) of the Workforce Innovation and 

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1 (h) ELIGIBLE YOUTH DEFINED.—For the purposes 

2 of this section, the term ‘‘eligible youth’’ means an indi3 vidual who, at the time the eligibility determination is 

4 made, is an out-of-school youth or an in-school youth. 

5 SEC. 5. YEAR-ROUND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR 

6 YOUTH. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount available under 

8 section 3(b)(2), the Secretary of Labor shall, for the pur9 pose of carrying out year-round employment programs 

10 under this section— 

11 (1) after making the reservation described in 

12 paragraph (2), make an allotment of the remainder 

13 of such amount in accordance with section 

14 127(b)(1)(C)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation and 

15 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3162(b)(1)(C)(ii)) to 

16 each State that meets the requirements of section 

17 102 or 103 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3112; 3113); and 

18 (2) reserve not more than one-quarter of 1 per19 cent of such amount to provide assistance to the 

20 outlying areas. 

21 (b) WITHIN STATE ALLOCATIONS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of a State, in 

23 accordance with the State plan developed under sec24 tion 102 or 103 of the Workforce Innovation and 

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1 cate the amounts that are allotted to the State 

2 under subsection (a)(1) to local areas meeting the 

3 requirements under subsection (c) in accordance 

4 with the allocation described section 128(b)(2)(A)(i) 

5 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

6 (29 U.S.C. 3163(b)(2)(A)(i)) for the purpose of de7 veloping and expanding year-round employment pro8 grams under this section. 

9 (2) REALLOCATION AMONG LOCAL AREAS.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Governor may, 

11 after consultation with the State board, reallo12 cate to eligible local areas within the State 

13 amounts that are made available to local areas 

14 from allocations made under this section (re15 ferred to in this paragraph as a ‘‘local alloca16 tion’’) and that are available for reallocation in 

17 accordance with this paragraph. 

18 (B) AMOUNT.—The amount available for 

19 reallocation for a program year is equal to the 

20 amount by which the unobligated balance of the 

21 local allocation, at the end of the program year 

22 prior to the program year for which the deter23 mination under this paragraph is made, exceeds 

24 20 percent of such allocation for the prior pro25 gram year. 


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1 (C) REALLOCATION.—In making realloca2 tions to eligible local areas of amounts available 

3 pursuant to subparagraph (B) for a program 

4 year, the Governor shall allocate to each eligible 

5 local area within the State an amount based on 

6 the relative amount of the local allocation for 

7 the program year for which the determination is 

8 made, as compared to the total amount of the 

9 local allocations for all eligible local areas in the 

10 State for such program year. 

11 (D) ELIGIBLE LOCAL AREA.—For pur12 poses of this paragraph, the term ‘‘eligible local 

13 area’’ means a local area that meets the re14 quirements under subsection (c) and does not 

15 have an amount available for reallocation under 

16 subparagraph (B) for the program year for 

17 which the determination under such subpara18 graph is made. 

19 (3) LOCAL RESERVATION.—Of the amount allo20 cated to a local area under paragraph (1)— 

21 (A) not more than 10 percent of such 

22 amount may be used for the administrative 

23 costs of carrying out a year-round employment 

24 program under this section, including costs for 

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1 nities for in-person or virtual peer learning 

2 under section 9; and 

3 (B) not less than 5 percent of such amount 

4 shall be used to provide direct financial assist5 ance to eligible youth through grants to support 

6 their financial needs to enter, remain enrolled 

7 in, and complete the program, such as support 

8 for supplies, transportation, child care, and 

9 housing. 

10 (c) LOCAL PLANS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order for a local area to 

12 be eligible for funds under this section, the local 

13 board of the local area shall develop and submit to 

14 the Governor in accordance with paragraph (2) a 4- 

15 year plan for the year-round employment program. 

16 Such plan shall, at a minimum— 

17 (A) not conflict with the local plan sub18 mitted by the local board under section 108 of 

19 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

20 (29 U.S.C. 3123), as determined by the Gov21 ernor; and 

22 (B) contain the contents required under 

23 paragraph (3). 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—A plan required under 

2 this subsection shall be submitted by the local 

3 area to the Governor of such area at such time 

4 and in such manner as the Governor may rea5 sonably require. 

6 (B) COMBINED PLANS.—If a local area is 

7 seeking funds under this section and section 4, 

8 the plan required under this subsection may be 

9 submitted in combination with a plan under 

10 section 4, in lieu of the local area submitting 2 

11 separate plans. 

12 (3) CONTENTS.—At a minimum, each plan re13 quired under this subsection shall include— 

14 (A) a description of how the local area will 

15 carry out the activities described in subsection 

16 (d) for each program year; 

17 (B) a description of how the local area will 

18 recruit eligible youth to participate in the pro19 gram, including how the local area will 

20 prioritize recruitment of individuals with bar21 riers to employment; 

22 (C) the number of eligible youth expected 

23 to participate in the program each program 

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1 (D) a description of the services provided, 

2 including supportive services, that the program 

3 is expected to provide to eligible youth, includ4 ing how the local area will partner with commu5 nity-based organizations to provide such serv6 ices; 

7 (E) performance accountability goals, as 

8 measured by the primary indicators of perform9 ance described in subsection (e)(1); 

10 (F) an assurance that the program will be 

11 aligned with the youth investment activities pro12 vided under chapter 2 of subtitle B of title I of 

13 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

14 (29 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.); 

15 (G) an assurance that the local area will 

16 adhere to the labor standards outlined in sec17 tion 7; 

18 (H) a description of the alignment of the 

19 program to work-based learning, or plans to 

20 create work-based learning opportunities, and 

21 whether the program will award academic credit 

22 towards the fulfillment of a secondary school di23 ploma or its recognized equivalent, or a recog24 nized postsecondary credential, as applicable; 


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1 (I) a description of programs being offered 

2 that align to high-skill, high-wage, or in-de3 mand industry sectors or occupations; and 

4 (J) any other information as the Governor 

5 may reasonably require. 

6 (d) LOCAL USE OF FUNDS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—A local area that receives an 

8 allocation under this section shall use such allocation 

9 for development activities or expansion activities 

10 with respect to a year-round employment program in 

11 accordance with this subsection. 

12 (2) DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.—In the case of 

13 a local area that, at the beginning of the first pro14 gram year covered by the local plan submitted under 

15 subsection (c), is not carrying out a year-round em16 ployment program described in paragraph (4), the 

17 local board of such local area— 

18 (A) shall use the amount to— 

19 (i) plan, develop, and carry out a com20 munity-based year-round employment pro21 gram that meets each such requirement, 

22 that to the extent practicable, are evidence23 based; 

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1 round job needs to inform the establish2 ment of such program; and 

3 (iii) conduct outreach to eligible youth 

4 and employers; and 

5 (B) may— 

6 (i) use such amount to develop tech7 nology infrastructure, including data and 

8 management systems, to support such pro9 gram; and 

10 (ii) use not more than 50 percent of 

11 such amount to subsidize the wages of 

12 each eligible youth participating in such 

13 program. 

14 (3) EXPANSION ACTIVITIES.—In the case of a 

15 local area that, at the beginning of the first full pro16 gram year covered by the local plan submitted under 

17 subsection (c), is carrying out a year-round program 

18 described in paragraph (4), the local board of such 

19 local area— 

20 (A) shall use such amount to— 

21 (i) increase the number of community22 based, year-round employment opportuni23 ties offered through such program, includ24 ing unsubsidized or partly subsidized op25 portunities and opportunities in the private 


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1 sector, that to the extent practicable, are 

2 evidence-based; 

3 (ii) conduct outreach to eligible youth 

4 and employers; and 

5 (iii) subsidize the wages of eligible 

6 youth participating in such program; and 

7 (B) may use such amount to enhance the 

8 activities required under paragraph (4)(B). 

9 (4) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 (A) PROGRAM DESIGN.—A year-round em11 ployment program described in this paragraph 

12 is a program that meets the following require13 ments: 

14 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible youth 

15 participating in the program is matched 

16 with an appropriate employer, based on 

17 factors including the needs of the employer 

18 and the age, skill, and informed aspira19 tions of the participant, for high-quality, 

20 year-round employment, which may not— 

21 (I) be less than 180 days and 

22 more than 1 year; 

23 (II) pay less than the greater of 

24 the applicable Federal, State, or local 

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1 (III) employ the eligible youth for 

2 less than 20 hours per week. 

3 (ii) EMPLOYER SHARE OF WAGES.— 

4 Not less than 25 percent of the wages of 

5 each eligible youth participating in the pro6 gram are paid by the employer, except this 

7 requirement may be waived for not more 

8 than 10 percent of eligible youth partici9 pating in the program that have a signifi10 cant barrier to employment, as defined by 

11 the State board. 

12 (B) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program 

13 includes the following program elements: 

14 (i) Work-readiness training and edu15 cational programs aligned to career path16 ways for eligible youth to enhance their 

17 year-round employment opportunities, in18 cluding digital literacy and online work19 readiness opportunities, as appropriate, 

20 and support obtaining documentation need21 ed for employment, such as identification 

22 or licenses. 

23 (ii) Coaching and mentoring services 

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1 ment opportunities and encourage comple2 tion of such opportunities through the pro3 gram. 

4 (iii) Coaching and mentoring services 

5 for employers on how to successfully em6 ploy each eligible youth participating in the 

7 program in meaningful work, including on 

8 providing a safe work and training envi9 ronment for all participants, regardless of 

10 race, color, disability, age, religion, na11 tional origin, political affiliation, belief, 

12 marital status, sex (including sexual ori13 entation or gender identity), pregnancy, 

14 childbirth, or a related medical condition, 

15 or status as a parent. 

16 (iv) Career exploration, career coun17 seling, career planning, and college plan18 ning services for eligible youth partici19 pating in the program. 

20 (v) High-quality financial literacy edu21 cation as described in section 129(b)(2)(D) 

22 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor23 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(b)(2)(D)), for 

24 eligible youth participating in the program, 

25 including education on the use of credit 


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1 and financing higher education, and access 

2 to safe and affordable banking accounts 

3 with consumer protections, including from 

4 local credit unions. 

5 (vi) Providing supportive services to 

6 eligible youth, or connecting such youth to 

7 supportive services provided by another en8 tity, to enable participation in the pro9 gram, which may include food and nutri10 tion services, and health and mental health 

11 care supports. 

12 (vii) Follow-up services for not less 

13 than 12 months after the completion of 

14 participation, as appropriate. 

15 (viii) Integration of services provided 

16 by the program with youth development 

17 programs, secondary school programs, ca18 reer and technical education programs, 

19 youth workforce investment activities 

20 under chapter 2 of subtitle B of title I of 

21 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

22 Act (29 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.), and skills 

23 training programs funded by the State or 

24 Federal Government, as applicable. 


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1 (ix) Connecting youth participating in 

2 the program to providers of youth services, 

3 adult employment and training services, 

4 vocational rehabilitation services, and adult 

5 education and literacy services under title 

6 II of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor7 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3271 et seq.), career 

8 pathways, postsecondary education, or 

9 skills training programs funded by the 

10 State or Federal Government, as applica11 ble. 

12 (x) A rigorous evaluation of such pro13 gram using research approaches appro14 priate to the level of development and ma15 turity of the program, including random 

16 assignment or quasi-experimental impact 

17 evaluations, implementation evaluations, 

18 pre-experimental studies, and feasibility 

19 studies. 

20 (xi) Commitment and support from 

21 mayors or county executives to support the 

22 execution of the program as described in 

23 the local plan submitted under subsection 

24 (c). 

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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—Each local board 

2 shall ensure that each participant of a 

3 year-round employment program receiving 

4 assistance under this section shall be pro5 vided— 

6 (I) information on the full array 

7 of applicable or appropriate services 

8 that are available through the local 

9 board or other eligible providers or 

10 one-stop partners, including those 

11 providers or partners receiving funds 

12 under this Act; and 

13 (II) referral to appropriate train14 ing and educational programs that 

15 have the capacity to serve the partici16 pant either on a concurrent or sequen17 tial basis. 

18 (ii) FURTHER ASSESSMENT AND RE19 FERRAL.—Each local board shall, in a 

20 manner consistent with section 

21 129(c)(3)(B) of the Workforce Innovation 

22 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

23 3164(c)(3)(B)), ensure that eligible youth 

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1 gram shall be referred for further assess2 ment, as necessary, and referred to appro3 priate programs in accordance with clause 

4 (i) to meet the basic skills and training 

5 needs for such employment. 

6 (5) PRIORITY.—In carrying out a year-round 

7 employment program receiving assistance under this 

8 section, a local area shall give priority to year-round 

9 employment opportunities offered under such pro10 gram— 

11 (A) in existing or emerging high-skill, 

12 high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors or oc13 cupations; or 

14 (B) that meet community needs in the 

15 public, private, or nonprofit sector. 

16 (e) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each local area receiving 

18 an allocation under this section, the primary indica19 tors of performance, for each year-round program 

20 receiving assistance under such allocation, shall in21 clude— 

22 (A) the performance metrics described in 

23 section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Workforce Inno24 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

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1 (B) the percentage of eligible youth com2 pleting the program; and 

3 (C) the percentage of eligible youth having 

4 participated in work-based learning. 

5 (2) FAILURE TO MEET LOCAL PERFORMANCE

6 ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—If a local area fails, for 

8 any program year, to meet a performance ac9 countability goal identified in its plan under 

10 subsection (c)(3)(E) with respect to a year11 round employment program funded under this 

12 section, the Governor, or, upon request by the 

13 Governor, the Secretary of Labor, shall provide 

14 the local area with technical assistance, which 

15 may include assistance in the development of a 

16 performance improvement plan for such pro17 gram. 

18 (B) CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.—In a case in 

19 which such local area fails to meet such per20 formance accountability goal with respect to the 

21 program for a third consecutive year or fails to 

22 implement the improvement plan, the Governor 

23 shall take corrective actions, which may include, 

24 after notice and opportunity for a hearing, the 

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1 tion, of the allocation under this section to pro2 vide summer employment activities in such local 

3 areas under alternative arrangements that are 

4 consistent with the program elements described 

5 in subsection (d)(4)(B). 

6 (f) SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT.—Any funds 

7 made available for year-round employment programs 

8 under this section shall supplement and not supplant other 

9 State or local public funds expended for year-round youth 

10 employment programs or other youth activities funded 

11 under section 129 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor12 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164). 

13 (g) REPORTS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that a local 

15 area receives an allocation under this section for a 

16 year-round employment program, the local area shall 

17 submit to the Secretary of Labor and the Governor 

18 a report with— 

19 (A) the number of eligible youth partici20 pating in the program; 

21 (B) the number of eligible youth partici22 pating in the program who complete a year23 round employment opportunity through the pro24 gram; 


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1 (C) the expenditures made from the 

2 amounts allocated under this section, including 

3 expenditures made to provide eligible youth par4 ticipating in the program with supportive serv5 ices; 

6 (D) a description of how the local area has 

7 used amounts allocated under this section to de8 velop or expand a year-round work-based learn9 ing employment program, including a descrip10 tion of the program activities and services, in11 cluding the supportive services provided and the 

12 number of eligible youth participating in the 

13 program and accessing such services; 

14 (E) for each youth participant with a sub15 sidized wage, the amount and source of the sub16 sidy, including the amount of the subsidy cov17 ered by grant funds under this section; 

18 (F) information specifying the levels of 

19 performance achieved with respect to the pri20 mary indicators of performance described in 

21 subsection (e)(1) for the program; 

22 (G) the average number of hours and 

23 weeks worked and the average amount of wages 

24 earned by eligible youth participating in the 

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1 (H) the average number of hours spent 

2 on— 

3 (i) recruitment and retention strate4 gies; and 

5 (ii) support for participating youth, 

6 such as time management, career planning, 

7 and financial literacy training; 

8 (I) the percent of eligible youth partici9 pating in the program that are placed in— 

10 (i) an employment opportunity in the 

11 nonprofit sector; 

12 (ii) an employment opportunity in the 

13 public sector; and 

14 (iii) an employment opportunity in the 

15 private sector; 

16 (J) the number of eligible youth partici17 pating in the program who are asked by the 

18 employer to remain employed by the employer 

19 after the end of the year-round employment 

20 program and the number of youth participants 

21 remaining employed by the employer for not 

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1 (K) any other information that the Sec2 retary of Labor determines necessary to mon3 itor the effectiveness of the program. 

4 (2) DISAGGREGATION.—The information re5 quired to be reported under subparagraphs (A), (B), 

6 and (G) of paragraph (1) shall be disaggregated by 

7 race, ethnicity, sex, age, and each subpopulation de8 scribed in subclauses (I) through (VI) of section 

9 129(a)(1)(B)(iii) of the Workforce Innovation and 

10 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)(B)(iii)). 

11 (h) ELIGIBLE YOUTH DEFINED.—For the purposes 

12 of this section, the term ‘‘eligible youth’’ means an indi13 vidual who, at the time the eligibility determination is 

14 made, is an out-of-school youth. 

15 SEC. 6. CONNECTING-FOR-OPPORTUNITIES COMPETITIVE 

16 GRANT PROGRAM. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the amount available under 

18 section 3(b)(3), the Secretary of Labor shall, in consulta19 tion with the Secretary of Education, award grants on a 

20 competitive basis to local community partnerships to assist 

21 such local community partnerships in improving high 

22 school graduation and youth employment rates. 

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1 (1) MANDATORY PARTNERS.—In this section, 

2 the term ‘‘local community partnership’’ means a 

3 partnership among at least the following entities: 

4 (A) A unit of general local government. 

5 (B) A local educational agency. 

6 (C) An institution of higher education. 

7 (D) A local board. 

8 (E) A community-based organization with 

9 experience or expertise in working with youth. 

10 (F) A public agency serving youth or 

11 young adults under the jurisdiction of the juve12 nile justice system or criminal justice system. 

13 (G) A State or local child welfare agency. 

14 (H) An agency administering programs 

15 under part A of title IV of the Social Security 

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 

17 (I) An industry or sector partnership, to 

18 the extent practicable. 

19 (J) A labor organization or joint labor20 management organization, to the extent prac21 ticable. 

22 (2) OPTIONAL PARTNERS.—The following enti23 ties may be included as part of the partnership 

24 among the entities listed in paragraph (1): 

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1 (B) Employers or employer associations. 

2 (C) Entities that carry out programs that 

3 receive funding under the Juvenile Justice and 

4 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 

5 11101 et seq.). 

6 (D) Public agencies or community-based 

7 organizations with expertise in providing evi8 dence-based trauma support services, coun9 seling, or mental health care to youth, including 

10 trauma-informed and gender-responsive coun11 seling. 

12 (E) Public housing agencies, collaborative 

13 applicants (as defined in section 401 of the 

14 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

15 U.S.C. 11360)), or private nonprofit organiza16 tions that serve homeless youth and households 

17 or foster youth. 

18 (F) Other appropriate State and local 

19 agencies. 

20 (c) APPLICATION.—A local community partnership 

21 desiring a grant under this section shall submit to the Sec22 retary of Labor an application at such time, in such man23 ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 

24 reasonably require. At a minimum, each application shall 

25 include a comprehensive plan that— 


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1 (1) demonstrates sufficient need for the grant 

2 in the local population, which need may be dem3 onstrated— 

4 (A) on the basis of high school dropouts in 

5 the local area to be served by the partnership, 

6 as compared to the total number of unemployed 

7 individuals ages 16 to 24 in local areas in all 

8 States; 

9 (B) on the basis of the relative number of 

10 unemployed individuals ages 16 to 24 in the 

11 local area to be served by the partnership, as 

12 compared to the total number of unemployed 

13 individuals ages 16 to 24 in local areas in all 

14 States; or 

15 (C) on the basis of the relative percentage 

16 or number of low-income individuals in the local 

17 area to be served by the partnership, as com18 pared to the total percentage or number of low19 income individuals in local areas in all States; 

20 (2) identifies and describes the role of each en21 tity in the partnership, including the fiscal agent in 

22 the partnership and the role of each such entity in 

23 carrying out the activities described in subsection 

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1 (3) does not conflict with the local plan sub2 mitted by the local board in the local area served by 

3 the local community partnership under section 108 

4 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

5 (29 U.S.C. 3123), the applicable local plan for ca6 reer and technical education programs under section 

7 134 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

8 Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2354) (if not 

9 part of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

10 Act local plan), and the applicable State plan for 

11 programs under part A of title IV of the Social Se12 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); and 

13 (4) includes an assurance that the partnership 

14 will adhere to the labor standards outlined in section 

15 7. 

16 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—A local community partnership 

17 receiving a grant under this section shall use the grant 

18 funds— 

19 (1) to target and serve individuals not younger 

20 than age 14 or older than age 24, prioritizing indi21 viduals with barriers to employment; 

22 (2) to make appropriate use of education, child 

23 welfare, social services, and workforce development 

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1 nity partnership’s ability to target and serve the in2 dividuals described in paragraph (1); 

3 (3) to develop wide-ranging pathways to post4 secondary education and employment, including— 

5 (A) using not less than 50 percent of the 

6 grant funds to help individuals described in 

7 paragraph (1) complete their secondary school 

8 education, including through high-quality, flexi9 ble programs that utilize community-based, 

10 and, to the extent practicable, evidence-based 

11 interventions and provide differentiated services 

12 (or pathways) to students— 

13 (i) who are returning to education 

14 after exiting secondary school without a 

15 secondary school diploma or its recognized 

16 equivalent; or 

17 (ii) who, based on their grade or age, 

18 are significantly off track to accumulate 

19 sufficient academic credits to meet high 

20 school graduation requirements, as estab21 lished by the State; 

22 (B) creating career pathways, focused on 

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1 (i) will lead to the attainment of a 

2 recognized postsecondary credential; and 

3 (ii) includes, to the maximum extent 

4 practicable, learning through apprentice5 ship programs and pre-apprenticeship pro6 grams; 

7 (C) connecting individuals described in 

8 paragraph (1) with professionals who can pro9 vide such individuals with pre-employment and 

10 employment counseling and assist such individ11 uals in— 

12 (i) finding and securing employment 

13 or work-based learning opportunities that 

14 pay not less than the greater of the appli15 cable Federal, State, or local minimum 

16 wage; 

17 (ii) identifying and assessing eligibility 

18 for training programs and funding for such 

19 programs; 

20 (iii) completing necessary paperwork 

21 for applying for and enrolling in such pro22 grams; and 

23 (iv) identifying additional services, if 

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1 (D) connecting individuals described in 

2 paragraph (1) with providers of— 

3 (i) youth services, adult employment 

4 and training services, vocational rehabilita5 tion services, and adult education and lit6 eracy services, under the Workforce Inno7 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

8 3101 et seq.); 

9 (ii) career planning services; and 

10 (iii) federally and State-funded pro11 grams that provide skills training; and 

12 (E) ensuring that such individuals success13 fully transition into pre-apprenticeship pro14 grams, apprenticeship programs, or programs 

15 leading to recognized postsecondary credentials 

16 in high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry 

17 sectors or occupations; 

18 (4) to provide a comprehensive system of sup19 portive services aimed at preventing the individuals 

20 described in paragraph (1) from disconnecting from 

21 education, training, and employment, and aimed at 

22 re-engaging any such individual who has been so dis23 connected, by— 

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1 services, including establishing or improving 

2 school district early warning systems that— 

3 (i) connect such systems to data gath4 ering and reporting systems established 

5 under the Workforce Innovation and Op6 portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) for 

7 the purpose of identifying the individuals 

8 described in paragraph (1) so long as such 

9 data does not reveal personally identifiable 

10 information about a program participant 

11 or would not reveal such information when 

12 combined with other released information; 

13 and 

14 (ii) engage any such identified indi15 vidual using targeted, community-based, 

16 and, to the extent practicable, evidence17 based interventions to address the specific 

18 needs and issues of the individual, includ19 ing chronic absenteeism; and 

20 (B) providing the individuals described in 

21 paragraph (1) with access to re-engagement 

22 services for training programs and employment 

23 opportunities and, to the extent practicable, 

24 using providers of youth services under the 

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1 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) to conduct intake and 

2 refer such individuals and their families to the 

3 appropriate re-engagement service; and 

4 (5) to provide a comprehensive system of sup5 port for the individuals described in paragraph (1), 

6 including— 

7 (A) connecting such individuals with pro8 fessionals who can— 

9 (i) provide case management and 

10 counseling services; and 

11 (ii) assist such individuals in— 

12 (I) developing achievable short13 term goals and long-term goals; and 

14 (II) overcoming any social, ad15 ministrative, or financial barrier that 

16 may hinder enrollment in the program 

17 or the achievement of such goals; and 

18 (B) providing or connecting participants 

19 with available supportive services. 

20 (e) PRIORITY IN AWARDS.—In awarding grants 

21 under this section, the Secretary of Labor shall give pri22 ority to applications submitted by local community part23 nerships that include a comprehensive plan that— 

24 (1) serves and targets communities with a high 

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1 of high school dropouts and youth unemployment; 

2 and 

3 (2) allows the individuals described in para4 graph (1) to earn academic credit through various 

5 means, including high-quality career and technical 

6 education, dual or concurrent programs, virtual 

7 learning, or work-based learning. 

8 (f) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary 

9 shall ensure that consideration is given to geographic dis10 tribution (such as urban, Tribal, and rural areas) in 

11 awarding grants under this section. 

12 (g) PERFORMANCE ACCOUNTABILITY.—For activities 

13 funded under this section, the primary indicators of per14 formance shall include— 

15 (1) the performance metrics described in section 

16 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation and 

17 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)(ii)); 

18 (2) the four-year adjusted cohort graduation 

19 rate and the extended-year adjusted cohort gradua20 tion rate in a State that chooses to use such a grad21 uation rate; and 

22 (3) the rate of attaining a recognized equivalent 

23 of a diploma, such as a general equivalency diploma. 

24 (h) REPORTS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each year that a local 

2 community partnership carries out activities and 

3 services with a grant under this section, the partner4 ship shall submit to the State board in which the 

5 partnership is carrying out activities under this sec6 tion, and to the Secretary of Labor, a report on— 

7 (A) the number of youth participating in 

8 activities under subsection (d), including the 

9 number of in-school and out-of-school youth; 

10 (B) the expenditures made from the grant 

11 awarded under this section, including any ex12 penditures made to provide youth participants 

13 with supportive services; 

14 (C) a description of the activities and serv15 ices assisted under this section, including sup16 portive services provided and the number of 

17 youth participants accessing such services; 

18 (D) information specifying the levels of 

19 performance achieved with respect to the pri20 mary indicators of performance described in 

21 subsection (g) for the program; and 

22 (E) any other information that the Sec23 retary of Labor determines necessary to mon24 itor the effectiveness of the program. 


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1 (2) DISAGGREGATION.—The information re2 quired to be reported under subparagraphs (A), (C), 

3 and (D) of paragraph (1) shall be disaggregated by 

4 race, ethnicity, sex, age, and status as a subpopula5 tion described in subclauses (I) through (VI) of sec6 tion 129(a)(1)(B)(iii) of the Workforce Innovation 

7 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)(B)(iii)). 

8 SEC. 7. LABOR STANDARDS. 

9 Any activity receiving assistance under this Act shall 

10 be subject to— 

11 (1) the requirements and restrictions, including 

12 the labor standards, that apply to activities under 

13 title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

14 Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) as provided under sec15 tion 181 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor16 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3241); 

17 (2) the requirements for nondiscrimination that 

18 apply to activities under such title as provided under 

19 section 188 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3248); and 

20 (3) any other applicable Federal law. 

21 SEC. 8. PRIVACY. 

22 Nothing in this Act— 

23 (1) shall be construed to supersede the privacy 

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1 tion 444 of the General Education Provisions Act 

2 (20 U.S.C. 1232g); 

3 (2) shall be construed to permit the develop4 ment of a national database of personally identifi5 able information on individuals receiving services 

6 under this Act; or 

7 (3) shall require the disaggregation of data 

8 when the number of individuals in a category is in9 sufficient to yield statistically reliable information or 

10 when the results would reveal personally identifiable 

11 information about an individual, or would reveal 

12 such information when combined with other released 

13 information. 

14 SEC. 9. INNOVATION AND LEARNING. 

15 Out of the amount reserved under section 3(a)(1), the 

16 Secretary of Labor shall— 

17 (1) provide technical assistance to ensure each 

18 State, local area, and local community partnership 

19 receiving funds under this Act have sufficient orga20 nizational capacity, staff training, and expertise to 

21 effectively implement the requirements under this 

22 Act; 

23 (2) create regional and national opportunities 

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1 (3) provide, on a competitive basis, grants to 

2 States and local areas to— 

3 (A) conduct pilot programs and dem4 onstration programs using emerging and evi5 dence-based best practices and models for youth 

6 employment programs; and 

7 (B) evaluate such programs using designs 

8 that employ the most rigorous analytical and 

9 statistical methods that are reasonably feasible. 

10 SEC. 10. EVALUATION AND REPORTS. 

11 (a) EVALUATION.—The Secretary of Labor shall con12 duct, on an annual basis, a rigorous evaluation of the pro13 grams administered under this Act using research ap14 proaches appropriate to the level of development and ma15 turity of the program, including random assignment or 

16 quasi-experimental impact evaluations, implementation 

17 evaluations, pre-experimental studies, and feasibility stud18 ies. 

19 (b) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Beginning on the date 

20 of the completion of the first program year after the date 

21 of enactment of this Act for which funds are expended 

22 to carry out this Act, and annually thereafter, the Sec23 retary of Labor shall transmit to the Committee on Edu24 cation and the Workforce of the House of Representatives 

25 and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 


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1 Pensions of the Senate, and make publicly accessible, the 

2 reports described in sections 4(g), 5(g), and 6(h), and a 

3 final report on the results of each evaluation conducted 

4 under subsection (a). 

5 SEC. 11. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act: 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro8 vided, any term used in this Act that is defined in 

9 section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor10 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) shall have the meaning 

11 given the term in such section. 

12 (2) APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘apprentice13 ship’’ means an apprenticeship program registered 

14 under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known 

15 as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, 

16 chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 

17 (3) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘dual or concur18 rent enrollment’’, ‘‘extended-year adjusted cohort 

19 graduation rate’’, ‘‘evidence-based’’, ‘‘four-year ad20 justed cohort graduation rate’’, ‘‘local educational 

21 agency’’, and ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings 

22 given such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary 

23 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

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1 (4) NATIVE AMERICAN TERMS.—The terms 

2 ‘‘Alaska Native entity’’, ‘‘Indian’’, ‘‘Indian tribe’’, 

3 ‘‘National Hawaiian organization’’, and ‘‘tribal orga4 nization’’ have the meanings given such terms in 

5 section 166 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor6 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221). 

7 (5) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

8 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

9 meaning given such term in sections 101 and 

10 102(a)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

11 (20 U.S.C. 1001, 1002(a)(1)(B)). 

12 (6) PRE-APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘pre-ap13 prenticeship’’ means a training model or program 

14 that— 

15 (A) is designed to prepare participants to 

16 enter an apprenticeship program; 

17 (B) is carried out by a sponsor that has a 

18 written agreement with 1 or more sponsors of 

19 apprenticeship programs that would enable par20 ticipants who successfully complete the pre-ap21 prenticeship program— 

22 (i) to enter into the apprenticeship 

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1 fications of the apprenticeship program; 

2 and 

3 (ii) to earn credits towards the ap4 prenticeship program; and 

5 (C) includes— 

6 (i) training (including a curriculum 

7 for the training) aligned with industry 

8 standards related to an apprenticeship pro9 gram created in consultation with sponsors 

10 of the apprenticeship program that are 

11 parties to the written agreement under 

12 subparagraph (B), and that will prepare 

13 participants by teaching the skills and 

14 competencies needed to enter 1 or more 

15 apprenticeship programs; and 

16 (ii) hands-on training and theoretical 

17 education for participants that do not dis18 place a paid employee. 

19 (7) PROGRAM YEAR.—The term ‘‘program 

20 year’’ as used in this Act is used in the manner as 

21 such term is used with respect to youth workforce 

22 investment activities under subtitle B of title I of the 

23 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

24 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.) and activities under section 

25 171 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3226). 


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1 (8) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—The term ‘‘sup2 portive services’’ means services such as transpor3 tation, child care, dependent care, housing, needs-re4 lated payments, food and nutrition services, and 

5 health and mental health care supports that are nec6 essary to enable an individual to participate in ac7 tivities authorized under this Act. 

8 (9) WORK-BASED LEARNING.—The term ‘‘work9 based learning’’ has the meaning given such term in 

10 section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech11 nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 

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