viders described in clause (ii). If the 
individual is seeking a high school 
equivalency program that is not 
aligned with a career pathway, the 
provider shall demonstrate that the 
program meets relevant requirements 
of the State educational agency in-
volved for a high school education. 
Upon such selection, the local board 
involved shall establish a skills train-
ing grant for the individual, which 
shall allow the individual to pay for 
such services and any supportive serv-
ices (including provision of payments 
for child care, transportation, required 
books, equipment, or examination 
fees) that are necessary to enable the 
individual to participate in the train-
ing services provided by the selected 
provider. 
‘‘(II) 
ADMINISTRATION.—The 
local board shall hold and administer 
the skills training grant funds for the 
participating individuals served by the 
local board, and shall use such funds 
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to reimburse all providers of training 
services and supportive service pro-
viders for the individual. The Sec-
retary shall determine the appropriate 
costs for which such skills training 
grant may be used, and shall develop 
methods of verifying whether such 
grant was used for those costs. 
‘‘(III) ABILITY TO CONTRACT.— 
A local board may enter into a con-
tract or other agreement with a local 
entity, including an institution of 
higher education, labor organization, 
or community-based organization, to 
enable the entity to provide skills 
training grant enrollment assistance 
or career services (as described in 
subparagraph (C)(ii)(I)) at a location, 
or in a manner, that is convenient for 
eligible individuals.’’; and 
(iii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘indi-
vidual training accounts’’ and inserting 
‘‘skills training grants’’; 
(F) in subparagraph (G)— 
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(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
striking 
‘‘INDIVIDUAL
TRAINING
AC-
COUNTS’’ and inserting ‘‘SKILLS TRAINING 
GRANTS’’; 
(ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) 
through (iv) as clauses (vii) through (ix), 
respectively; 
(iii) by striking clause (i) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(i) GRANTS.—Except as provided in 
clause (iv), training services and supportive 
services provided under this paragraph 
shall be provided through the use of skills 
training grants in accordance with this 
paragraph, and shall be provided to eligible 
individuals through the one-stop delivery 
system. 
‘‘(ii) AMOUNT.—Each individual who 
seeks training services (except services pro-
vided under clause (vii)) and who is eligible 
for training services pursuant to this para-
graph shall receive a skills training grant 
that— 
‘‘(I) if the individual is a dis-
located worker or is a low-income in-
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dividual, is in an amount of $10,000, 
increased in accordance with clause 
(iii); 
‘‘(II) if the individual has a 
household income that is more than 
100 percent of the poverty line but 
not more than 150 percent of the pov-
erty line, is in an amount of $8,000, 
increased in accordance with clause 
(iii); and 
‘‘(III) if the individual has a 
household income that is more than 
150 percent but not more than 200 
percent of the poverty line, is in an 
amount of $6,000, increased in ac-
cordance with clause (iii). 
‘‘(iii) 
ADJUSTMENT
FOR
INFLA-
TION.—Beginning in fiscal year 2025, the 
Secretary 
shall 
annually 
adjust 
each 
amount described in subclauses (I) through 
(III) of clause (ii) by the estimated per-
centage increase, if any, in the Consumer 
Price Index for the most recent full cal-
endar year. 
‘‘(iv) LIMIT ON PROGRAM COSTS.— 
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‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to 
subclause (II), the tuition and fees of 
a program of training services pro-
vided through the use of a skills train-
ing grant shall not exceed 110 percent 
of the amount equal to average tuition 
and fees (calculated for the most re-
cent 3-year period preceding the par-
ticipant’s enrollment in the program 
for which the tuition and fees are 
being determined under this clause) of 
a comparable program at a commu-
nity college in the local area in which 
the participant resides. 
‘‘(II) EXCEPTION.—Subclause (I) 
shall not apply to a program of train-
ing services if a local board deter-
mines that an employer will pay any 
costs of such program that exceed 110 
percent of the average tuition and fees 
described in subclause (I). 
‘‘(v) TIMING.—An individual who re-
ceives a skills training grant under this 
paragraph shall enroll in a program of 
training services not later than 3 months 
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after receiving the grants. Any remaining 
funds in the skills training grant not used 
upon the exit of the program by the partic-
ipant will no longer be available for such 
participant. No individual may receive 
more than one skills training grant in any 
5-year period. 
‘‘(vi) AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN.—Dur-
ing the first year for which skills training 
grants are available to eligible individuals, 
the Secretary shall carry out a national in-
formation campaign to raise awareness 
about skills training grants and their avail-
ability and use, which may include running 
public awareness campaigns at the State 
or local level informing eligible individuals 
and employers about the skills training 
grants.’’; 
(iv) in clause (vii), as redesignated by 
clause (ii) of this subparagraph— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I), by striking ‘‘individual 
training account’’ and inserting ‘‘skills 
training grant’’; and 
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