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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4655 
To establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among 
apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational agencies 
or area career and technical education schools, and community colleges, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2021 
Mr. LARSEN of Washington (for himself, Mr. KILMER, Mr. SMITH of Wash-
ington, and Mr. LANGEVIN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To establish a pilot program to promote public-private part-
nerships among apprenticeships or other job training 
programs, local educational agencies or area career and 
technical education schools, and community colleges, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Workforce 
Investment in Next Generation of Students Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. 2–2–2 PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 
to carry out this Act, the Secretary of Education, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall award grants 
to not less than 10 eligible entities to carry a program 
described in subsection (c) for eligible students. 
(b) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible enti-
ty that desires to receive a grant under this section shall 
submit an application to the Secretary as such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. 
(c) USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall use such 
grant to carry out a program under which each eligi-
ble student participating in the program— 
(A) during grades 11 and 12 at a high 
school served by a local educational agency 
partner of the eligible entity, enrolls in and 
completes— 
(i) STEM and STEM-focused career 
and technical education courses; and 
(ii) courses that prepare such student 
for community college and a career in a 
State-identified high-skill, high-wage, or in- 
demand industry sector or occupation 
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(within the meaning of such phrase in the 
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006), or the manufac-
turing field or other vocational or career 
and technical education field, or a con-
servation, 
sustainability 
and 
environ-
mentally focused jobs; 
(B) upon graduating from the high school, 
enrolls, at a community college partner of the 
eligible entity— 
(i) in a course of study related to a 
career pathway described in subparagraph 
(A)(ii); or 
(ii) in a youth apprenticeship pro-
gram; 
(C) upon receiving an associate’s degree 
from the community college, in the case of a 
student who has not completed the youth ap-
prenticeship program or joint labor-manage-
ment training program of the eligible entity, en-
rolls and participates, for at least a 2-year pe-
riod, in such youth apprenticeship program or 
joint labor-management training program; 
(D) receives assistance, on a regular basis 
throughout the student’s participation in the 
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program at the student’s request and through 
regular annual meetings, from a student career 
workforce navigator who— 
(i) assists the student in making deci-
sions to ensure long-term success and eligi-
bility in the program, and evaluating eligi-
ble career pathways; and 
(ii) provides guidance on how to ac-
cess other Federal benefits (such as nutri-
tion assistance, housing support, and Fed-
eral student aid); and 
(E) receives work training and job place-
ment through a general or industry specific 
workforce development consortium employer es-
tablished under paragraph (2). 
(2) WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
CONSORTIUM 
EMPLOYER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that 
receives a grant under this section shall use not 
less than 10 percent of the grant to establish a 
workforce development employer consortium de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) that partners with 
the local educational agency and community 
college partners of the eligible entity to provide 
eligible students participating in the program 
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described in paragraph (1) with work training 
and job placement. 
(B) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CONSOR-
TIUM EMPLOYER.—For purposes of this para-
graph, the ‘‘workforce development employer 
consortium’’ means— 
(i) a general workforce consortium 
employer that— 
(I) focuses on assessing and iden-
tifying the common workforce need 
for the geographic area or community 
served by the eligible entity; and 
(II) is composed of partnering 
employers, spanning multiple indus-
tries or sectors; or 
(ii) an industry specific workforce de-
velopment employer consortium that— 
(I) focuses on assessing and iden-
tifying the common workforce need 
for industries; and 
(II) is composed of partnering 
employers within a single industry or 
sector. 
(d) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.—To be eligible to partici-
pate in a program described in subsection (c), a student 
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shall, prior to participating in the program, demonstrate 
academic ability and a commitment to pursue a career 
pathway described in subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii). 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘apprentice-
ship’’ means an apprenticeship registered under the 
Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the 
‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chap-
ter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 
(2) AREA CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘area career and technical edu-
cation school’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-
nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 
(3) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘career and technical education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 
(4) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu-
nity college’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘junior 
or community college’’ in section 312(f) of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)). 
(5) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a partnership— 
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(A) among— 
(i) at least one local educational agen-
cy or area career and technical education 
school; 
(ii) at least one community college; 
and 
(iii) at least one youth apprenticeship 
program or joint labor-management train-
ing program; and 
(B) that works with an employer in a 
State-identified high-skill, high-wage, or in-de-
mand industry sector or occupation described in 
subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii) that is serving, or seek-
ing to expand its capacity to serve, youth ap-
prenticeship programs. 
(6) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local edu-
cational agency’’, ‘‘high school’’, and ‘‘State’’ have 
the meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(7) JOINT LABOR-MANAGEMENT TRAINING PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘joint labor-management training 
program’’ means a program that— 
(A) is carried out by a committee that is 
composed of an equal number of representatives 
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of employers and representatives of employees 
represented by a bona fide collective bargaining 
agent; and 
(B) has been established to conduct, oper-
ate, or administer an youth apprenticeship pro-
gram and enter into apprenticeship agreements 
with apprentices. 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(9) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means— 
(A) science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics; and 
(B) other career and technical education 
subjects that build on the subjects described in 
subparagraph (A). 
(10) YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘youth apprenticeship program’’ means an ap-
prenticeship program that is a partner of the eligible 
entity that— 
(A) is designed for an eligible student who 
at the start of the program is eligible to be en-
rolled in high school; and 
(B) incorporates the following: 
(i) Paid, on-the-job learning under the 
supervision of skilled employee mentors. 
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(ii) Related classroom-based instruc-
tion at a local educational agency or com-
munity college partner of the eligible entity 
aligned with a career pathway described in 
subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii). 
(iii) Ongoing assessment against es-
tablished skill and competency standards. 
(iv) Culmination in a recognized post-
secondary credential, with the quality of 
the training leading to the credential re-
viewed by the eligible entity. 
(v) Leads to placement in further edu-
cation, employment, or an apprenticeship 
program. 
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