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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 agen-
cies, 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 part-
nerships among apprenticeships or other job training 
programs, local educational agencies, and community col-
leges, 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 ‘‘Youth Access to Amer-
ican Jobs Act of 2015’’. 
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-
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sultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall award grants 
to 10 eligible entities to carry a program described in sub-
section (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.—An eligible entity that receives 
a grant under this section shall use such grant to carry 
out a program under which each eligible student partici-
pating in the program— 
(1) during grades 11 and 12 at a secondary 
school served by the local educational agency in the 
eligible entity, takes STEM and STEM-focused Ca-
reer and Technical Education courses and courses 
that prepare such student for community college; 
(2) upon graduating from the secondary school, 
enrolls in a course of study related to the manufac-
turing field at the community college in the eligible 
entity; and 
(3) upon receiving an associate’s degree from 
the community college, enrolls and participates, for 
a 2-year period, in— 
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(A) the State apprenticeship program in 
the eligible entity; or 
(B) the joint-labor management training 
program in the eligible entity. 
(d) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.—To be eligible to partici-
pate in a program described in subsection (c), a student 
shall, prior to participating in the program, demonstrate 
academic ability and a commitment to pursue a career in 
a manufacturing field or other vocational or career and 
technical education field. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu-
nity college’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1058(f)). 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a partnership among— 
(A) a local educational agency; 
(B) a community college; and 
(C) a State apprenticeship program or a 
joint-labor management training program. 
(3) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local edu-
cational agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State’’ 
have the meanings given the terms in section 9101 
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of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(5) STATE
APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘State apprenticeship program’’ means an ap-
prenticeship program that provides an apprentice-
ship with an employer in the manufacturing field to 
students with an associate’s degree related to the 
field of manufacturing. 
(6) 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). 
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