I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2690 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to define employer- 
directed skills development, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 7, 2025 
Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS (for herself and Mr. MOOLENAAR) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Work-
force 
A BILL 
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
to define employer-directed skills development, 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 ‘‘Improve Employer- 
Directed Skills Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EMPLOYER-DIRECTED SKILLS DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) INTERVIEW EXCEPTION.—Section 134(c)(3)(A) 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3174(c)(3)(A)) is amended— 
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(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘as provided in 
clause (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘as provided in clause (ii) 
or (iii)’’; 
(2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); 
and 
(3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: 
‘‘(iii) EMPLOYER REFERRAL.—A one- 
stop operator or one-stop partner shall not 
be required to conduct an interview, eval-
uation, or assessment of an individual 
under clause (i) if such individual— 
‘‘(I) is referred by an employer to 
receive on-the-job training or em-
ployer-directed skills development in 
connection with that employer; and 
‘‘(II) has been certified by the 
employer as being an individual who 
is in need of training services to ob-
tain unsubsidized employment with 
such employer and who has the skills 
and qualifications to successfully par-
ticipate in the selected program of 
training services.’’. 
(b) EMPLOYER-DIRECTED SKILLS DEVELOPMENT 
AGREEMENT.—Section 134(c)(3) of the Workforce Inno-
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vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(3)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) EMPLOYER-DIRECTED SKILLS DEVEL-
OPMENT.—An employer may receive a contract 
from a local board to provide employer-directed 
skills development to a participant or group of 
participants if the employer submits to the local 
board an agreement that establishes— 
‘‘(i) the provider of the skills develop-
ment program, which may be the employer; 
‘‘(ii) the length of the skills develop-
ment program; 
‘‘(iii) the recognized postsecondary 
credentials that will be awarded to, or the 
occupational skills that will be gained by, 
program participants; 
‘‘(iv) the cost of the skills development 
program; 
‘‘(v) the estimated earnings of pro-
gram participants upon successful comple-
tion of the program; 
‘‘(vi) the amount of such cost that will 
be paid by the employer, which shall not be 
less than the amount specified in subpara-
graph (C) of section 3(19); and 
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‘‘(vii) a commitment by the employer 
to employ the participating individual or 
individuals upon successful completion of 
the program.’’. 
(c) GLOBAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Title I of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3111 et seq.) is amended by striking ‘‘customized train-
ing’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘employer-di-
rected skills development’’. 
Æ 
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