of the date of the assessment) training pro-
grams to meet future demand for training pro-
grams. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 
section, the Secretaries shall give priority to eligible 
entities that— 
‘‘(A) include a partnership, with an em-
ployer or an employer or industry partnership, 
that— 
‘‘(i) pays a portion of the costs of 
educational or career training programs; 
‘‘(ii) agrees to hire individuals who 
have attained a recognized postsecondary 
credential resulting from the educational or 
career training program of the eligible en-
tity; or 
‘‘(iii) includes an educational entity 
that has sought and received bonding au-
thority to fund partnerships program; 
‘‘(B) enter into a partnership with a labor 
organization or labor-management training pro-
gram to provide, through the program, tech-
nical expertise for occupationally specific edu-
cation necessary for a recognized postsecondary 
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credential leading to a skilled occupation in an 
in-demand industry sector or occupation; 
‘‘(C) are focused on serving individuals 
with barriers to employment, students who are 
veterans, spouses of members of the Armed 
Forces, individuals who are basic skills defi-
cient, and first-generation college students; 
‘‘(D) include in the partnership any entity 
serving areas with high unemployment rates; 
‘‘(E) include in the partnership an institu-
tion of higher education eligible for assistance 
under this title or title V; and 
‘‘(F) ensure geographic diversity, including 
appropriate representation of rural areas. 
‘‘(f) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded under 
this section shall be used for one or more of the following: 
‘‘(1) The development, offering, improvement, 
and provision of educational or career training pro-
grams, that provide relevant job training for skilled 
occupations, that lead to recognized postsecondary 
credentials, that will meet the needs of employers in 
in-demand industry sectors or occupations, and that 
may include registered apprenticeship programs, on- 
the-job training programs, and programs that sup-
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port employers in upgrading the skills of their work-
force. 
‘‘(2) The development and implementation of 
policies and programs to expand opportunities for 
students to earn a recognized postsecondary creden-
tial, including a degree, in in-demand industry sec-
tors or occupations, including by— 
‘‘(A) facilitating the transfer of academic 
credits between institutions of higher education, 
including the transfer of academic credits for 
courses in the same field of study; 
‘‘(B) expanding access to college-level, 
transferable coursework, which may include co-
ordination related to transfers of credit between 
institutions or common course numbering or 
use of a general core curriculum; 
‘‘(C) developing or enhancing student sup-
port services programs; and 
‘‘(D) establishing policies and processes for 
assessing and awarding course credit for work- 
related learning. 
‘‘(3) The creation of career pathways programs 
that provide a sequence of education and occupa-
tional training that leads to a recognized postsec-
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ondary credential, including a degree, including pro-
grams that— 
‘‘(A) blend basic skills and occupational 
training; 
‘‘(B) facilitate means of transitioning par-
ticipants from non-credit occupational, basic 
skills, or developmental coursework to for-credit 
coursework within and across institutions; 
‘‘(C) build or enhance linkages, including 
the development of dual or concurrent enroll-
ment programs and early college high schools, 
between secondary education or adult education 
programs 
(including 
programs 
established 
under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-
nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 
et seq.) and title II of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3271 et seq.)); 
‘‘(D) are innovative programs designed to 
increase the provision of training for students, 
including students who are members of the Na-
tional Guard or Reserves, to enter skilled occu-
pations in in-demand industry sectors or occu-
pations; 
‘‘(E) support paid internships that will 
allow students to simultaneously earn credit for 
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work-based learning and gain relevant employ-
ment experience in an in-demand industry sec-
tor or occupation, which shall include opportu-
nities that transition individuals into employ-
ment; and 
‘‘(F) develop competency-based education 
programs that offer an outcome-oriented ap-
proach through which recognized postsecondary 
credentials are awarded based on successful 
demonstration of skills and proficiency. 
‘‘(4) The development and implementation of— 
‘‘(A) a Pay-for-Performance program that 
leads to a recognized postsecondary credential, 
for which an eligible entity agrees to be reim-
bursed under the grant primarily on the basis 
of achievement of specified performance out-
comes and criteria agreed to by the Secretary 
of Education; or 
‘‘(B) a Pay-for-Success program that leads 
to a recognized postsecondary credential, for 
which an eligible entity— 
‘‘(i) enters into a partnership with an 
investor, such as a philanthropic organiza-
tion that provides funding for a specific 
project to address a clear and measurable 
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