Title: Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2019
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2019
This bill directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to 10 eligible entities to carry out a program for students to
An eligible entity is a partnership (1) among one or more LEAs, community colleges, and youth apprenticeship programs or joint labor-management training programs; and (2) that works with an employer in a state-identified high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sector or occupation that is serving, or seeking to expand its capacity to serve, youth apprenticeship programs.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1197 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1197

  To establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships 
among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational 
       agencies, and community colleges, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2019

Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself, Mr. McNerney, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. 
   Norton, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Sean Patrick 
 Maloney of New York, Mr. Heck, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Kind, Ms. Jayapal, 
 Ms. DelBene, Mr. Kilmer, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Velazquez, and Mr. Hastings) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships 
among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational 
       agencies, and community colleges, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. 2-2-2 PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--From the amounts appropriated to carry out this 
Act, the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Labor, shall award grants to 10 eligible entities to carry a program 
described in subsection (c) for eligible students.
    (b) Application Requirements.--An eligible entity 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 Secretary 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 participating in the program--
            (1) during grades 11 and 12 at a high school served by a 
        local educational agency partner of the eligible entity, 
        enrolls in and completes--
                    (A) STEM and STEM-focused career and technical 
                education courses; and
                    (B) 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 
                (within the meaning of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
                Technical Education Act of 2006, as in effect on or 
                after July 1, 2019), or the manufacturing field or 
                other vocational or career and technical education 
                field;
            (2) upon graduating from the high school, enrolls, at a 
        community college partner of the eligible entity--
                    (A) in a course of study related to a career 
                pathway described in paragraph (1)(B); or
                    (B) in a youth apprenticeship program; and
            (3) upon receiving an associate's degree from the community 
        college, in the case of a student who has not completed the 
        youth apprenticeship program or joint labor-management training 
        program of the eligible entity, enrolls and participates, for 
        at least a 2-year period, in such youth apprenticeship program 
        or joint labor-management training program.
    (d) Eligible Students.--To be eligible to participate 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 pathway described in subsection (c)(1)(B).
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Apprenticeship.--The term ``apprenticeship'' means an 
        apprenticeship registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 
        (commonly known as the ``National Apprenticeship Act''; 50 
        Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.).
            (2) 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).
            (3) Community college.--The term ``community college'' has 
        the meaning given the term ``junior or community college'' in 
        section 312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        1058(f)).
            (4) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a 
        partnership--
                    (A) among--
                            (i) one or more local educational agencies;
                            (ii) one or more community colleges; and
                            (iii) one or more youth apprenticeship 
                        programs or joint labor-management training 
                        programs; and
                    (B) that works with an employer in a State-
                identified high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry 
                sector or occupation described in subsection (c)(1)(B) 
                that is serving, or seeking to expand its capacity to 
                serve, youth apprenticeship programs.
            (5) ESEA terms.--The terms ``local educational 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).
            (6) In-demand industry sector or occupation.--The term 
        ``in-demand industry sector or occupation'' has the meaning 
        given the term in section 3 of the Workforce Investment and 
        Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102).
            (7) Joint labor-management training program.--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 of employers and 
                representatives of employees represented by a bona fide 
                collective bargaining agent; and
                    (B) has been established to conduct, operate, or 
                administer an youth apprenticeship program 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 apprenticeship 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 enrolled in high 
                school; and
                    (B) incorporates the following:
                            (i) Paid, on-the-job learning under the 
                        supervision of skilled employee mentors.
                            (ii) Related classroom-based instruction at 
                        a local educational agency or community college 
                        partner of the eligible entity aligned with a 
                        career pathway described in subsection 
                        (c)(2)(A).
                            (iii) Ongoing assessment against 
                        established skill and competency standards.
                            (iv) Culmination in a recognized 
                        postsecondary credential, with the quality of 
                        the training leading to the credential reviewed 
                        by the eligible entity.
                            (v) Leads to placement in further 
                        education, employment, or an apprenticeship 
                        program.
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