Title: Classroom to Careers Act of 2019
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Classroom to Careers Act of 2019
This bill permits institutions of higher education to enter into private-sector employment agreements with the Department of Education in order to receive certain federal work-study grants for full-time employment of students, with restrictions. Currently, such agreements are limited to part-time employment.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 830 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 830

   To amend the Federal Work-Study program to permit institutions of 
 higher education to use their Federal work-study allocations for full-
    time, off-campus cooperative education and work-based learning.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 14, 2019

 Mrs. Gillibrand (for herself and Mr. Toomey) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Work-Study program to permit institutions of 
 higher education to use their Federal work-study allocations for full-
    time, off-campus cooperative education and work-based learning.

    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 ``Classroom to Careers Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS FOR FULL-TIME, OFF-
              CAMPUS COOPERATIVE EDUCATION AND WORK-BASED LEARNING.

    (a) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act, and the amendments 
made by this Act, to enable, expand, and enhance the use of Federal 
work-study by students for part-time and full-time, off-campus 
cooperative education and other work-based learning experiences with 
nonprofit, government, and for-profit employers.
    (b) Grants for Federal Work-Study Programs.--Part C of title IV of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087-51 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 441(a), by striking ``part-time''; and
            (2) in section 443--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``part-
                time'';
                    (B) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) by striking ``program of part-
                                time employment'' and inserting the 
                                following: ``program--
                    ``(A) of employment'';
                                    (II) by inserting ``or'' after 
                                ``subsection (b)(3);''; and
                                    (III) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
                    ``(B) of full-time employment of its cooperative 
                education students--
                            ``(i) in work for a private for-profit 
                        organization under an arrangement between the 
                        institution and such organization that offers 
                        cooperative education and with the requirements 
                        of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection 
                        (b)(1) and subsection (b)(3) for not longer 
                        than a 6-month period (which period may be 
                        completed non-consecutively, including during 
                        summer and intercession periods); and
                            ``(ii) who may participate in more than one 
                        work period described in clause (i) during the 
                        course of the students' enrollment;''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``and 
                        complement and reinforce the educational goals 
                        or career goals of each student receiving 
                        assistance under this part'' after 
                        ``relevant''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Career Pathways.--An institution that operates a work-study 
program under this part shall ensure that participation in the program 
aligns with the requirements of career pathways as defined in section 3 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
    ``(g) Cooperative Education.--In this section, the term 
`cooperative education' means the provision of alternating or parallel 
periods of academic study and work-based learning or public or private 
employment to give students work experiences related to their academic 
or occupational objectives and an opportunity to earn the funds 
necessary for continuing and completing their education.''.
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