Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2019

I 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 agen- cies, and community colleges, and for other purposes. 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 PAT- RICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. HECK, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. KIND, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. KILMER, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, and Mr. HASTINGS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 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- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Youth Access to Amer- 4 ican Jobs Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:04 Feb 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1197.IH H1197 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1197 IH SEC. 2. 2–2–2 PILOT PROGRAM. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 2 to carry out this Act, the Secretary of Education, in con- 3 sultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall award grants 4 to 10 eligible entities to carry a program described in sub- 5 section (c) for eligible students. 6 (b) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible enti- 7 ty that desires to receive a grant under this section shall 8 submit an application to the Secretary as such time, in 9 such manner, and containing such information as the Sec- 10 retary may require. 11 (c) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 12 a grant under this section shall use such grant to carry 13 out a program under which each eligible student partici- 14 pating in the program— 15 (1) during grades 11 and 12 at a high school 16 served by a local educational agency partner of the 17 eligible entity, enrolls in and completes— 18 (A) STEM and STEM-focused career and 19 technical education courses; and 20 (B) courses that prepare such student for 21 community college and a career in a State-iden- 22 tified high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand indus- 23 try sector or occupation (within the meaning of 24 the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu- 25 cation Act of 2006, as in effect on or after July 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:04 Feb 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1197.IH H1197 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 1197 IH 1, 2019), or the manufacturing field or other 1 vocational or career and technical education 2 field; 3 (2) upon graduating from the high school, en- 4 rolls, at a community college partner of the eligible 5 entity— 6 (A) in a course of study related to a career 7 pathway described in paragraph (1)(B); or 8 (B) in a youth apprenticeship program; 9 and 10 (3) upon receiving an associate’s degree from 11 the community college, in the case of a student who 12 has not completed the youth apprenticeship program 13 or joint labor-management training program of the 14 eligible entity, enrolls and participates, for at least 15 a 2-year period, in such youth apprenticeship pro- 16 gram or joint labor-management training program. 17 (d) ELIGIBLE STUDENTS.—To be eligible to partici- 18 pate in a program described in subsection (c), a student 19 shall, prior to participating in the program, demonstrate 20 academic ability and a commitment to pursue a career 21 pathway described in subsection (c)(1)(B). 22 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 23 (1) APPRENTICESHIP.—The term ‘‘apprentice- 24 ship’’ means an apprenticeship registered under the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:04 Feb 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1197.IH H1197 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 1197 IH Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the 1 ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chap- 2 ter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 3 (2) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—The 4 term ‘‘career and technical education’’ has the 5 meaning given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. 6 Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 7 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 8 (3) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu- 9 nity college’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘junior 10 or community college’’ in section 312(f) of the High- 11 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)). 12 (4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti- 13 ty’’ means a partnership— 14 (A) among— 15 (i) one or more local educational agen- 16 cies; 17 (ii) one or more community colleges; 18 and 19 (iii) one or more youth apprenticeship 20 programs or joint labor-management train- 21 ing programs; and 22 (B) that works with an employer in a 23 State-identified high-skill, high-wage, or in-de- 24 mand industry sector or occupation described in 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:04 Feb 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1197.IH H1197 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 1197 IH subsection (c)(1)(B) that is serving, or seeking 1 to expand its capacity to serve, youth appren- 2 ticeship programs. 3 (5) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local edu- 4 cational agency’’, ‘‘high school’’, and ‘‘State’’ have 5 the meanings given the terms in section 8101 of the 6 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 7 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 8 (6) IN-DEMAND INDUSTRY SECTOR OR OCCUPA- 9 TION.—The term ‘‘in-demand industry sector or oc- 10 cupation’’ has the meaning given the term in section 11 3 of the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act 12 (29 U.S.C. 3102). 13 (7) JOINT LABOR-MANAGEMENT TRAINING PRO- 14 GRAM.—The term ‘‘joint labor-management training 15 program’’ means a program that— 16 (A) is carried out by a committee that is 17 composed of an equal number of representatives 18 of employers and representatives of employees 19 represented by a bona fide collective bargaining 20 agent; and 21 (B) has been established to conduct, oper- 22 ate, or administer an youth apprenticeship pro- 23 gram and enter into apprenticeship agreements 24 with apprentices. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:04 Feb 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1197.IH H1197 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 6 •HR 1197 IH (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 1 the Secretary of Education. 2 (9) STEM.—The term ‘‘STEM’’ means— 3 (A) science, technology, engineering, and 4 mathematics; and 5 (B) other career and technical education 6 subjects that build on the subjects described in 7 subparagraph (A). 8 (10) YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.—The 9 term ‘‘youth apprenticeship program’’ means an ap- 10 prenticeship program that is a partner of the eligible 11 entity that— 12 (A) is designed for an eligible student who 13 at the start of the program is eligible to be en- 14 rolled in high school; and 15 (B) incorporates the following: 16 (i) Paid, on-the-job learning under the 17 supervision of skilled employee mentors. 18 (ii) Related classroom-based instruc- 19 tion at a local educational agency or com- 20 munity college partner of the eligible entity 21 aligned with a career pathway described in 22 subsection (c)(2)(A). 23 (iii) Ongoing assessment against es- 24 tablished skill and competency standards. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:04 Feb 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1197.IH H1197 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 7 •HR 1197 IH (iv) Culmination in a recognized post- 1 secondary credential, with the quality of 2 the training leading to the credential re- 3 viewed by the eligible entity. 4 (v) Leads to placement in further edu- 5 cation, employment, or an apprenticeship 6 program. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:04 Feb 26, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1197.IH H1197 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS