I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3804 To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to address workforce gaps, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 5, 2023 Mrs. BICE (for herself and Ms. JACOBS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to address workforce gaps, 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 ‘‘Workforce and Edu- 4 cation Partnership Act of 2023’’. 5 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION 6 AND OPPORTUNITY ACT. 7 (a) YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 8 FOR HIGH-DEMAND OCCUPATIONS.—Section 129(b)(2) of 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:07 Jun 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3804.IH H3804 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3804 IH the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 1 3164(b)(2)) is amended— 2 (1) in subparagraph (D)(v), by striking ‘‘and’’ 3 at the end; 4 (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 5 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 6 (3) by inserting at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(F) developing partnerships between edu- 8 cational institutions (including area career and 9 technical education schools and institutions of 10 higher education) and employers to create or 11 improve workforce development programs to ad- 12 dress the identified education and skill needs of 13 the workforce and the employment needs of em- 14 ployers in the regions of the State, as deter- 15 mined based on the most recent analysis con- 16 ducted under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 17 section 102(b)(1).’’. 18 (b) STATEWIDE ADULT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 19 PROGRAMS FOR HIGH-DEMAND OCCUPATIONS.—Section 20 134(a)(3)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(a)(3)(A)) is 21 amended— 22 (1) in clause (xiii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 23 end; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:07 Jun 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3804.IH H3804 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3804 IH (2) in clause (xiv), by striking the period and 1 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2 (3) by inserting at the end the following: 3 ‘‘(xv) developing partnerships between 4 educational institutions (including area ca- 5 reer and technical education schools and 6 institutions of higher education) and em- 7 ployers to create or improve workforce de- 8 velopment programs to address the identi- 9 fied education and skill needs of the work- 10 force and the employment needs of employ- 11 ers in the regions of the State, as deter- 12 mined based on the most recent analysis 13 conducted under subparagraphs (B) and 14 (C) of section 102(b)(1).’’. 15 (c) LOCAL ADULT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PRO- 16 GRAMS FOR HIGH-DEMAND OCCUPATIONS.—Section 17 134(d)(1)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(1)(A)) is 18 amended— 19 (1) in clause (xi), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 20 (2) in clause (xii), by striking the period and in- 21 serting ‘‘; and’’; and 22 (3) by inserting at the end the following: 23 ‘‘(xiii) the development of partner- 24 ships between educational institutions (in- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:07 Jun 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3804.IH H3804 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3804 IH cluding area career and technical education 1 schools and institutions of higher edu- 2 cation) and employers to create or improve 3 workforce development programs to ad- 4 dress the identified education and skill 5 needs of the workforce and the employ- 6 ment needs of employers in the region, as 7 determined based on the most recent anal- 8 ysis conducted by the local board under 9 section 107(d)(2).’’. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:07 Jun 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3804.IH H3804 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS