US HB1050 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-14 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Pending: House Education And The Workforce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to 10 eligible entities (partnerships among a local educational agency (LEA), a community college, and a state apprentice program or a joint-labor management training program) to carry out a program for students to: enroll in and complete science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses, STEM-focused career and technical education courses, and other courses during grades 11 and 12 at a high school served by the LEA that prepares them for community college; enroll in a course of study related to a high-growth skills industry, an in-demand industry or occupation, the manufacturing field, or other vocational or career and technical education field at a community college upon graduating from such high school; and enroll, for a two-year period, in the eligible entity's state apprenticeship program or the joint-labor management training program upon receiving an associate's degree from such community college.

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Title

Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2017

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-02-14HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2017-02-14HouseIntroduced in House

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