HR 2224
114th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Manufacturing
Science and engineering education
Vocational and technical education
Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2015
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
May 1, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 1, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2015
Directs the Secretary 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:
- take science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses and STEM-focused Career and Technical Education courses and other courses during grades 11 and 12 at a secondary school served by the LEA that prepare them for community college;
- enroll in a course of study related to the manufacturing field at the community college upon graduating from the secondary school; and
- enroll, for a two-year period, in the state apprenticeship program or the joint-labor management training program upon receiving an associate's degree from the community college.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.