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HR 2224 114th Congress House

Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2015

Official title: To establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational agencies, and community colleges, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 20, 2015 Introduced by: Larsen, Rick Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Elementary and secondary educationEmployment and training programsHigher educationManufacturing
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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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
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 Latest action November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 29
All 29 Democratic 14
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Nov 18, 2016
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Nov 15, 2016
McNerney, Jerry
· Nov 15, 2016
 D
Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Sep 27, 2016
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Sep 27, 2016
Lee, Barbara
· Sep 26, 2016
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Sep 22, 2016
Eshoo, Anna
· Feb 2, 2016
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Feb 2, 2016
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Dec 18, 2015
Kuster, Ann
· Dec 18, 2015
RANGEL, CHARLES
· Dec 18, 2015
BROWN, CORRINE
· Nov 30, 2015
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Nov 30, 2015
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 30, 2015
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Nov 30, 2015
Higgins, Brian
· Nov 2, 2015
RYAN, TIM
· Nov 2, 2015
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Nov 2, 2015
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Nov 2, 2015
HONDA, MICHAEL
· Oct 27, 2015
NOLAN, RICHARD
· Oct 27, 2015
SLAUGHTER, LOUISE
· Oct 27, 2015
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Oct 21, 2015
 D
Swalwell, Eric
California · Oct 21, 2015
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Oct 20, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 20, 2015
MCDERMOTT, JIM
· May 1, 2015
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · May 1, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2224: Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2224/
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"H.R. 2224: Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2224/.
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