HR 2933 115th Congress House

LEARNS Act

Official title: To promote effective registered apprenticeships, for skills, credentials, and employment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 16, 2017 Introduced by: Pocan, Mark Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov

Labor and Employment Advisory bodiesDepartment of LaborEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary education

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Employment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureHigher educationPerformance measurementTeaching, teachers, curriculaVocational and technical education

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Jun 16, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Jun 16, 2017

Introduced in House

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Latest action June 16, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act or the LEARNS Act

This bill establishes, in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, an Office of Apprenticeship to:

determine whether an apprenticeship program meets requirements for registration and maintains the standards necessary to remain registered,
manage the national apprenticeship system (the collective group of registered apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship programs in the nation), and
make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry out projects that support development of pre-apprenticeship programs.

The bill also establishes in Labor a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships.

Labor and the Department of Education shall establish a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Collaborative consisting of the sponsors carrying out registered apprenticeship programs, two- or four-year postsecondary educational institutions, and organizations that represent such programs or institutions, that agree to meet certain criteria in order to promote stronger connections between the registered apprenticeship programs involved and participating two- and four-year postsecondary educational institutions.

Labor shall make assistance payments to eligible sponsors of new registered apprenticeship programs or of existing programs that add employers as new partners, that may include joint labor-management registered apprenticeship programs.

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