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HR 3892 116th Congress House

START Career Pathways Act

Official title: To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to award competitive grants for the purpose of developing, offering, improving, and providing educational… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to award competitive grants for the purpose of developing, offering, improving, and providing educational or career pathway programs for workers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 23, 2019 Introduced by: Harder, Josh Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Adult education and literacyEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmployee hiring
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Short-Term Accelerated Reskilling Tracks Career Pathways Act or the START Career Pathways Act

This bill directs the Department of Labor, in coordination with the Department of Education, to award competitive grants to eligible institutions of higher education and vocational institutions to develop, offer, improve and provide educational or career pathway programs for workers. Grants funds must be used for specified purposes, including for career pathway programs that provide relevant job training to meet the needs of employers in high-skill, high-wage, or in demand sectors or occupations and that may include registered apprenticeship programs. .

Beginning on October 1, 2019, Labor shall carry out a program to award START federal Pell Grants to students in short-term programs that prepare participants for employment opportunities in high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand sectors or occupations in a geographic area in which the programs are offered.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3892: START Career Pathways Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3892/
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"H.R. 3892: START Career Pathways Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3892/.
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H.R. 3892, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3892/.
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