US Congress House Bill 1197 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-13 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Pending: House Education and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to 10 eligible entities to carry out a program for students to enroll in and complete science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and STEM-focused career and technical education (CTE) courses and other courses during grades 11 and 12 at a secondary school served by a local educational agency (LEA) partner that prepare them for community college and a career in a state-identified high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sector or occupation, or the manufacturing field or other vocational or CTE field; enroll in a course of study related to such a career pathway or in a youth apprenticeship program at the community college upon graduating from the secondary school; and enroll, for a two-year period, in the youth apprenticeship program or the joint-labor management training program upon receiving an associate's degree from the community college. An eligible entity is a partnership (1) among one or more LEAs, community colleges, and youth apprenticeship programs or joint labor-management training programs; and (2) that works with an employer in a state-identified high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sector or occupation that is serving, or seeking to expand its capacity to serve, youth apprenticeship programs.

Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2019

Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
2019-02-13	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1197/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1197/BILLS-116hr1197ih.pdf