3.0.0 834 2020-02-10T17:00:21Z 2020-02-10T17:00:21Z Senate S S 2005-04-18 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-18T22:07:58Z 2005-04-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3830-3831) IntroReferral 2005-04-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS N Labor and Employment Adult education Bilingualism Colleges Community colleges Community organization Compensatory education Economics and Public Finance Education Employee training English language Federal aid to education Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Grants-in-aid Higher education Immigrant education Immigration Labor unions Literacy programs Vocational and technical education Wages Workplace literacy Labor and Employment 00 2005-04-18 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-10T22:06:28Z Limited English Proficiency and Integrated Workforce Training Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish and implement a national demonstration project to analyze and provide data on workforce training programs that integrate English language acquisition and occupational training.

Requires the Secretary to award at least ten competitive grants to entities with expertise in serving individuals with limited English proficiency and in providing such integrated training programs. Requires such entities to work with a local board and to include as a principal participant at least one of the following: (1) an employer or employer organization; (2) a nonprofit provider of English instruction; (3) a provider of occupational or skills training; (4) a community-based organization; (5) an educational institution, including a two- or four-year college, or a technical or vocational school; (6) a labor organization; or (7) a local board.

]]> Limited English Proficiency and Integrated Workforce Training Act Short Titles as Introduced Limited English Proficiency and Integrated Workforce Training Act Display Title Limited English Proficiency and Integrated Workforce Training Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to provide for integrated workforce training programs for adults with limited English proficiency, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-18T04:00:00Z 2005-04-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3830-3831) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.