3.0.0 5252 2022-12-31T08:59:41Z 2022-12-31T08:59:41Z House HR 2021-09-14 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 158 (Tuesday, September 14, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. HARDER of California:H.R. 5252.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the UnitedStates[Page H4524]]]> hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-09-14T15:02:40Z 2021-09-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2021-09-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-09-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001090 Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10] Josh Harder D CA 10 N Labor and Employment Labor and Employment 00 2021-09-14 Introduced in House 2022-07-05T16:12:15Z Connecting Students to Great Jobs Act

This bill directs the Department of Labor and the Department of Education (ED) to award career pathway grants and provide assistance for career pathway programs.

Labor must 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. Grant 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.

The bill requires ED to 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.

The bill also directs ED to (1) award grants to states to establish statewide career pathways coalitions, (2) establish a career pathways innovation grant program to support career pathways in high school and career exploration in the middle grades, and (3) provide technical assistance.

]]> Connecting Students to Great Jobs Act Official Title as Introduced 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, to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program that awards grants to State coalitions that build or expand career pathways programs in schools within the State, and to establish a program that awards grants to eligible agencies to carry out career pathways programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Connecting Students to Great Jobs Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Connecting Students to Great Jobs Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr5252ih/xml/BILLS-117hr5252ih.xml 2021-09-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. 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.