3.0.0 6786 2025-12-05T09:15:16Z 2025-12-05T09:15:16Z House H HR 2023-12-14 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/6786 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 206 (Thursday, December 14, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. LYNCH:H.R. 6786.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section VIII, Clause XVIIIThe single subject of this legislation is:This bill will create a grant program with the Departmentof Labor in consultation with the Department of Education toconduct in-person or virtual programs to help high schooldropouts earn their GED and enter the workforce.[Page H6986]</pre> hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee House Standing Referred To 2023-12-14T14:02:30Z 118 3518 S 2023-12-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Identical bill CRS 2023-12-14 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and Workforce Committee 2023-12-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-12-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000562 Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] Stephen Lynch D MA F. 8 N A000370 Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] Alma Adams D NC S. 12 2024-01-03 False N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2024-01-03 False Education Education 2024-01-25T19:00:21Z

00 2023-12-14 Introduced in House 2024-05-24T12:27:27Z <p><strong>Reengage the Workforce Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of Labor, in consultation with the Department of Education, to make competitive grants to eligible entities for carrying out in-person or virtual programs to provide specified services to eligible secondary school dropouts.</p><p><em>Eligible entity</em> refers to a partnership between or among (1) a local educational agency, a unit of general local government, a nonprofit intermediary, or a consortium of any of these entities; and (2) a community-based organization, an institution of higher education, or a local or state board (or a combination of these entities).</p><p><em>Eligible secondary school dropout </em>refers to an individual who is not younger than 16 years of age and who is not enrolled in a secondary school or high school equivalency program.</p><p>A program funded with a grant must provide specified services to eligible secondary school dropouts. These services include assistance in reentering a secondary school or entering an in-person or virtual high school equivalency program, flexible secondary school credit recovery to accelerate the time to receive a high school diploma, life and career workshops, and supportive services (e.g., transportation, child care, and housing).</p><p>Labor must give preference to eligible entities that will use the grant to carry out programs in low-income communities or that will implement evidence-based practices in providing these services.</p><p>Labor must annually report to Congress about this grant program.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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