[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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[S. 456 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 456

 To establish school-to-work transition programs for all students, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 25 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

Mr. Simon (for himself and Mr. Wofford) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish school-to-work transition programs for all students, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Career Pathways Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) the workplace skills required by high school graduates 
        have changed dramatically;
            (2) if the United States is going to be competitive in the 
        world market, all students must leave secondary school with 
        high skills;
            (3) collaboration between schools and employers can improve 
        academic instruction and workplace skills of students; and
            (4) linking academic learning to the world of work can help 
        promote an enthusiasm and motivation for learning in all 
        students.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to coordinate or build 
upon existing programs and to promote the establishment of new programs 
that link schools and businesses to integrate academic learning and 
career skills, in order to--
            (1) promote high academic standards;
            (2) provide students with work skills recognized by an 
        industry, in addition to a high school diploma and the 
        potential for postsecondary education;
            (3) involve students of all backgrounds in a program that 
        links education with the workplace and involves students and 
        employers in their communities;
            (4) encourage teacher innovation and teamwork;
            (5) integrate school-industry partnerships with school 
        reform and restructuring efforts; and
            (6) remove barriers to entry into all high-wage, high-skill 
        occupations for young people regardless of race, socioeconomic 
        status, or gender.

SEC. 3. CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAM.

    The Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new title:

                 ``TITLE VIII--CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAMS

                      ``PART A--GENERAL PROVISIONS

``SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For purposes of this title, the following definitions apply:
            ``(1) Career pathways.--The term `Career Pathways' 
        (hereafter referred to in this title as `CP') programs includes 
        any eligible partnerships which provide school-to-work 
        transition programs that are for all students and that meet the 
        requirements described in section 811(b)(5). School-to-work 
        transition programs such as preappprenticeship programs, career 
        academies, mentoring programs, tech prep, co-op education, 
        youth programs under parts B and C of title II of the Job 
        Training Partnership Act, vocational education, school-based 
        enterprises, or community service internships, that provide 
        services that meet the requirements described in section 
        811(b)(5) may be considered as CP programs.
            ``(2) Coaching.--The term `coaching' means demonstrating 
        skills a student will need to perform assigned tasks, 
        monitoring and critiquing a student's performance, and modeling 
        good performance (such as thinking through decisions out loud).
            ``(3) Counseling.--The term `counseling' means one-on-one 
        discussions between counselors and students that help students 
        resolve any personal, academic, or employment-related problems 
        and that aid students in developing career options with 
        attention to gender, race, or socioeconomic impediments to 
        career options.
            ``(4) Eligible partnership.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `eligible partnership' 
                means the collaboration or partnership of--
                            ``(i) a school or local education agency;
                            ``(ii) an employer or an employer 
                        association; and
                            ``(iii) a labor union or employee 
                        representative.
                    ``(B) Other partnerships.--An eligible partnership 
                may also include--
                            ``(i) a nonprofit organization;
                            ``(ii) a community-based organization;
                            ``(iii) an institution of higher education;
                            ``(iv) a State employment agency; or
                            ``(v) the private industry council.
            ``(5) Employee representative.--The term `employee 
        representative' means an individual or association in a 
        nonsupervisory role designated to represent the best interests 
        of CP program students at the workplace with respect to all 
        Federal and State employee protection laws, where a labor union 
        representative does not exist.
            ``(6) Industry.--The term `industry' means any employers, 
        employer associations, and labor unions (or employee 
        associations where labor unions do not exist), that participate 
        in similar product or service markets.
            ``(7) Mentoring.--The term `mentoring' means helping a 
        student socialize and assimilate into a workplace culture by 
        helping such student solve problems, advising such student on 
        academic and career questions, and providing role models to 
        students interested in participating in occupations which have 
        traditionally been gender-specific.
            ``(8) Preapprenticeship program.--The term 
        `preapprenticeship program' means a program that provides 
        academic and work-related instruction to equip students with 
        the skills necessary to enter registered apprenticeship 
        programs.
            ``(9) School-to-work transition.--The term `school-to-work 
        transition' means academic instruction and work-based learning 
        that integrate academic, technical and occupational skills for 
        the purposes of--
                    ``(A) creating career and higher education options 
                for high school graduates;
                    ``(B) removing the labels of and barriers between 
                college-bound and noncollege-bound students; and
                    ``(C) removing the barriers to career-entry 
                employment for youth.
            ``(10) Work-based learning.--The term `work-based learning' 
        means instruction that occurs at a workplace which integrates 
        academic instruction and occupational skills, and that includes 
        the use of a formal plan for managing a student's work 
        experience. Such plan should map out sequential activities to 
        teach workplace skills, build academic and technical skills, 
        and provide such student with a comprehensive picture of 
        interrelated occupations. Such plan should also identify one or 
        more employees at the worksite who will provide coaching and 
        mentoring for such student.

``SEC. 802. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 
$250,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, 
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996, 
1997, and 1998.

``SEC. 803. ESTABLISHMENT OF A GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Overall Program Authority.--The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Education, shall--
            ``(1) award CP program grants to eligible partnerships;
            ``(2) award grants to States to develop or expand statewide 
        CP systems;
            ``(3) award grants to an industry or trade association or a 
        labor union to design and implement an industry-wide or 
        occupation-wide CP program;
            ``(4) administer a system to inform employers and educators 
        about CP programs with special consideration given to 
        increasing the diversity of skilled youth, and to encourage 
        such employers and educators to participate in CP programs, 
        particularly programs located in economically disadvantaged 
        areas;
            ``(5) establish or fund an entity to provide technical 
        assistance to States, educators, employers, eligible 
        partnerships, labor unions or employee representatives, or 
        schools, particularly schools with high concentrations of 
        economically disadvantaged students, with respect to 
        establishing and maintaining CP programs;
            ``(6) assist national employer associations, labor unions, 
        and training professionals in the research and development of 
        national skills standards and certification that employ valid 
        and unbiased methods of assessment;
            ``(7) make every effort to ensure that CP grants serve a 
        diverse population in terms of gender, socioeconomic status, 
        geographic location, and rural and urban settings;
            ``(8) provide a uniform format (that is in accordance with 
        other Federal education and human resource program reporting 
        requirements, to the extent possible) for program grant 
        recipients to annually report program outcomes that identify 
        program outcomes by age, gender, and race;
            ``(9) conduct an annual survey of all planning grant 
        recipients to determine the progress of statewide school-to-
        work transition systems;
            ``(10) study the need for a national CP system and not 
        later than December 31, 1995, prepare and submit to the 
        appropriate Committees of Congress a report containing findings 
        and recommendations with respect to such study;
            ``(11) review and approve statewide plans for CP programs; 
        and
            ``(12) evaluate the CP programs and, not later than 
        December 31, 1995, and biannually thereafter, prepare and 
        submit to the appropriate Committees of Congress a report on 
        the status and success of the programs funded under this Act.
    ``(b) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary may award grants under this 
title on a competitive basis to--
            ``(1) eligible partnerships to enable such partnerships to 
        establish, expand or operate CP programs; and
            ``(2) States to enable such States to plan and develop 
        statewide systems for establishing or operating CP programs.

                 ``PART B--CP PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP GRANT

``SEC. 811. GRANT APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this 
        title, an eligible partnership shall prepare and submit an 
        application to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and 
        accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
        require.
            ``(2) Joint submission.--An application under paragraph (1) 
        shall be jointly prepared and submitted to the Secretary by 
        members of the eligible partnerships.
    ``(b) Contents of Application.--Each application submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall--
            ``(1) describe the lead fiscal agent of the partnership and 
        the manner in which funds received by such partnership will be 
        used to design and implement a CP program;
            ``(2) provide assurances that the eligible partnership will 
        meet the matching requirement of section 813(c);
            ``(3) identify the funding sources to be used in meeting 
        the matching requirement of section 813(c);
            ``(4) describe how funds received, or to be received, by 
        the applicant from appropriate Federal programs will be used to 
        operate the CP program;
            ``(5) provide assurances that the CP program to be 
        established by the applicant will include--
                    ``(A) an integration of school-based learning with 
                worksite learning, including--
                            ``(i) collaborative efforts between 
                        teachers and industry to assimilate academic 
                        curricula and classroom teaching methods with 
                        worksite technical and organizational 
                        requirements; and
                            ``(ii) use of work-related equipment or 
                        materials whenever possible in classrooms;
                    ``(B) training and orientation for teachers and 
                employees that provide--
                            ``(i) teacher training in and orientation 
                        to occupational, technical and employer skill 
                        requirements, including addressing any gender 
                        equity issues where appropriate; and
                            ``(ii) employee training in and orientation 
                        to educational and mentoring requirements;
                    ``(C) the use of high academic standards that 
                maintain future academic and career options;
                    ``(D) occupational and technical training that 
                provides--
                            ``(i) broad experience in and an 
                        understanding of all aspects of an industry, 
                        such as planning, management, finance, 
                        underlying principles of relevant technologies, 
                        community issues, and labor issues;
                            ``(ii) experience with and knowledge of any 
                        technical and production skills, as well as 
                        health, safety, and environmental standards; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) industry-wide, occupation-specific 
                        knowledge, skills and abilities;
                    ``(E) instruction in employability skills, 
                including--
                            ``(i) the ability to manage resources, to 
                        work with others and to maintain good work 
                        habits; and
                            ``(ii) the ability to acquire and use 
                        information, to understand and master systems, 
                        and to work with technologies;
                    ``(F) work-based learning that includes--
                            ``(i) a formal training agreement between 
                        the school, teacher, student, employer, parents 
                        or guardian, and participating employees or an 
                        employee representative, outlining respective 
                        roles and responsibilities of each individual 
                        or entity described in this clause;
                            ``(ii) a formal work-site training plan;
                            ``(iii) employee mentors; and
                            ``(iv) paid work for students with wages to 
                        reflect such students' increasing skill levels 
                        throughout such students' participation in the 
                        program;
                    ``(G) preenrollment counseling and support or 
                linkages to programs that provide--
                            ``(i) as early as possible, career 
                        guidance, exploration and counseling to help 
                        students define academic goals and develop 
                        career interests; and
                            ``(ii) supplemental tutoring and academic 
                        assistance to help students achieve the 
                        educational prerequisites for participation in 
                        a CP program;
                    ``(H) career guidance and program support services 
                that provide--
                            ``(i) career guidance and counseling to 
                        students in preparation for post-program 
                        employment and education; and
                            ``(ii) supplemental educational, 
                        occupational, or work-based learning assistance 
                        to assist students who are experiencing 
                        difficulty in meeting CP program standards;
                    ``(I) skill certification or postsecondary 
                educational credit for students, including the receipt 
                of a certification of occupational skills based on 
                national or industry-wide occupational skill standards, 
                where available, by students who have successfully 
                completed the CP program (such certification is to be 
                in addition to academic credits earned for the high 
                school diploma);
                    ``(J) active collaboration among employers, 
                schools, students, parents, unions, or employee 
                representatives and community-based organizations, 
                where appropriate, in program design and 
                implementation;
                    ``(K) methods to assess academic mastery, 
                employability knowledge and skills, occupational and 
                technical instruction as well as matriculation into 
                postsecondary work or educational programs;
                    ``(L) assurances from employers that Federal and 
                State laws relating to the safety, health, and well 
                being of employees, including the right to a 
                harassment-free workplace, apply to CP program students 
                and that CP students do not displace current employees;
                    ``(M) admission criteria that permit entry into the 
                CP program and that are consistent with Federal civil 
                rights laws governing federally funded education 
                programs and governing employers;
                    ``(N) training options and career counseling that 
                address nontraditional employment for women and that 
                facilitate the entry of minorities and women into high-
                skill, high-wage professions; and
                    ``(O) systematic efforts to place graduates in 
                full-time employment in the field for which such 
                graduates have been certified, or to assist such 
                graduates in pursuing postsecondary education or 
                continued work preparation; and
            ``(6) provide assurances that students who complete the CP 
        program will be academically and technically prepared to enter 
        postsecondary educational institutions, registered 
        apprenticeship programs, or other structured, employer-
        sponsored training programs.

``SEC. 812. GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENT OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.

    ``(a) Annual Report.--All grant recipients under this title shall 
submit to the Secretary an annual report that includes evaluations of 
the progress made by students in the CP program.
    ``(b) Format of Annual Report.--The Secretary shall by regulation 
prescribe a uniform format that all grant recipients shall use in the 
submission of annual reports under paragraph (1).

``SEC. 813. FEDERAL CP SHARE.

    ``(a) In General.--The Federal share under this title may not 
exceed--
            ``(1) 80 percent of the cost of the CP program for the 
        first year for which the eligible partnership receives funds 
        under this title; and
            ``(2) 50 percent of the cost of the CP program for the 
        second and any succeeding year for which an eligible 
        partnership receives funds under this title.
    ``(b) Cost Defined.--For purposes of subsection (a), the term 
`cost' means the additional cost per public high school student per 
year incurred by the local educational agency and members of the 
eligible partnership in excess of the cost per student per year of a 
public high school education. Such cost does not include the cost of 
student wages.
    ``(c) Non-CP Share.--
            ``(1) Matching requirement.--The Secretary may not make a 
        grant to an eligible partnership under this title unless such 
        partnership agrees to make available non-CP contributions 
        toward the costs of carrying out the CP program established 
        with the amounts received under the grant. Such eligible 
        partnership may use funds from other Federal programs to make 
        up the non-CP contribution. The amount of such non-CP 
        contributions shall be equal to at least--
                    ``(A) in the case of the first grant year, 100 
                percent of the costs of such program during such year 
                less the Federal CP share under subsection (a)(1); or
                    ``(B) in the case of a second and any succeeding 
                grant year, 100 percent of the costs of such program 
                during such year less the Federal CP share under 
                subsection (a)(2).
            ``(2) In-kind contributions permitted.--The share of 
        payments from sources other than funds made available under 
        this title may be in cash or in-kind fairly evaluated, 
        including equipment and services.

            ``PART C--STATE CP PROGRAM SYSTEM PLANNING GRANT

``SEC. 821. GRANT APPLICATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--To be eligible for a grant under this title, a 
State, in consultation with the State Human Resource Investment Council 
or if such Council does not exist, the State elementary, secondary, and 
vocational education agencies, shall prepare and submit an application 
to the Secretary at such time, in such form, and accompanied by such 
information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Contents of Application.--Each application submitted under 
subsection (a) shall describe the manner in which the funds received by 
a State under this title will be used to design and implement a 
statewide CP program that addresses, as appropriate--
            ``(1) the planning and development of a system for 
        identifying employers, who provide employment in industries 
        where high-wage, high-skill occupations are growing, to 
        participate in CP programs;
            ``(2) the identification and development of an entity to 
        help link schools with employers for the establishment and 
        ongoing support of CP programs;
            ``(3) the provision or funding of a system of technical 
        assistance for schools, teachers, employers, unions or employee 
        representatives, community-based organizations, or parents, 
        interested in establishing CP programs that encourage a diverse 
        set of career options for all students;
            ``(4) the coordination with other States or national 
        associations to develop unbiased and valid statewide skill 
        certification processes for CP programs and participation in 
        the development of national skills standards and skills 
        certification for CP program graduates;
            ``(5) the provision of training and orientation for members 
        of eligible partnerships in gender equity issues in education, 
        career selection, and on presenting non-traditional career 
        options to all students; and
            ``(6) the expansion of existing statewide CP programs.

``SEC. 822. GENERAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE CP PROGRAM SYSTEM 
              PLANNING GRANT RECIPIENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall provide an annual survey to 
all grant recipients that shall be designed to evaluate the progress of 
statewide CP programs and skill standards and certification 
development.
    ``(b) Survey Response.--Grant recipients shall submit a response to 
the annual survey under paragraph (1) to the Secretary not later than 
60 days after such survey is received.

                  ``PART D--INDUSTRY CP PROGRAM GRANTS

``SEC. 831. GRANT APPLICATION.

    ``(a) In General.--To be eligible for a grant under this title, an 
industry or trade association or a labor union shall prepare and submit 
to the Secretary an application at such time, in such form, and 
accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
require.
    ``(b) Contents of Application.--Each application submitted under 
subsection (a) shall describe the manner in which funds received by an 
association or union under this title will be used to design and 
implement an industry-wide or occupation-wide CP program that 
addresses, as appropriate, issues described in paragraphs (1) through 
(5) in section 821(b).''.

SEC. 4. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    The table of contents in section 1 of the Job Training Partnership 
Act is amended by adding at the end the following new items:

                 ``TITLE VIII--CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAMS

                      ``Part A--General Provisions

``Sec. 801. Definitions.
``Sec. 802. Authorization of appropriations.
``Sec. 803. Establishment of a grant program.
                 ``Part B--CP Program Partnership Grant

``Sec. 811. Grant applications.
``Sec. 812. General program requirement of grant recipients.
``Sec. 813. Federal CP share.
            ``Part C--State CP Program System Planning Grant

``Sec. 821. Grant applications.
``Sec. 822. General program requirements for State CP program system 
                            planning grant recipients.
                  ``Part D--Industry CP Program Grants

``Sec. 831. Grant applications.''.

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