WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT

Bills and resolutions

Amend and reauthorize (see H.R. 6655), H6739 [7DE]

Dept. of Labor: address workforce gaps (see H.R. 3804), H2740 [5JN]

——— authorize study to review specific outcomes of entrepreneurial skills development programs (see H.R. 699), H626 [1FE]

——— carry out competitive grant program to support community colleges and career and technical education centers in developing immersive technology education and training programs for workforce development (see H.R. 3211), H2307 [11MY]

——— codify competitive grant program to build community college capacity to provide employment and training programs for in-demand industries or occupations (see H.R. 6601), H6143 [5DE]

——— enhance technical assistance and support for communities impacted by substance use disorders (see H.R. 6587), H6143 [5DE]

——— establish competitive grant programs for youth summer and year-round employment (see S. 1270), S1340 [25AP] (see H.R. 2840), H1946 [25AP]

——— establish employer-directed skills accounts (see H.R. 4186), H2958 [15JN]

——— establish State innovation demonstration authority to empower State and local workforce boards to create integrated one-stop shops for social and workforce services (see H.R. 6274), H5544 [7NO]

——— identify or develop assessments to measure prior knowledge, skills, competencies, and experiences of individuals (see H.R. 6166), H5228 [1NO]

——— make permanent grant program to promote and assist in reentry of justice-involved individuals into workforce (see H.R. 6472), H5902 [21NO]

——— provide funds to certain science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) businesses to offer mid-career workers paid internships or other returnships that lead to positions above entry level (see S. 662), S654 [6MR] (see H.R. 1403), H1148 [7MR]

——— provide local areas more flexibility in use of funds for incumbent workforce training programs (see H.R. 6548), H6079 [1DE]

——— provide subsidized summer and year-round employment for youth who face systemic barriers to employment and viable career options and improve high school graduation and youth employment rates (see H.R. 5511), H4345 [14SE]

——— provide training services linked to employment demand through skills training grants (see H.R. 5852), H4909 [29SE]

——— reauthorize Reentry Employment Opportunities Program (see S. 3133), S5183 [25OC] (see H.R. 6136), H5227 [1NO]

——— recognize digital skills and digital literacy as critical adult education and literacy objectives (see H.R. 6631), H6207 [6DE]

Education: strengthen and expand adult education programs (see S. 3075), S5088 [18OC] (see H.R. 5987), H5029 [18OC]

Employment: authorize use of individual training accounts for certain youth (see H.R. 5649), H4455 [21SE]

——— clarify eligibility of community-based organizations to receive certain Federal funding to provide career services to adults and dislocated workers (see H.R. 657), H574 [31JA]

——— permit States to use workforce development funding to raise public awareness for skilled trade programs (see H.R. 4945), H4030 [26JY] (see H.R. 6043), H5103 [25OC]

——— prioritize State programs that provide evidence of performance (see S. 550), S531 [28FE] (see H.R. 5111), H4157 [1AU]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Labor: authorize study to review specific outcomes of entrepreneurial skills development programs (H.R. 699), H615 [1FE]

Remarks in Senate

Education: strengthen and expand adult education programs (S. 3075), S5090 [18OC]

Texts of

S. 1270, Assisting in Developing (AID) Youth Employment Act, S1343–S1347 [25AP]