HOUSE 1050 (115th Congress) — Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2017

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2017-02-14Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2017-02-14Introduced in House
2017-02-14Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2017-02-14 (00)

Youth Access to American Jobs Act of 2017

This bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to 10 eligible entities (partnerships among a local educational agency (LEA), a community college, and a state apprentice program or a joint-labor management training program) to carry out a program for students to:

enroll in and complete science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses, STEM-focused career and technical education courses, and other courses during grades 11 and 12 at a high school served by the LEA that prepares them for community college;
enroll in a course of study related to a high-growth skills industry, an in-demand industry or occupation, the manufacturing field, or other vocational or career and technical education field at a community college upon graduating from such high school; and
enroll, for a two-year period, in the eligible entity's state apprenticeship program or the joint-labor management training program upon receiving an associate's degree from such community college.

Cosponsors (20)

Paul Tonko (D-NY)
ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
ADAM SMITH (D-WA)
Ro Khanna (D-CA)
MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
William Keating (D-MA)
Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
Derek Kilmer (D-WA)
TIM RYAN (D-OH)
John Garamendi (D-CA)
Jackie Speier (D-CA)
MARCY KAPTUR (D-OH)
Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Judy Chu (D-CA)
Juan Vargas (D-CA)
NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
Mark Pocan (D-WI)
JAMES LANGEVIN (D-RI)
Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
LOUISE SLAUGHTER (D-NY)

Subjects

Economic performance and conditions
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Manufacturing
Science and engineering education
Vocational and technical education