Education and Workforce Innovation Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to carry out a five-year pilot program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out programs that provide direct skills and job training for individuals to enter and advance in high-growth, emerging, and in-demand industries, such as skilled labor and trade industries.
Defines an "eligible entity" as a private company involved in the manufacturing, production, or technology industries, in partnership with a junior or community college, postsecondary vocational institution, or secondary school.
Authorizes such an entity to use such a grant to develop and carry out a multiyear program to provide students enrolled in such a college, institution, or school with education and training to enter and advance in such industries, by providing: (1) customized training, (2) increased productivity and knowledge transfer, (3) a stable and predictable pipeline to a high-standard of employment upon graduation, (4) a proven model of success, and (5) an opportunity for career advancement.
Requires an eligible entity that is awarded a grant to provide matching funds from non-federal sources.
Directs the Secretaries of Education and the Treasury to administer a five-year pilot program under which qualified investors enter into a pay-for-performance agreement under which they will provide funds to service providers to carry out workforce training programs that increase trade certifications or apprenticeships for unemployed individuals or dislocated workers.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5567 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5567
To carry out pilot programs to improve skills and job training, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 18, 2014
Mr. Carney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To carry out pilot programs to improve skills and job training, 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 ``Education and Workforce Innovation
Act''.
SEC. 2. COMMUNITY WORKFORCE TRAINING GRANTS.
(a) Program Authorized.--From the amounts appropriated to carry out
this section, the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the
Secretary of Labor and the advisory panel, shall carry out a 5-year
pilot program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out
programs that provide direct skills and job training for individuals to
enter and advance in high-growth, emerging, and in-demand industries,
such as skilled labor and trade industries.
(b) Application.--To receive a grant under this section, an
eligible entity shall submit an application, at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary of Education
may require.
(c) Uses of Funds.--An eligible entity that receives a grant under
this section shall use such grant to--
(1) develop and carry out a multiyear program to provide
students enrolled in a school or institution described in
subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection (g)(1) with
education and training to prepare such students to enter and
advance in high-growth, emerging, or in-demand industries by
providing--
(A) customized training that is valuable to such
industries;
(B) increased productivity and knowledge transfer;
(C) a stable and predictable pipeline to a high-
standard of employment (as determined by the Secretary
of Labor in consultation with the advisory panel) upon
graduation from the program;
(D) a proven model of success, as determined by the
Secretary of Labor in consultation with the advisory
panel; and
(E) an opportunity for career advancement; and
(2) cover costs related to developing and carrying out the
program, which may include--
(A) covering overhead costs;
(B) improving program design;
(C) expanding access to the program; or
(D) providing tuition subsidies for students
enrolled, or desiring to enroll, in an institution
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection
(g)(1), if applicable, to participate in such program.
(d) Matching Funds.--An eligible entity that is awarded a grant
under this section shall provide matching funds from non-Federal
sources in an amount equal to not less than the Federal funds provided
under the grant.
(e) Advisory Panel.--In carrying out the pilot program under this
section, the Secretary of Education shall establish an advisory panel
that is comprised of Federal education experts and private sector
executives.
(f) Availability of Funding.--For fiscal year 2016 and each of the
4 succeeding fiscal years, not less than $50,000,000 shall be available
from the amount appropriated for each such fiscal year for the
Workforce Innovation Fund of the Department of Labor for the costs of
carrying out this section.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a
private company involved in the manufacturing, production, or
technology industries, in partnership with a--
(A) junior or community college;
(B) postsecondary vocational institution; or
(C) secondary school.
(2) Junior or community college.--The term ``junior or
community college'' has the meaning given the term in section
312(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)).
(3) Postsecondary vocational institution.--The term
``postsecondary vocational institution'' has the meaning given
the term in section 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1002(c)).
(4) Secondary school.--The term ``secondary school'' has
the meaning given the term in section 9101 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
(5) Skilled labor and trade industries.--The term ``skilled
labor and trade industries'' shall be defined by the Secretary
of Labor.
SEC. 3. FINANCING A SKILLED 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE GOAL.
(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretaries of Education and the
Treasury, jointly with the advisory panel, shall administer a pay-for-
performance pilot program for 5 years to raise funds from qualified
investors to cover the cost of a workforce training program that
increases trade certifications or apprenticeships for unemployed
individuals or dislocated workers, and that meets the requirements of
subsection (b).
(b) Program Requirements.--The pay-for-performance pilot program
carried out under subsection (a) shall require that--
(1) the Secretaries and the advisory panel establish the
goals of increasing trade certifications or apprenticeships for
unemployed individuals or dislocated workers, and other social
and financial goals (such as reducing Federal, State, and local
expenditures related to workforce training) for the program;
(2) a qualified investor enters into a pay-for-performance
agreement with the Secretaries under which the qualified
investor--
(A) provides funds to a service provider selected
by the Secretaries, the advisory panel, and the
qualified investor to meet the goals established under
paragraph (1); and
(B) agrees to the repayment terms described in
paragraph (4);
(3) the service provider uses such funds to carry out a
workforce training program for unemployed adults or dislocated
workers to meet such goals;
(4) if the Secretaries and the advisory panel determine
that the workforce training program carried out by the service
provider meets the goals established under paragraph (1), the
Secretaries will repay the qualified investor the amount of
funds provided by the qualified investor under paragraph (2)
with financial returns; and
(5) the Secretaries and the advisory panel assess the
feasibility of expanding the pay-for-performance pilot program
on a larger scale.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 to carry out this
section.
(d) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) Advisory panel.--The term ``advisory panel'' means a
panel of business representatives selected by the Secretaries.
(2) Dislocated worker; unemployed individual.--The terms
``dislocated worker'' and ``unemployed individual'' have the
meanings given the terms in section 3 of the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102).
(3) Qualified investor.--The term ``qualified investor''
has the meaning given such term in section 230.501(a) of title
17, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).
(4) Secretaries.--The term ``Secretaries'' means the
Secretaries of Education and the Treasury.
(5) Service provider.--The term ``service provider'' means
a nonprofit organization that carries out a workforce training
program.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
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