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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 2200 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To promote registered apprenticeships and on-the-job training for small and |
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| 6 | 6 | | medium-sized businesses within in-demand industry sectors, through the |
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| 7 | 7 | | establishment and support of eligible partnerships. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JUNE22, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ALDWIN(for herself and Mr. HICKENLOOPER) introduced the following |
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| 12 | 12 | | bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Edu- |
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| 13 | 13 | | cation, Labor, and Pensions |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To promote registered apprenticeships and on-the-job train- |
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| 16 | 16 | | ing for small and medium-sized businesses within in- |
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| 17 | 17 | | demand industry sectors, through the establishment and |
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| 18 | 18 | | support of eligible partnerships. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Apprentice-4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | ships through Regional Training Networks for Employers’ 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Required Skills Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘PARTNERS Act 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | of 2023’’. 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | The purpose of this Act is to promote registered ap-2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | prenticeships and on-the-job training for small and me-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | dium-sized businesses within in-demand industry sectors, 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | through the establishment and support of eligible partner-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ships. 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | In this Act: 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) E |
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| 38 | 38 | | LIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ble partnership’’ means an industry or sector part-10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | nership that submits and obtains approval of an ap-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | plication consistent with section 6(b). 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) I |
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| 43 | 43 | | N-DEMAND INDUSTRY SECTOR .—The term 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘in-demand industry sector’’ means a sector de-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | scribed in subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B) of section 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 3(23) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(23)). 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (3) L |
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| 49 | 49 | | OCAL OR REGIONAL.—The term ‘‘local or 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | regional’’, used with respect to an entity, means that 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the entity provides services in, respectively, a local 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | area or region. 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (4) R |
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| 54 | 54 | | EGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP .—The term 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘‘registered apprenticeship’’ means an apprenticeship 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (com-24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | monly known as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 26 |
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| 61 | 61 | | •S 2200 IS |
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| 62 | 62 | | (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 1 |
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| 63 | 63 | | the Secretary of Labor. 2 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (6) W |
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| 65 | 65 | | ORKFORCE TERMS .—The terms ‘‘Gov-3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ernor’’, ‘‘individual with a barrier to employment’’, 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘industry or sector partnership’’, ‘‘local area’’, ‘‘on- 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | the-job training’’, ‘‘outlying area’’, ‘‘recognized post-6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | secondary credential’’, ‘‘region’’, ‘‘State’’, and ‘‘sup-7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | portive services’’, used with respect to activities sup-8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ported under this Act, have the meanings given the 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | terms in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | as may be necessary to carry out this Act. 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | SEC. 5. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES. 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (a) R |
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| 79 | 79 | | ESERVATION.—Of the amounts available for this 16 |
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| 80 | 80 | | Act under section 4, the Secretary may reserve— 17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (1) not more than 5 percent of those amounts 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | for the costs of technical assistance and Federal ad-19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ministration of this Act; 20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (2) not more than 2 percent of those amounts 21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | for the costs of evaluations conducted under section 22 |
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| 86 | 86 | | 8(b); and 23 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (3) not more than |
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| 88 | 88 | | 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | ∕4of 1 percent of such 24 |
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| 90 | 90 | | amounts to provide assistance to the outlying areas. 25 |
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| 93 | 93 | | •S 2200 IS |
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| 94 | 94 | | (b) ALLOTMENTS.— 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (1) I |
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| 96 | 96 | | N GENERAL.—Of the amounts available for 2 |
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| 97 | 97 | | this Act under section 4 that remain after the Sec-3 |
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| 98 | 98 | | retary makes the reservations under subsection (a), 4 |
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| 99 | 99 | | the Secretary shall, for the purpose of assisting 5 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (which may include assistance in establishing origi-6 |
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| 101 | 101 | | nal or expanded) local or regional eligible partner-7 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ships to support registered apprenticeship and on- 8 |
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| 103 | 103 | | the-job training programs under this Act, make al-9 |
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| 104 | 104 | | lotments to eligible States in accordance with clauses 10 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (ii) through (v) of section 132(b)(1)(B) of the Work-11 |
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| 106 | 106 | | force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 12 |
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| 107 | 107 | | 3172(b)(1)(B)), subject to paragraph (2). 13 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (2) A |
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| 109 | 109 | | PPLICATION.—For purposes of applying 14 |
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| 110 | 110 | | the clauses described in paragraph (1), under para-15 |
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| 111 | 111 | | graph (1), the Secretary— 16 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (A) shall not apply subclauses (I) and (III) 17 |
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| 113 | 113 | | of clause (iv) with respect to the first fiscal year 18 |
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| 114 | 114 | | after the date of enactment of this Act; 19 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (B) shall apply clause (iv)(II) by sub-20 |
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| 116 | 116 | | stituting ‘‘0.5 percent of the remaining amounts 21 |
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| 117 | 117 | | described in paragraph (1) (referring to the 22 |
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| 118 | 118 | | paragraph (1) in the PARTNERS Act)’’ for the 23 |
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| 119 | 119 | | total described in that clause; 24 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (C) shall not apply clause (iv)(IV); 25 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (D) shall apply clause (v)(II) by sub-1 |
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| 125 | 125 | | stituting ‘‘The term ‘allotment percentage’, 2 |
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| 126 | 126 | | used with respect to the second full fiscal year 3 |
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| 127 | 127 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, or a 4 |
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| 128 | 128 | | subsequent fiscal year, means a percentage of 5 |
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| 129 | 129 | | the remaining amounts described in paragraph 6 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (1) (referring to the paragraph (1) in the 7 |
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| 131 | 131 | | PARTNERS Act) that is received through an 8 |
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| 132 | 132 | | allotment made under this subsection for the 9 |
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| 133 | 133 | | fiscal year.’’ for the two sentences in that 10 |
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| 134 | 134 | | clause; and 11 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (E) shall apply clause (v)(III) by sub-12 |
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| 136 | 136 | | stituting ‘‘a registered apprenticeship and on- 13 |
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| 137 | 137 | | the-job training program carried out under this 14 |
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| 138 | 138 | | Act’’ for ‘‘a program of workforce investment 15 |
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| 139 | 139 | | activities carried out under this subtitle’’. 16 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (3) U |
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| 141 | 141 | | SE OF UNALLOTTED FUNDS .—If a State 17 |
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| 142 | 142 | | fails to meet the requirements for an allotment 18 |
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| 143 | 143 | | under this subsection, the Secretary may allot funds 19 |
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| 144 | 144 | | that are not allotted under paragraphs (1) and (2) 20 |
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| 145 | 145 | | to eligible States under a formula based on the for-21 |
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| 146 | 146 | | mula specified in section 132(c) of the Workforce In-22 |
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| 147 | 147 | | novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3172(c)). 23 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (4) D |
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| 149 | 149 | | EFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ‘‘eligible State’’ means a State that meets the re-25 |
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| 153 | 153 | | •S 2200 IS |
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| 154 | 154 | | quirements of section 102 or 103 of the Workforce 1 |
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| 155 | 155 | | Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112, 2 |
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| 156 | 156 | | 3113) and subsection (c). 3 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (c) S |
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| 158 | 158 | | TATEELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive an 4 |
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| 159 | 159 | | allotment under subsection (b), a State shall submit an 5 |
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| 160 | 160 | | application to the Secretary, at such time, in such manner, 6 |
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| 161 | 161 | | and containing a description of the activities to be carried 7 |
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| 162 | 162 | | out with the grant funds. At a minimum, the application 8 |
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| 163 | 163 | | shall include information on— 9 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (1) the industry or sector of the local or re-10 |
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| 165 | 165 | | gional industry or sector partnerships that will be 11 |
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| 166 | 166 | | supported, the lead partners for the partnerships, 12 |
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| 167 | 167 | | and how the partnerships will work to engage small 13 |
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| 168 | 168 | | and medium-sized businesses, as applicable, in the 14 |
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| 169 | 169 | | activities of the partnerships; 15 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (2) the in-demand industry sectors that will be 16 |
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| 171 | 171 | | served, including how such industry sectors were 17 |
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| 172 | 172 | | identified, and how the activities of the partnerships 18 |
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| 173 | 173 | | will align with State, regional, and local plans as re-19 |
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| 174 | 174 | | quired under title I of the Workforce Innovation and 20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.); 21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (3) the registered apprenticeship and on-the-job 22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | training programs to be supported though the part-23 |
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| 178 | 178 | | nerships; 24 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (4) the populations that will receive services, in-1 |
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| 183 | 183 | | cluding individuals with barriers to employment and 2 |
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| 184 | 184 | | populations that were historically underrepresented 3 |
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| 185 | 185 | | in the industry sectors to be served through the 4 |
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| 186 | 186 | | partnerships; 5 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (5) the services, including business engagement, 6 |
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| 188 | 188 | | classroom instruction, and supportive services (in-7 |
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| 189 | 189 | | cluding at least 6 months of post-employment sup-8 |
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| 190 | 190 | | portive services), that will be supported through the 9 |
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| 191 | 191 | | grant funds; 10 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (6) the recognized postsecondary credentials 11 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (beyond a certificate of completion) that workers will 12 |
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| 194 | 194 | | obtain through participation in the registered ap-13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | prenticeship and on-the-job training programs, and 14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | the quality of the programs that lead to the creden-15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | tials; 16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (7) levels of performance to be achieved on the 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | performance indicators described in section 8, to 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | measure progress towards expanding registered ap-19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | prenticeships and on-the-job training; and 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (8) how the partnerships will leverage addi-21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | tional resources, including funding provided under 22 |
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| 204 | 204 | | title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 23 |
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| 205 | 205 | | Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) and non-Federal re-24 |
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| 209 | 209 | | sources, to support the activities carried out under 1 |
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| 210 | 210 | | this Act. 2 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (d) R |
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| 212 | 212 | | EVIEW OFAPPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall 3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | review applications submitted under subsection (c) in con-4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | sultation with the Secretary of Education and the Sec-5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | retary of Health and Human Services. 6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | SEC. 6. GRANTS TO PARTNERSHIPS. 7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (a) G |
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| 218 | 218 | | RANTS.— 8 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (1) I |
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| 220 | 220 | | N GENERAL.—The Governor of a State 9 |
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| 221 | 221 | | that receives an allotment under section 5 shall use 10 |
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| 222 | 222 | | the funds made available through the allotment and 11 |
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| 223 | 223 | | not reserved under subsection (d) to award grants to 12 |
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| 224 | 224 | | industry or sector partnerships that seek to become 13 |
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| 225 | 225 | | eligible partnerships. The Governor shall award the 14 |
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| 226 | 226 | | grants for the purpose of assisting (which may in-15 |
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| 227 | 227 | | clude establishing original or expanded) local or re-16 |
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| 228 | 228 | | gional industry or sector partnerships that are iden-17 |
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| 229 | 229 | | tified in the application submitted under section 18 |
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| 230 | 230 | | 5(c), to carry out activities described in section 7. 19 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (2) P |
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| 232 | 232 | | ERIOD AND AMOUNT OF GRANT .—A State 20 |
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| 233 | 233 | | may make a grant under this section for a period of 21 |
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| 234 | 234 | | 3 years, and in an amount of not more than 22 |
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| 235 | 235 | | $500,000. 23 |
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| 236 | 236 | | (3) A |
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| 237 | 237 | | VAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The Governor of 24 |
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| 238 | 238 | | a State that receives an allotment under section 5 25 |
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| 242 | 242 | | for a fiscal year may use the funds made available 1 |
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| 243 | 243 | | through the allotment during that year or the 2 sub-2 |
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| 244 | 244 | | sequent fiscal years. 3 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (b) E |
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| 246 | 246 | | LIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant 4 |
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| 247 | 247 | | under this section, an industry or sector partnership de-5 |
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| 248 | 248 | | scribed in subsection (a)(1) shall— 6 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (1) submit an application to the State at such 7 |
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| 250 | 250 | | time, in such manner, and containing such informa-8 |
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| 251 | 251 | | tion as the State may require; and 9 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (2) designate, in the application, a partner in 10 |
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| 253 | 253 | | the industry or sector partnership, to serve as the 11 |
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| 254 | 254 | | fiscal agent for purposes of the grant. 12 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (c) A |
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| 256 | 256 | | WARDS OFGRANTS.— 13 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (1) P |
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| 258 | 258 | | ARTICIPATION IN MULTIPLE ELIGIBLE 14 |
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| 259 | 259 | | PARTNERSHIPS.—Subject to paragraph (2), a State 15 |
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| 260 | 260 | | may award grants under this section in a way that 16 |
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| 261 | 261 | | results in an entity being represented in more than 17 |
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| 262 | 262 | | one partnership that receives such a grant. 18 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (2) G |
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| 264 | 264 | | EOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY .—In making the 19 |
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| 265 | 265 | | grants, a State shall ensure that there is geographic 20 |
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| 266 | 266 | | diversity in the areas in which activities will be car-21 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ried out under the grants. 22 |
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| 268 | 268 | | (d) A |
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| 269 | 269 | | DMINISTRATION.—The State may reserve not 23 |
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| 270 | 270 | | more than 5 percent of the amount of an allotment under 24 |
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| 274 | 274 | | section 5 for the administration of the grants awarded 1 |
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| 275 | 275 | | under this section. 2 |
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| 276 | 276 | | SEC. 7. USE OF FUNDS. 3 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (a) I |
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| 278 | 278 | | NGENERAL.—An eligible partnership that re-4 |
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| 279 | 279 | | ceives a grant under section 6 shall use the grant funds 5 |
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| 280 | 280 | | to support a registered apprenticeship and on-the-job 6 |
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| 281 | 281 | | training program. The eligible partnership shall use the 7 |
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| 282 | 282 | | grant funds to support the activities described in sub-8 |
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| 283 | 283 | | sections (b) and (c) and such other strategies as may be 9 |
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| 284 | 284 | | necessary to support the development and implementation 10 |
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| 285 | 285 | | of a registered apprenticeship and on-the-job training pro-11 |
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| 286 | 286 | | gram, and participant retention in and completion of that 12 |
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| 287 | 287 | | program. The partnership may use the grant funds to es-13 |
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| 288 | 288 | | tablish an original or expanded eligible partnership. 14 |
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| 289 | 289 | | (b) B |
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| 290 | 290 | | USINESSENGAGEMENT.—The eligible partner-15 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ship shall use grant funds to provide services to engage 16 |
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| 292 | 292 | | businesses in a registered apprenticeship or on-the-job 17 |
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| 293 | 293 | | training program, which may include assisting a small or 18 |
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| 294 | 294 | | medium-sized business with— 19 |
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| 295 | 295 | | (1) the navigation of the registration process 20 |
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| 296 | 296 | | for a sponsor of a registered apprenticeship pro-21 |
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| 297 | 297 | | gram; 22 |
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| 298 | 298 | | (2) the connection of the business with an edu-23 |
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| 299 | 299 | | cation provider to develop classroom instruction to 24 |
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| 303 | 303 | | complement learning through a registered appren-1 |
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| 304 | 304 | | ticeship or on-the-job learning; 2 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (3) the development of a curriculum for a reg-3 |
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| 306 | 306 | | istered apprenticeship or on-the-job training pro-4 |
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| 307 | 307 | | gram; 5 |
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| 308 | 308 | | (4) the employment of workers in a registered 6 |
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| 309 | 309 | | apprenticeship or on-the-job training program for a 7 |
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| 310 | 310 | | transitional period before the business hires an indi-8 |
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| 311 | 311 | | vidual for continuing employment; 9 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (5) the provision of training to managers and 10 |
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| 313 | 313 | | front-line workers to serve as trainers or mentors to 11 |
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| 314 | 314 | | workers in a registered apprenticeship or on-the-job 12 |
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| 315 | 315 | | training program; 13 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (6) the provision of career awareness activities; 14 |
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| 317 | 317 | | and 15 |
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| 318 | 318 | | (7) the recruitment of individuals to participate 16 |
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| 319 | 319 | | in a registered apprenticeship or on-the-job training 17 |
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| 320 | 320 | | program from individuals receiving additional work-18 |
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| 321 | 321 | | force and human services, including— 19 |
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| 322 | 322 | | (A) workers in programs under the Work-20 |
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| 323 | 323 | | force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 21 |
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| 324 | 324 | | U.S.C. 3101 et seq.); 22 |
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| 325 | 325 | | (B) recipients of assistance through the 23 |
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| 326 | 326 | | supplemental nutrition assistance program es-24 |
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| 330 | 330 | | tablished under the Food and Nutrition Act of 1 |
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| 331 | 331 | | 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); and 2 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (C) recipients of assistance through the 3 |
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| 333 | 333 | | program of block grants to States for tem-4 |
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| 334 | 334 | | porary assistance for needy families established 5 |
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| 335 | 335 | | under part A of title IV of the Social Security 6 |
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| 336 | 336 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 7 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (c) S |
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| 338 | 338 | | UPPORTIVESERVICES FORWORKERS.— 8 |
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| 339 | 339 | | (1) I |
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| 340 | 340 | | N GENERAL.—The eligible partnership 9 |
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| 341 | 341 | | shall use grant funds to provide supportive services 10 |
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| 342 | 342 | | for workers to assure their success in a registered 11 |
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| 343 | 343 | | apprenticeship or on-the-job training program, which 12 |
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| 344 | 344 | | may include— 13 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (A) connection of individuals with adult 14 |
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| 346 | 346 | | basic education; 15 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (B) connection of individuals with a pre- 16 |
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| 348 | 348 | | apprenticeship program or other preparation for 17 |
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| 349 | 349 | | a registered apprenticeship or on-the-job train-18 |
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| 350 | 350 | | ing program; 19 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (C) provision of additional mentorship and 20 |
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| 352 | 352 | | retention supports for individuals during pre- 21 |
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| 353 | 353 | | apprenticeship or other preparation for a reg-22 |
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| 354 | 354 | | istered apprenticeship or on-the-job training 23 |
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| 355 | 355 | | program, and during periods of employment for 24 |
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| 356 | 356 | | such a program; 25 |
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| 360 | 360 | | (D) provision of tools, work attire, and 1 |
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| 361 | 361 | | other required items necessary to start such 2 |
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| 362 | 362 | | employment; and 3 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (E) provision of transportation, child care 4 |
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| 364 | 364 | | services, or other wrap-around services. 5 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (2) L |
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| 366 | 366 | | ENGTH OF SERVICES.—Each eligible part-6 |
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| 367 | 367 | | nership shall provide supportive services for workers 7 |
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| 368 | 368 | | for not less than 12 months after the date of place-8 |
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| 369 | 369 | | ment of an individual in a registered apprenticeship 9 |
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| 370 | 370 | | or on-the-job training program. That 12-month pe-10 |
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| 371 | 371 | | riod shall include a period of pre-apprenticeship or 11 |
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| 372 | 372 | | other preparation for the program, a transitional pe-12 |
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| 373 | 373 | | riod of employment as described in subsection 13 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (b)(4), and a period of continuing employment. 14 |
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| 375 | 375 | | SEC. 8. PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 15 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (a) L |
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| 377 | 377 | | OCALREPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after 16 |
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| 378 | 378 | | receiving a grant under section 6, and annually thereafter, 17 |
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| 379 | 379 | | each eligible partnership in a State shall conduct an eval-18 |
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| 380 | 380 | | uation and submit to the State a local report containing 19 |
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| 381 | 381 | | information on— 20 |
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| 382 | 382 | | (1) levels of performance achieved by the eligi-21 |
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| 383 | 383 | | ble partnership with respect to the performance indi-22 |
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| 384 | 384 | | cators under section 116(b)(2)(A) of the Workforce 23 |
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| 385 | 385 | | Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 24 |
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| 386 | 386 | | 3141(b)(2)(A))— 25 |
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| 390 | 390 | | (A) for all workers (including apprentices) 1 |
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| 391 | 391 | | in the program involved; and 2 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (B) for all such workers, disaggregated by 3 |
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| 393 | 393 | | each population specified in section 3(24) of the 4 |
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| 394 | 394 | | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 5 |
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| 395 | 395 | | U.S.C. 3102(24)) and by race, ethnicity, sex, 6 |
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| 396 | 396 | | and age; and 7 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (2) levels of performance achieved by the eligi-8 |
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| 398 | 398 | | ble partnership with respect to the performance indi-9 |
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| 399 | 399 | | cators under that section 116(b)(2)(A)— 10 |
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| 400 | 400 | | (A) for individuals with barriers to employ-11 |
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| 401 | 401 | | ment in the program involved; and 12 |
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| 402 | 402 | | (B) for all such individuals, disaggregated 13 |
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| 403 | 403 | | by each population specified in section 3(24) of 14 |
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| 404 | 404 | | the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 15 |
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| 405 | 405 | | and by race, ethnicity, sex, and age. 16 |
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| 406 | 406 | | (b) S |
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| 407 | 407 | | TATEREPORTS.—Not later than 24 months 17 |
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| 408 | 408 | | after receiving initial local reports under subsection (a) 18 |
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| 409 | 409 | | (but in no case less than 18 months after the cor-19 |
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| 410 | 410 | | responding grants are awarded) and annually thereafter, 20 |
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| 411 | 411 | | the State shall conduct an evaluation and submit a report 21 |
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| 412 | 412 | | to the Secretary containing— 22 |
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| 413 | 413 | | (1) the information provided by the eligible 23 |
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| 414 | 414 | | partnerships through the local reports; and 24 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (2) the State level of performance, aggregated 1 |
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| 419 | 419 | | across all eligible partnerships, with respect to the 2 |
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| 420 | 420 | | performance indicators described in subsection (a). 3 |
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| 421 | 421 | | SEC. 9. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; AMERICAN COMPETI-4 |
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| 422 | 422 | | TIVENESS AND WORKFORCE IMPROVEMENT 5 |
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| 423 | 423 | | ACT OF 1998. 6 |
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| 424 | 424 | | Section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and 7 |
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| 425 | 425 | | Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 3224a) 8 |
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| 426 | 426 | | is repealed. 9 |
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