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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1132 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Sec- |
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| 6 | 6 | | retary of Labor to award grants to community colleges for high-quality |
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| 7 | 7 | | workforce development programs. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY7, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mrs. M |
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| 11 | 11 | | CBATH(for herself, Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. MANNION, and Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | T |
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| 13 | 13 | | HOMPSONof California) introduced the following bill; which was re- |
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| 14 | 14 | | ferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act |
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| 17 | 17 | | to direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to |
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| 18 | 18 | | community colleges for high-quality workforce develop- |
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| 19 | 19 | | ment programs. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | GRANT PROGRAM. 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221 et seq.) is amended by 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | adding at the end the following: 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘SEC. 173. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES WORK-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | FORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM. 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(a) P |
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| 33 | 33 | | URPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(1) to establish, improve, or expand high-qual-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ity workforce development programs at community 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | colleges; and 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(2) to expand opportunities for individuals to 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | obtain recognized postsecondary credentials that are 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | nationally or regionally portable and stackable for 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | or occupations. 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(b) S |
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| 43 | 43 | | TRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | W |
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| 45 | 45 | | ORKFORCEDEVELOPMENTGRANTSPROGRAM.— 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 47 | 47 | | N GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | priated to carry out this section under paragraph (3) 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | and not reserved under paragraph (2), the Secretary 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | shall, on a competitive basis, make grants to eligible 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | institutions to carry out the activities described in 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | subsection (e). 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 54 | 54 | | ESERVATION.—Of the amounts appro-20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | priated to carry out this section under paragraph 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (3), the Secretary may reserve not more than two 22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | percent for the administration of grants awarded 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | under this section, including— 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(A) providing technical assistance and 25 |
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| 60 | 60 | | targeted outreach to support eligible institu-26 |
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| 64 | 64 | | tions serving a high number or high percentage 1 |
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| 65 | 65 | | of low-income individuals or individuals with 2 |
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| 66 | 66 | | barriers to employment, and rural-serving eligi-3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ble institutions, to provide guidance and assist-4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ance in the process of applying for grants under 5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | this section; and 6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(B) evaluating and reporting on the per-7 |
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| 71 | 71 | | formance and impact of programs funded under 8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | this section in accordance with subsections (f) 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | through (h). 10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 75 | 75 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 12 |
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| 77 | 77 | | this section $65,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 13 |
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| 78 | 78 | | 2026 through 2031. 14 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(c) A |
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| 80 | 80 | | WARDPERIOD.— 15 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 82 | 82 | | NITIAL GRANT PERIOD .—Each grant 16 |
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| 83 | 83 | | under this section shall be awarded for an initial pe-17 |
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| 84 | 84 | | riod of not more than 4 years. 18 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(2) S |
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| 86 | 86 | | UBSEQUENT GRANTS .—An eligible insti-19 |
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| 87 | 87 | | tution that receives an initial grant under this sec-20 |
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| 88 | 88 | | tion may receive one or more additional grants 21 |
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| 89 | 89 | | under this section for additional periods of not more 22 |
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| 90 | 90 | | than 4 years each if the eligible institution dem-23 |
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| 91 | 91 | | onstrates that, during the most recently completed 24 |
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| 92 | 92 | | grant period for a grant received under this section, 25 |
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| 96 | 96 | | such eligible institution achieved the levels of per-1 |
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| 97 | 97 | | formance agreed to by the eligible institution with 2 |
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| 98 | 98 | | respect to the performance indicators specified in 3 |
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| 99 | 99 | | subsection (f). 4 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘(d) A |
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| 101 | 101 | | PPLICATION.— 5 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 103 | 103 | | N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 6 |
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| 104 | 104 | | grant under this section, an eligible institution shall 7 |
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| 105 | 105 | | submit an application to the Secretary at such time 8 |
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| 106 | 106 | | and in such manner as the Secretary may require. 9 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(2) C |
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| 108 | 108 | | ONTENTS.—An application submitted by 10 |
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| 109 | 109 | | an eligible institution under paragraph (1) shall in-11 |
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| 110 | 110 | | clude a description of each the following: 12 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ‘‘(A) The extent to which the eligible insti-13 |
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| 112 | 112 | | tution has demonstrated success building part-14 |
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| 113 | 113 | | nerships with employers in in-demand industry 15 |
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| 114 | 114 | | sectors or occupations to provide students with 16 |
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| 115 | 115 | | the skills needed for occupations in such indus-17 |
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| 116 | 116 | | tries and an explanation of the results of any 18 |
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| 117 | 117 | | such partnerships. 19 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ‘‘(B) The methods and strategies the eligi-20 |
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| 119 | 119 | | ble institution will use to engage with employers 21 |
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| 120 | 120 | | in in-demand industry sectors or occupations, 22 |
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| 121 | 121 | | including any arrangements to place individuals 23 |
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| 122 | 122 | | who complete the workforce development pro-24 |
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| 126 | 126 | | grams supported by the grant into employment 1 |
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| 127 | 127 | | with such employers. 2 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ‘‘(C) The proposed eligible institution and 3 |
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| 129 | 129 | | industry partnership that the eligible institution 4 |
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| 130 | 130 | | will establish or maintain to comply with sub-5 |
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| 131 | 131 | | section (e)(1), including— 6 |
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| 132 | 132 | | ‘‘(i) the roles and responsibilities of 7 |
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| 133 | 133 | | each employer, organization, agency, or in-8 |
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| 134 | 134 | | stitution of higher education that the eligi-9 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ble institution will partner with to carry 10 |
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| 136 | 136 | | out the activities under this section; and 11 |
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| 137 | 137 | | ‘‘(ii) the needs that will be addressed 12 |
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| 138 | 138 | | by such eligible institution and industry 13 |
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| 139 | 139 | | partnership. 14 |
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| 140 | 140 | | ‘‘(D) One or more industries that such 15 |
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| 141 | 141 | | partnership will target and real-time labor mar-16 |
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| 142 | 142 | | ket data demonstrating that those industries 17 |
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| 143 | 143 | | are aligned with employer demand in the geo-18 |
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| 144 | 144 | | graphic area to be served by the eligible institu-19 |
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| 145 | 145 | | tion. 20 |
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| 146 | 146 | | ‘‘(E) The extent to which the eligible insti-21 |
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| 147 | 147 | | tution can— 22 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ‘‘(i) leverage additional resources to 23 |
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| 149 | 149 | | support the programs to be funded with 24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | the grant, which shall include written com-25 |
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| 154 | 154 | | mitments of any leveraged or matching 1 |
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| 155 | 155 | | funds for the proposed programs; and 2 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ‘‘(ii) demonstrate the future sustain-3 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ability of each such program. 4 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ‘‘(F) The steps the institution will take to 5 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ensure the high quality of each program to be 6 |
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| 160 | 160 | | funded with the grant, including the career 7 |
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| 161 | 161 | | pathways within such programs. 8 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ‘‘(G) The population and geographic area 9 |
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| 163 | 163 | | to be served by the eligible institution, including 10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | the number of individuals the eligible institution 11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | intends to serve during the grant period. 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ‘‘(H) The workforce development programs 13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | to be supported by the grant. 14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ‘‘(I) The recognized postsecondary creden-15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | tials that are expected to be earned by partici-16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | pants in such workforce development programs 17 |
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| 171 | 171 | | and the related high-wage, high skill, or in-de-18 |
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| 172 | 172 | | mand industry sectors or occupations for which 19 |
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| 173 | 173 | | such programs will prepare participants. 20 |
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| 174 | 174 | | ‘‘(J) The evidence upon which the edu-21 |
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| 175 | 175 | | cation and skills development strategies to be 22 |
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| 176 | 176 | | used in such workforce development programs 23 |
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| 177 | 177 | | are based and an explanation of how such evi-24 |
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| 181 | 181 | | dence influenced the design of the programs to 1 |
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| 182 | 182 | | improve education and employment outcomes. 2 |
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| 183 | 183 | | ‘‘(K) How activities of the eligible institu-3 |
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| 184 | 184 | | tion are expected to align with the workforce 4 |
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| 185 | 185 | | strategies identified in— 5 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(i) any State plan or local plan sub-6 |
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| 187 | 187 | | mitted under this Act by the State, out-7 |
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| 188 | 188 | | lying area, or locality in which the eligible 8 |
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| 189 | 189 | | institution is expected to operate; 9 |
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| 190 | 190 | | ‘‘(ii) any State plan submitted under 10 |
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| 191 | 191 | | section 122 of the Carl D. Perkins Career 11 |
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| 192 | 192 | | and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 12 |
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| 193 | 193 | | U.S.C. 2342) by such State or outlying 13 |
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| 194 | 194 | | area; and 14 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ‘‘(iii) any economic development plan 15 |
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| 196 | 196 | | of the chief executive of such State or out-16 |
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| 197 | 197 | | lying area. 17 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘(L) The goals of the eligible institution 18 |
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| 199 | 199 | | with respect to— 19 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ‘‘(i) capacity building (as described in 20 |
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| 201 | 201 | | subsection (f)(1)(B)); and 21 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(ii) the expected performance of indi-22 |
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| 203 | 203 | | viduals participating in the programs to be 23 |
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| 204 | 204 | | offered by the eligible institution, including 24 |
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| 205 | 205 | | with respect to any performance indicators 25 |
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| 209 | 209 | | applicable under section 116 or subsection 1 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (f) of this section. 2 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ‘‘(3) C |
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| 212 | 212 | | ONSIDERATION OF PREVIOUS EXPERI -3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ENCE.—The Secretary may not disqualify an eligible 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | institution from receiving a grant under this section 5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | solely because such institution lacks previous experi-6 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ence in building partnerships, as described in para-7 |
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| 217 | 217 | | graph (2)(A). 8 |
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| 218 | 218 | | ‘‘(4) P |
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| 219 | 219 | | RIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 9 |
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| 220 | 220 | | section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible 10 |
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| 221 | 221 | | institutions that— 11 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘‘(A) will use the grant to serve— 12 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ‘‘(i) individuals with barriers to em-13 |
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| 224 | 224 | | ployment; or 14 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ‘‘(ii) incumbent workers who need to 15 |
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| 226 | 226 | | gain or improve foundational skills to en-16 |
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| 227 | 227 | | hance their employability; 17 |
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| 228 | 228 | | ‘‘(B) use competency-based assessments to 18 |
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| 229 | 229 | | award academic credit for prior learning for 19 |
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| 230 | 230 | | programs supported by the grant, such as any 20 |
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| 231 | 231 | | competency-based assessment developed and 21 |
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| 232 | 232 | | identified by the State in which the eligible in-22 |
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| 233 | 233 | | stitution is located, in coordination with indus-23 |
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| 234 | 234 | | try organizations, employers (including small 24 |
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| 235 | 235 | | and mid-sized employers), industry or sector 25 |
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| 239 | 239 | | partnerships, training providers, local boards, 1 |
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| 240 | 240 | | and institutions of higher education; and 2 |
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| 241 | 241 | | ‘‘(C) have, or will seek to have, the career 3 |
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| 242 | 242 | | education programs supported by the grant in-4 |
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| 243 | 243 | | cluded on the list of eligible providers of train-5 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ing services under section 122 for the State in 6 |
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| 245 | 245 | | which the eligible institution is located. 7 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ‘‘(e) U |
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| 247 | 247 | | SES OFFUNDS.— 8 |
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| 248 | 248 | | ‘‘(1) E |
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| 249 | 249 | | LIGIBLE INSTITUTION AND INDUSTRY 9 |
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| 250 | 250 | | PARTNERSHIP.—For the purpose of carrying out the 10 |
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| 251 | 251 | | activities specified in paragraphs (2) and (3), an eli-11 |
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| 252 | 252 | | gible institution that receives a grant under this sec-12 |
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| 253 | 253 | | tion shall establish a partnership (or continue an ex-13 |
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| 254 | 254 | | isting partnership) with one or more employers in an 14 |
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| 255 | 255 | | in-demand industry sector or occupation (in this sec-15 |
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| 256 | 256 | | tion referred to as an ‘eligible institution and indus-16 |
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| 257 | 257 | | try partnership’) and shall maintain such partner-17 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ship for the duration of the grant period. The eligi-18 |
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| 259 | 259 | | ble institution shall ensure that the partnership— 19 |
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| 260 | 260 | | ‘‘(A) targets one or more specific high- 20 |
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| 261 | 261 | | skill, high-wage, or in-demand industries; 21 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ‘‘(B) includes collaboration with the work-22 |
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| 263 | 263 | | force development system; 23 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ‘‘(C) serves adult and dislocated workers, 1 |
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| 268 | 268 | | incumbent workers, and new entrants to the 2 |
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| 269 | 269 | | workforce; 3 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ‘‘(D) uses an evidence-based program de-4 |
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| 271 | 271 | | sign that is appropriate for the activities carried 5 |
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| 272 | 272 | | out by the partnership; 6 |
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| 273 | 273 | | ‘‘(E) incorporates work-based learning op-7 |
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| 274 | 274 | | portunities, as defined in section 3 of the Carl 8 |
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| 275 | 275 | | D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 9 |
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| 276 | 276 | | of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302); and 10 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(F) incorporates, to the extent appro-11 |
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| 278 | 278 | | priate, virtual service delivery to facilitate tech-12 |
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| 279 | 279 | | nology-enabled learning. 13 |
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| 280 | 280 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 281 | 281 | | EQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible insti-14 |
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| 282 | 282 | | tution that receives a grant under this section shall, 15 |
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| 283 | 283 | | in consultation with the employers in the eligible in-16 |
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| 284 | 284 | | stitution and industry partnership described in para-17 |
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| 285 | 285 | | graph (1)— 18 |
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| 286 | 286 | | ‘‘(A) establish, improve, or expand high 19 |
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| 287 | 287 | | quality, evidence-based workforce development 20 |
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| 288 | 288 | | programs, career pathway programs, or work- 21 |
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| 289 | 289 | | based learning programs (including apprentice-22 |
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| 290 | 290 | | ship programs or preapprenticeships); 23 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ‘‘(B) provide career services to individuals 24 |
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| 292 | 292 | | participating in the programs funded with the 25 |
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| 296 | 296 | | grant to facilitate retention and program com-1 |
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| 297 | 297 | | pletion, which may include— 2 |
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| 298 | 298 | | ‘‘(i) career navigation, coaching, 3 |
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| 299 | 299 | | mentorship, and case management serv-4 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ices, including providing information and 5 |
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| 301 | 301 | | outreach to individuals with barriers to 6 |
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| 302 | 302 | | employment to encourage such individuals 7 |
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| 303 | 303 | | to participate in programs funded with the 8 |
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| 304 | 304 | | grant; and 9 |
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| 305 | 305 | | ‘‘(ii) providing access to course mate-10 |
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| 306 | 306 | | rials, technological devices, required equip-11 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ment, and other supports necessary for 12 |
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| 308 | 308 | | participation in and successful completion 13 |
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| 309 | 309 | | of such programs; and 14 |
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| 310 | 310 | | ‘‘(C) make available, in a format that is 15 |
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| 311 | 311 | | open, searchable, and easily comparable, infor-16 |
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| 312 | 312 | | mation on— 17 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ‘‘(i) curricula and recognized postsec-18 |
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| 314 | 314 | | ondary credentials offered through pro-19 |
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| 315 | 315 | | grams funded with the grant, including 20 |
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| 316 | 316 | | any curricula or credentials created or fur-21 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ther developed using such grant, which for 22 |
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| 318 | 318 | | each recognized postsecondary credential, 23 |
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| 319 | 319 | | shall include— 24 |
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| 323 | 323 | | ‘‘(I) the issuing entity of such 1 |
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| 324 | 324 | | credential; 2 |
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| 325 | 325 | | ‘‘(II) any third-party endorse-3 |
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| 326 | 326 | | ments of such credential; 4 |
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| 327 | 327 | | ‘‘(III) the occupations for which 5 |
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| 328 | 328 | | the credential prepares individuals; 6 |
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| 329 | 329 | | ‘‘(IV) the skills and competencies 7 |
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| 330 | 330 | | necessary to achieve to earn such cre-8 |
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| 331 | 331 | | dential; 9 |
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| 332 | 332 | | ‘‘(V) the level of mastery of such 10 |
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| 333 | 333 | | skills and competencies (including how 11 |
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| 334 | 334 | | mastery is assessed); and 12 |
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| 335 | 335 | | ‘‘(VI) any transfer value or 13 |
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| 336 | 336 | | stackability of the credential; 14 |
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| 337 | 337 | | ‘‘(ii) any skills or competencies devel-15 |
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| 338 | 338 | | oped by individuals who participate in such 16 |
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| 339 | 339 | | programs beyond the skills and com-17 |
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| 340 | 340 | | petencies identified as part of the recog-18 |
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| 341 | 341 | | nized postsecondary credential awarded; 19 |
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| 344 | 344 | | ings outcomes on the primary indicators of 22 |
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| 345 | 345 | | performance described in subclauses (I) 23 |
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| 352 | 352 | | ‘‘(I) substituting ‘second’ for 3 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ‘fourth’; and 4 |
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| 354 | 354 | | ‘‘(II) as if ‘and remain in unsub-5 |
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| 361 | 361 | | ble institution that receives a grant under this sec-11 |
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| 362 | 362 | | tion shall, in consultation with the employers in the 12 |
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| 363 | 363 | | eligible institution and industry partnership de-13 |
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| 364 | 364 | | scribed in paragraph (1), carry out one or more of 14 |
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| 365 | 365 | | the following activities: 15 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ‘‘(A) Establish, improve, or expand— 16 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ‘‘(i) articulation agreements (as de-17 |
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| 368 | 368 | | fined in section 486A(a) of the Higher 18 |
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| 369 | 369 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 19 |
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| 370 | 370 | | 1093a(a))); 20 |
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| 371 | 371 | | ‘‘(ii) credit transfer agreements; 21 |
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| 372 | 372 | | ‘‘(iii) corequisite remediation pro-22 |
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| 373 | 373 | | grams that enable a student to receive re-23 |
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| 374 | 374 | | medial education services while enrolled in 24 |
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| 380 | 380 | | cation before enrolling in a such a course; 2 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ‘‘(iv) dual or concurrent enrollment 3 |
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| 382 | 382 | | programs; 4 |
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| 383 | 383 | | ‘‘(v) competency-based education and 5 |
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| 384 | 384 | | assessment; or 6 |
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| 385 | 385 | | ‘‘(vi) policies and processes to award 7 |
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| 386 | 386 | | academic credit for prior learning or for 8 |
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| 387 | 387 | | the programs described in paragraph 9 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (2)(A). 10 |
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| 389 | 389 | | ‘‘(B) Establish or implement plans for pro-11 |
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| 390 | 390 | | viders of the programs described in paragraph 12 |
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| 391 | 391 | | (2)(A) to meet the criteria and carry out the 13 |
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| 392 | 392 | | procedures necessary to be included on the eli-14 |
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| 393 | 393 | | gible training services provider list described in 15 |
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| 394 | 394 | | section 122(d). 16 |
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| 395 | 395 | | ‘‘(C) Purchase, lease, or refurbish special-17 |
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| 396 | 396 | | ized equipment as necessary to carry out such 18 |
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| 397 | 397 | | programs, provided that not more than 15 per-19 |
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| 398 | 398 | | cent of the funds awarded to the eligible insti-20 |
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| 399 | 399 | | tution under this section may be used for activi-21 |
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| 400 | 400 | | ties described in this subparagraph. 22 |
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| 401 | 401 | | ‘‘(D) Reduce or eliminate unmet financial 23 |
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| 402 | 402 | | need relating to the cost of attendance (as de-24 |
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| 408 | 408 | | ticipants in such programs. 2 |
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| 410 | 410 | | DMINISTRATIVE COST LIMIT.—An eligible 3 |
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| 411 | 411 | | institution may use not more than 7 percent of the 4 |
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| 412 | 412 | | funds awarded under this section for administrative 5 |
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| 413 | 413 | | costs, including costs related to collecting informa-6 |
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| 414 | 414 | | tion, analysis, and coordination for purposes of sub-7 |
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| 415 | 415 | | section (f). 8 |
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| 417 | 417 | | ERFORMANCE LEVELS AND PERFORMANCE 9 |
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| 419 | 419 | | EVIEWS.— 10 |
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| 421 | 421 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 11 |
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| 422 | 422 | | and implement guidance that establishes the levels 12 |
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| 423 | 423 | | of performance that are expected to be achieved by 13 |
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| 424 | 424 | | each eligible institution receiving a grant under this 14 |
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| 425 | 425 | | section. Such performance levels shall be established 15 |
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| 426 | 426 | | on the following indicators: 16 |
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| 427 | 427 | | ‘‘(A) Each of the primary indicators of 17 |
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| 428 | 428 | | performance for adults described in section 18 |
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| 429 | 429 | | 116(b), which shall be applied for all individuals 19 |
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| 430 | 430 | | who participated in a program that received 20 |
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| 431 | 431 | | funding from a grant under this section. 21 |
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| 432 | 432 | | ‘‘(B) The extent to which the eligible insti-22 |
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| 433 | 433 | | tution built capacity by— 23 |
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| 434 | 434 | | ‘‘(i) increasing the breadth and depth 24 |
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| 435 | 435 | | of employer engagement and investment in 25 |
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| 440 | 440 | | demand industry sectors and occupations 2 |
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| 441 | 441 | | targeted by the eligible institution and in-3 |
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| 442 | 442 | | dustry partnership established or main-4 |
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| 443 | 443 | | tained by the eligible institution under sub-5 |
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| 444 | 444 | | section (e)(1); 6 |
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| 445 | 445 | | ‘‘(ii) designing or implementing new 7 |
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| 446 | 446 | | and accelerated instructional techniques or 8 |
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| 447 | 447 | | technologies, including the use of advanced 9 |
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| 448 | 448 | | online and technology-enabled learning 10 |
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| 449 | 449 | | (such as immersive technology); and 11 |
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| 450 | 450 | | ‘‘(iii) increasing program and policy 12 |
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| 451 | 451 | | alignment across systems and decreasing 13 |
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| 452 | 452 | | duplicative services or service gaps. 14 |
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| 453 | 453 | | ‘‘(C) With respect to individuals who par-15 |
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| 454 | 454 | | ticipated in a workforce development program 16 |
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| 455 | 455 | | funded with the grant— 17 |
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| 456 | 456 | | ‘‘(i) the percentage of participants 18 |
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| 457 | 457 | | who successfully completed the program; 19 |
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| 458 | 458 | | and 20 |
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| 459 | 459 | | ‘‘(ii) of the participants who were in-21 |
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| 460 | 460 | | cumbent workers at the time of enrollment 22 |
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| 461 | 461 | | in the program, the percentage who ad-23 |
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| 462 | 462 | | vanced into higher level positions during or 24 |
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| 463 | 463 | | after completing the program. 25 |
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| 468 | 468 | | PERFORMANCE LEVELS .— 2 |
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| 469 | 469 | | ‘‘(A) C |
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| 470 | 470 | | ONSIDERATION.—In developing per-3 |
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| 471 | 471 | | formance levels in accordance with paragraph 4 |
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| 472 | 472 | | (1), the Secretary shall take into consideration 5 |
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| 473 | 473 | | the goals of the eligible institution pursuant to 6 |
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| 474 | 474 | | subsection (d)(2)(L). 7 |
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| 475 | 475 | | ‘‘(B) D |
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| 476 | 476 | | ETERMINATION.—After completing 8 |
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| 477 | 477 | | the consideration required under subparagraph 9 |
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| 478 | 478 | | (A), the Secretary shall separately determine 10 |
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| 479 | 479 | | the performance levels that will apply to each 11 |
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| 480 | 480 | | eligible institution, taking into account— 12 |
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| 481 | 481 | | ‘‘(i) the expected performance levels of 13 |
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| 482 | 482 | | each eligible institution with respect to the 14 |
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| 483 | 483 | | goals described by the eligible institution 15 |
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| 484 | 484 | | pursuant to subsection (d)(2)(L); and 16 |
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| 485 | 485 | | ‘‘(ii) local economic conditions in the 17 |
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| 486 | 486 | | geographic area to be served by the eligible 18 |
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| 487 | 487 | | institution, including differences in unem-19 |
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| 488 | 488 | | ployment rates and job losses or gains in 20 |
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| 489 | 489 | | particular industries. 21 |
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| 490 | 490 | | ‘‘(C) N |
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| 491 | 491 | | OTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT .— 22 |
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| 492 | 492 | | ‘‘(i) N |
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| 493 | 493 | | OTICE.—The Secretary shall 23 |
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| 494 | 494 | | provide each eligible institution with a 24 |
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| 495 | 495 | | written notification that sets forth the per-25 |
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| 500 | 500 | | ble institution, as determined under sub-2 |
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| 501 | 501 | | paragraph (B). 3 |
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| 502 | 502 | | ‘‘(ii) A |
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| 503 | 503 | | CKNOWLEDGMENT .—After re-4 |
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| 504 | 504 | | ceiving the notification described in clause 5 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (i), each eligible institution shall submit to 6 |
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| 506 | 506 | | the Secretary written confirmation that the 7 |
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| 507 | 507 | | eligible institution— 8 |
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| 508 | 508 | | ‘‘(I) received the notification; and 9 |
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| 509 | 509 | | ‘‘(II) agrees to be evaluated in 10 |
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| 510 | 510 | | accordance with the performance lev-11 |
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| 511 | 511 | | els determined by the Secretary. 12 |
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| 512 | 512 | | ‘‘(3) P |
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| 513 | 513 | | ERFORMANCE REVIEWS .—On an annual 13 |
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| 514 | 514 | | basis during each year of the grant period, the Sec-14 |
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| 515 | 515 | | retary shall evaluate the performance during such 15 |
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| 516 | 516 | | year of each eligible institution receiving a grant 16 |
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| 517 | 517 | | under this section in a manner consistent with the 17 |
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| 518 | 518 | | performance levels determined for such institution 18 |
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| 519 | 519 | | pursuant to paragraph (2). 19 |
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| 520 | 520 | | ‘‘(4) F |
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| 522 | 522 | | ELS.—After conducting an evaluation under para-21 |
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| 523 | 523 | | graph (3), if the Secretary determines that an eligi-22 |
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| 524 | 524 | | ble institution did not achieve the performance levels 23 |
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| 525 | 525 | | applicable to the eligible institution under paragraph 24 |
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| 526 | 526 | | (2), the Secretary shall— 25 |
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| 531 | 531 | | gible institution; and 2 |
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| 532 | 532 | | ‘‘(B) develop a performance improvement 3 |
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| 533 | 533 | | plan for the eligible institution. 4 |
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| 534 | 534 | | ‘‘(g) E |
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| 535 | 535 | | VALUATIONS ANDREPORTS.— 5 |
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| 536 | 536 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 537 | 537 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 6 |
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| 538 | 538 | | after the date on which the first grant is made 7 |
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| 539 | 539 | | under this section, the Secretary shall design and 8 |
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| 540 | 540 | | conduct an evaluation to determine the overall effec-9 |
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| 541 | 541 | | tiveness of the eligible institutions receiving a grant 10 |
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| 542 | 542 | | under this section. 11 |
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| 543 | 543 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 544 | 544 | | LEMENTS.—The evaluation of the effec-12 |
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| 545 | 545 | | tiveness of eligible institutions conducted under 13 |
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| 546 | 546 | | paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of the 14 |
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| 547 | 547 | | general effectiveness of programs and activities sup-15 |
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| 548 | 548 | | ported by the grants awarded to such eligible insti-16 |
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| 549 | 549 | | tutions under this section, including the extent to 17 |
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| 550 | 550 | | which the programs and activities— 18 |
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| 551 | 551 | | ‘‘(A) developed new, or expanded existing, 19 |
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| 552 | 552 | | successful industry sector strategies, including 20 |
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| 553 | 553 | | the extent to which such eligible institutions 21 |
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| 554 | 554 | | deepened employer engagement and developed 22 |
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| 555 | 555 | | workforce development programs that met in-23 |
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| 556 | 556 | | dustry skill needs; 24 |
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| 561 | 561 | | reer pathways, including the extent to which the 2 |
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| 562 | 562 | | eligible institutions developed or improved com-3 |
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| 563 | 563 | | petency-based education and assessment, credit 4 |
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| 564 | 564 | | for prior learning, modularized and self-paced 5 |
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| 565 | 565 | | curricula, integrated education and workforce 6 |
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| 566 | 566 | | development, dual enrollment in secondary and 7 |
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| 567 | 567 | | postsecondary career pathways, stacked and 8 |
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| 568 | 568 | | latticed credentials, and online and distance 9 |
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| 569 | 569 | | learning; 10 |
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| 570 | 570 | | ‘‘(C) created alignment between eligible in-11 |
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| 571 | 571 | | stitutions and the workforce development sys-12 |
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| 572 | 572 | | tem; 13 |
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| 573 | 573 | | ‘‘(D) assisted individuals with finding, re-14 |
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| 574 | 574 | | taining, or advancing in employment; 15 |
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| 575 | 575 | | ‘‘(E) assisted individuals with earning rec-16 |
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| 576 | 576 | | ognized postsecondary credentials; and 17 |
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| 577 | 577 | | ‘‘(F) provided equal access to various de-18 |
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| 578 | 578 | | mographic groups, including people of different 19 |
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| 579 | 579 | | geographic locations, ages, races, national ori-20 |
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| 580 | 580 | | gins, and sexes. 21 |
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| 581 | 581 | | ‘‘(3) D |
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| 582 | 582 | | ESIGN REQUIREMENTS .—The evaluation 22 |
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| 583 | 583 | | under this subsection shall— 23 |
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| 584 | 584 | | ‘‘(A) be designed by the Secretary (acting 24 |
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| 585 | 585 | | through the Chief Evaluation Officer) in con-25 |
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| 590 | 590 | | uated; 2 |
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| 591 | 591 | | ‘‘(B) include analysis of program partici-3 |
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| 592 | 592 | | pant feedback and outcome and process meas-4 |
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| 593 | 593 | | ures; and 5 |
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| 594 | 594 | | ‘‘(C) use designs that employ the most rig-6 |
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| 595 | 595 | | orous analytical and statistical methods that 7 |
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| 596 | 596 | | are reasonably feasible, such as the use of con-8 |
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| 597 | 597 | | trol groups. 9 |
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| 599 | 599 | | ATA ACCESSIBILITY.—The Secretary 10 |
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| 600 | 600 | | shall make available on a publicly accessible website 11 |
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| 601 | 601 | | of the Department of Labor any data collected as 12 |
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| 602 | 602 | | part of the evaluation under this subsection. Such 13 |
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| 603 | 603 | | data shall be made available in an aggregated for-14 |
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| 604 | 604 | | mat that does not reveal personally identifiable in-15 |
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| 605 | 605 | | formation and that ensures compliance with relevant 16 |
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| 606 | 606 | | Federal laws, including section 444 of the General 17 |
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| 607 | 607 | | Education Provisions Act (commonly known as the 18 |
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| 608 | 608 | | ‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 19 |
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| 609 | 609 | | 1974’) (20 U.S.C. 1232g). 20 |
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| 610 | 610 | | ‘‘(5) P |
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| 611 | 611 | | UBLICATION AND REPORTING OF EVAL -21 |
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| 612 | 612 | | UATION FINDINGS.—The Secretary (acting through 22 |
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| 613 | 613 | | the Chief Evaluation Officer) shall— 23 |
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| 614 | 614 | | ‘‘(A) in accordance with the timeline deter-24 |
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| 615 | 615 | | mined to be appropriate by the Chief Evalua-25 |
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| 620 | 620 | | preliminary results of the evaluation conducted 2 |
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| 621 | 621 | | under this subsection; 3 |
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| 622 | 622 | | ‘‘(B) not later than 60 days after the date 4 |
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| 623 | 623 | | on which the evaluation is completed under this 5 |
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| 624 | 624 | | subsection, submit to the Committee on Edu-6 |
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| 625 | 625 | | cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep-7 |
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| 626 | 626 | | resentatives and the Committee on Health, 8 |
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| 627 | 627 | | Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 9 |
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| 628 | 628 | | a report on such evaluation; and 10 |
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| 629 | 629 | | ‘‘(C) not later than 90 days after such 11 |
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| 630 | 630 | | completion date, publish and make the results 12 |
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| 631 | 631 | | of such evaluation available on a publicly acces-13 |
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| 632 | 632 | | sible website of the Department of Labor. 14 |
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| 633 | 633 | | ‘‘(h) A |
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| 634 | 634 | | NNUALREPORTS.—The Secretary shall make 15 |
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| 635 | 635 | | available on a publicly accessible website of the Depart-16 |
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| 636 | 636 | | ment of Labor, in transparent, linked, open, and inter-17 |
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| 637 | 637 | | operable data formats, the following information: 18 |
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| 638 | 638 | | ‘‘(1) The performance of eligible institutions on 19 |
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| 639 | 639 | | the capacity-building performance indicator set forth 20 |
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| 640 | 640 | | under subsection (f)(1)(B). 21 |
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| 641 | 641 | | ‘‘(2) The performance of eligible institutions on 22 |
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| 642 | 642 | | the workforce development participant outcome per-23 |
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| 643 | 643 | | formance indicators set forth under subsection 24 |
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| 644 | 644 | | (f)(1)(C). 25 |
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| 649 | 649 | | workforce development programs funded with a 2 |
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| 650 | 650 | | grant under this section. 3 |
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| 651 | 651 | | ‘‘(i) D |
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| 652 | 652 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4 |
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| 653 | 653 | | ‘‘(1) C |
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| 654 | 654 | | OMMUNITY COLLEGE .—The term ‘com-5 |
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| 655 | 655 | | munity college’ means— 6 |
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| 656 | 656 | | ‘‘(A) a public institution of higher edu-7 |
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| 657 | 657 | | cation (as defined in section 101(a) of the 8 |
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| 658 | 658 | | Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), at 9 |
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| 659 | 659 | | which— 10 |
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| 660 | 660 | | ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 11 |
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| 661 | 661 | | associate degree; or 12 |
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| 662 | 662 | | ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 13 |
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| 663 | 663 | | frequently awarded degree; 14 |
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| 664 | 664 | | ‘‘(B) a branch campus of a 4-year public 15 |
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| 665 | 665 | | institution of higher education (as defined in 16 |
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| 666 | 666 | | section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 17 |
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| 667 | 667 | | 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), if, at such branch 18 |
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| 668 | 668 | | campus— 19 |
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| 669 | 669 | | ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 20 |
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| 670 | 670 | | associate degree; or 21 |
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| 671 | 671 | | ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 22 |
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| 672 | 672 | | frequently awarded degree; 23 |
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| 673 | 673 | | ‘‘(C) a 2-year Tribal College or University 24 |
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| 674 | 674 | | (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of the Higher 25 |
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| 678 | 678 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1 |
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| 679 | 679 | | 1059c(b)(3))); or 2 |
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| 680 | 680 | | ‘‘(D) a degree-granting Tribal College or 3 |
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| 681 | 681 | | University (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of 4 |
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| 682 | 682 | | the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 5 |
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| 683 | 683 | | 1059c(b)(3))) at which— 6 |
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| 684 | 684 | | ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 7 |
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| 685 | 685 | | associate degree; or 8 |
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| 686 | 686 | | ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 9 |
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| 687 | 687 | | frequently awarded degree. 10 |
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| 688 | 688 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 689 | 689 | | LIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi-11 |
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| 690 | 690 | | ble institution’ means— 12 |
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| 691 | 691 | | ‘‘(A) a community college; 13 |
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| 692 | 692 | | ‘‘(B) a postsecondary vocational institution 14 |
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| 693 | 693 | | (as defined in section 102(c) of the Higher 15 |
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| 694 | 694 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c))); or 16 |
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| 695 | 695 | | ‘‘(C) a consortium of such colleges or insti-17 |
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| 696 | 696 | | tutions. 18 |
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| 697 | 697 | | ‘‘(j) S |
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| 698 | 698 | | UPPLEMENT NOTSUPPLANT.—Funds made 19 |
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| 699 | 699 | | available under this section shall be used to supplement, 20 |
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| 700 | 700 | | and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local public 21 |
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| 701 | 701 | | funds made available for carrying out the activities de-22 |
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| 702 | 702 | | scribed in this section.’’. 23 |
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