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4	4	STSESSION S. 758
5	5	To support the establishment of an apprenticeship college consortium.
6	6	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7	7	FEBRUARY26, 2025
8	8	Ms. K
9	9	LOBUCHAR(for herself and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill;
10	10	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Edu-
11	11	cation, Labor, and Pensions
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To support the establishment of an apprenticeship college
14	14	consortium.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
18	18	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Apprenticeships to Col-4
19	19	lege Act’’. 5
20	20	SEC. 2. APPRENTICESHIP COLLEGE CONSORTIUM. 6
21	21	(a) I
22	22	NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 7
23	23	date of enactment of this Act, in order to cooperate with 8
24	24	the Secretary of Education and promote awareness and 9
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28	28	adoption of apprenticeship programs, the Secretary of 1
29	29	Labor shall— 2
30	30	(1) enter into an interagency agreement with 3
31	31	the Secretary of Education to promote and support 4
32	32	integration and alignment of programs under the 5
33	33	national apprenticeship system with secondary, post-6
34	34	secondary, and adult education, through the activi-7
35	35	ties described in this section; and 8
36	36	(2) submit to the Committee on Education and 9
37	37	Workforce of the House of Representatives and the 10
38	38	Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen-11
39	39	sions of the Senate, such agreement and any modi-12
40	40	fications to such agreement. 13
41	41	(b) A
42	42	PPRENTICESHIP COLLEGECONSORTIUM.—In 14
43	43	order to support the establishment of a college consortium 15
44	44	of postsecondary educational institutions, related instruc-16
45	45	tion providers, sponsors, qualified intermediaries, and em-17
46	46	ployers (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Registered Appren-18
47	47	ticeship College Consortium’’) for the purposes of pro-19
48	48	moting stronger connections between programs under the 20
49	49	national apprenticeship system and participating 2- and 21
50	50	4-year postsecondary educational institutions, the inter-22
51	51	agency agreement under subsection (a) shall include a de-23
52	52	scription of how the Secretaries will— 24
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56	56	(1) support data sharing systems that align 1
57	57	education records and records of programs under 2
58	58	the national apprenticeship system regarding wheth-3
59	59	er program participants who receive financial aid 4
60	60	under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 5
61	61	(20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) enroll in, or complete, post-6
62	62	secondary coursework while participating in a pro-7
63	63	gram under such system; 8
64	64	(2) provide guidance on how to align eligible 9
65	65	funding from, planning processes for, and the re-10
66	66	quirements of, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-11
67	67	nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et 12
68	68	seq.), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 13
69	69	et seq.), and the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 14
70	70	U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) with this Act; 15
71	71	(3) require all participants of the Registered 16
72	72	Apprenticeship College Consortium to enter into 17
73	73	agreements to— 18
74	74	(A) have an articulation agreement with a 19
75	75	participating sponsor of an apprenticeship pro-20
76	76	gram, which may include a 2- or 4-year postsec-21
77	77	ondary educational institution; 22
78	78	(B) create or expand the awarding and ar-23
79	79	ticulation of academic credit for related instruc-24
80	80	tion completed and credentials awarded to pro-25
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84	84	gram participants as part of a program under 1
85	85	the national apprenticeship system; and 2
86	86	(C) support the creation or expansion of 3
87	87	electronic transcripts for apprenticeship pro-4
88	88	grams and all academic content, including re-5
89	89	lated instruction and on-the-job training; 6
90	90	(4) provide technical assistance on eligible uses 7
91	91	of financial aid, including the Federal work study 8
92	92	program under part C of title IV of the Higher Edu-9
93	93	cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087–51 et seq.), for 10
94	94	related instruction for programs under the national 11
95	95	apprenticeship system; 12
96	96	(5) provide to Registered Apprenticeship Col-13
97	97	lege Consortium participants or potential partici-14
98	98	pants information regarding— 15
99	99	(A) a list of apprenticeship programs in re-16
100	100	lated occupations offered in the State or avail-17
101	101	able under the Office of Apprenticeship that 18
102	102	may become part of the Registered Apprentice-19
103	103	ship College Consortium; 20
104	104	(B) information on how to develop an ap-21
105	105	prenticeship program; 22
106	106	(C) information on Federal, State, and 23
107	107	local financial resources available to assist with 24
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111	111	the establishment and implementation of ap-1
112	112	prenticeship programs; and 2
113	113	(D) information on related qualified inter-3
114	114	mediaries or industry or sector partnerships 4
115	115	supporting apprenticeship programs, as applica-5
116	116	ble; and 6
117	117	(6) support information regarding the Reg-7
118	118	istered Apprenticeship College Consortium being 8
119	119	made available on a publicly accessible website, in-9
120	120	cluding— 10
121	121	(A) a list of participating members of the 11
122	122	Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium, 12
123	123	apprenticeship programs provided, credentials 13
124	124	awarded with each program, and available 14
125	125	apprenticeable occupations; and 15
126	126	(B) models of articulation agreements, 16
127	127	prior learning assessments, and competency- 17
128	128	based curriculum for related instruction for il-18
129	129	lustrative purposes. 19
130	130	(c) L
131	131	IMITATIONS.—Nothing in this Act shall re-20
132	132	quire— 21
133	133	(1) an institution of higher education to partici-22
134	134	pate in the Registered Apprenticeship College Con-23
135	135	sortium; or 24
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139	139	(2) an apprenticeship sponsor to participate in 1
140	140	the Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium. 2
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