LEARNS Act

Summary

Leveraging Effective Apprenticeships to Rebuild National Skills Act or the LEARNS Act This bill establishes, in the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor, an Office of Apprenticeship to: determine whether an apprenticeship program meets requirements for registration and maintains the standards necessary to remain registered, manage the national apprenticeship system (the collective group of registered apprenticeship programs and pre-apprenticeship programs in the nation), and make grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to carry out projects that support development of pre-apprenticeship programs. The bill also establishes in Labor a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships. Labor and the Department of Education shall establish a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Collaborative consisting of the sponsors carrying out registered apprenticeship programs, two- or four-year postsecondary educational institutions, and organizations that represent such programs or institutions, that agree to meet certain criteria in order to promote stronger connections between the registered apprenticeship programs involved and participating two- and four-year postsecondary educational institutions. Labor shall make assistance payments to eligible sponsors of new registered apprenticeship programs or of existing programs that add employers as new partners, which may include joint labor-management registered apprenticeship programs.

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Timeline

1. 6 July 2016

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 July 2016

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 6 July 2016

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 19 September 2016

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 6 July 2016 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 6 July 2016

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 6 July 2016

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Sponsors

• Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] · D · Sponsor
• JOHN CONYERS · D · Sponsor
• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Barbara Lee · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] · D · Sponsor
• Gwen Moore · D · Sponsor
• Donald Payne · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] · D · Sponsor
• Jared Polis · D · Sponsor
• JAMES LANGEVIN · D · Sponsor
• Earl Blumenauer · D · Sponsor
• Raúl Grijalva · D · Sponsor
• Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] · D · Sponsor
• Hakeem Jeffries · D · Sponsor
• Donald Norcross · D · Sponsor
• Marcy Kaptur · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] · D · Sponsor
• RON KIND · D · Sponsor
• GENE GREEN · D · Sponsor
• PETER VISCLOSKY · D · Sponsor
• Keith Ellison · D · Sponsor
• Eric Swalwell · D · Sponsor
• Daniel Kildee · D · Sponsor
• Katherine Clark · D · Cosponsor
• Mark Takano · D · Cosponsor
• Alan Lowenthal · D · Cosponsor
• Bill Pascrell · D · Cosponsor
• Derek Kilmer · D · Cosponsor
• · hsed00 · Standing

Related records

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