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Ensuring Opportunities in Online Training Act
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to clarify the procedures regarding the eligibility of online providers of training services.
Summary
This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to establish procedures for online training providers to become eligible for federal workforce funding. Online providers that deliver training services exclusively online must follow the same eligibility procedures as traditional in-person providers. If a participant selects an online training provider located outside their state, that provider can only receive payment from the state's workforce funds if it is on the state's approved list of eligible training service providers. The bill clarifies that all online training providers, regardless of location, must meet the same vetting and approval standards.
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Sponsor (1)
1 cosponsor
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Lloyd Smucker’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $44,770
- DIRECT WIRE AND CABLE $13,200
- SELECT MEDICAL $11,600
- LANCASTER SCHOOL OF COSMETOLOGY $11,100
- SCENIC RIDGE $8,425
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Lloyd Smucker → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Mar 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Mar 27, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 27, 2025
Mr. Smucker (for himself and Mr. Mackenzie) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to clarify the procedures regarding the eligibility of online providers of training services.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Ensuring Opportunities in Online Training Act”.
SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE ONLINE PROVIDERS.
Section 122(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(3) Online providers.—The procedures established under subsection (a) shall apply to a provider that delivers training services exclusively online. If a participant chooses a provider that delivers training services exclusively online and is not located in the State of the local area that approved such training services for the participant in accordance with section 134(c)(3)(A)(i), such provider shall be ineligible to receive payment for such participant from funds allotted to such State under section 132 unless such provider is on the list of eligible providers of training services described in subsection (d) for such State with respect to the program involved.”. <all>
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