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Improve Employer-Directed Skills Act
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to define employer-directed skills development, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill modifies the federal workforce development system to streamline employer-directed skills training. It allows employers to refer individuals for job training without requiring the standard interview and evaluation process if the employer certifies the individual needs the training and can successfully participate. Employers can enter into contracts with local workforce boards to provide skills development programs, and must specify program details including length, costs, expected credentials or skills gained, earnings projections, and a commitment to hire participants upon successful completion. The employer must contribute a specified minimum amount toward the cost of the training. The bill also replaces the term "customized training" with "employer-directed skills development" throughout the relevant federal workforce law.
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Actions (2)
- Apr 7, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Apr 7, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 7, 2025
Mrs. Miller-Meeks (for herself and Mr. Moolenaar) 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 define employer-directed skills development, and for other purposes.
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 “Improve Employer-Directed Skills Act”.
SEC. 2. EMPLOYER-DIRECTED SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.
(a) Interview Exception.—Section 134(c)(3)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(3)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking “as provided in clause
(ii)” and inserting “as provided in clause (ii) or (iii)”;
(2) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
(3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
“(iii) Employer referral.—A one-stop operator or one-stop partner shall not be required to conduct an interview, evaluation, or assessment of an individual under clause (i) if such individual—
“(I) is referred by an employer to receive on-the-job training or employer-directed skills development in connection with that employer; and
“(II) has been certified by the employer as being an individual who is in need of training services to obtain unsubsidized employment with such employer and who has the skills and qualifications to successfully participate in the selected program of training services.”.
(b) Employer-Directed Skills Development Agreement.—Section 134(c)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(I) Employer-directed skills development.—An employer may receive a contract from a local board to provide employer-directed skills development to a participant or group of participants if the employer submits to the local board an agreement that establishes—
“(i) the provider of the skills development program, which may be the employer;
“(ii) the length of the skills development program;
“(iii) the recognized postsecondary credentials that will be awarded to, or the occupational skills that will be gained by, program participants;
“(iv) the cost of the skills development program;
“(v) the estimated earnings of program participants upon successful completion of the program;
“(vi) the amount of such cost that will be paid by the employer, which shall not be less than the amount specified in subparagraph (C) of section 3(19); and
“(vii) a commitment by the employer to employ the participating individual or individuals upon successful completion of the program.”.
(c) Global Technical Amendment.—Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) is amended by striking “customized training” each place it appears and inserting “employer-directed skills development”. <all>
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