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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
- Exempts individuals referred by employers for on-the-job training from required intake interviews and assessments if the employer certifies they need training and have the necessary skills.
- Allows employers to contract with local workforce boards to provide employer-directed skills development training to participants.
- Requires employer-directed training agreements to specify the program provider, length, credentials or skills to be gained, costs, estimated earnings, and employer commitment to hire graduates.
- Requires employers to contribute at least a specified minimum amount toward the cost of the training program.
- Replaces the term "customized training" with "employer-directed skills development" throughout the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
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![Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/M001215.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette (R-IA) [#1]
1 cosponsor
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![Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2]](https://media.civicgate.org/people/d/politicians/M001194.thumb.jpg)
Rep. Moolenaar, John R. (R-MI) [#2]
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mariannette Miller-Meeks’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NYCBS $26,878
- Employer not reported $21,077
- RDV CORPORATION $16,500
- ESTES COMPANY $16,000
- DAVITA $15,500
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Mariannette Miller-Meeks → · Outside spending →
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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Full text
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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