Bill Details
S.758 - 119th Congress
Status
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2025-02-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced Date
2025-02-26
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
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This bill would help connect apprenticeship programs with colleges and other schools so people can earn training, work experience, and college credit at the same time. It directs the Labor Department and Education Department to work together within one year to create a plan that supports a new apprenticeship college consortium. The goal is to make it easier for students, apprentices, schools, employers, and training providers to work together, share information, and recognize learning that happens both in the classroom and on the job. The bill also aims to improve access to financial aid information, credit transfer, and public information about apprenticeship options.
- It requires the Labor Secretary to make an agreement with the Education Secretary and send it to Congress, showing how the two departments will coordinate apprenticeship programs with secondary, college, and adult education.
- The agreement must explain how to support data sharing, so officials can track whether apprenticeship participants who get federal student aid also take or complete college coursework.
- Participants in the consortium would need agreements that help award college credit for related classroom instruction, expand the use of electronic transcripts, and connect apprenticeship learning with academic records.
- The bill also calls for guidance on using certain education and training funds, technical help on financial aid use, and a public website with lists of participating programs, available credentials, sample agreements, and other helpful resources.
Official Summaries
Apprenticeships to College Act
This bill requires the Department of Labor to enter into an interagency agreement with the Department of Education to promote and support integration and alignment of programs under the national apprenticeship system with secondary, two- and four-year postsecondary, and adult education.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 758 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 758
To support the establishment of an apprenticeship college consortium.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 26, 2025
Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Moran) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To support the establishment of an apprenticeship college consortium.
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 ``Apprenticeships to College Act''.
SEC. 2. APPRENTICESHIP COLLEGE CONSORTIUM.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, in order to cooperate with the Secretary of Education and
promote awareness and adoption of apprenticeship programs, the
Secretary of Labor shall--
(1) enter into an interagency agreement with the Secretary
of Education to promote and support integration and alignment
of programs under the national apprenticeship system with
secondary, postsecondary, and adult education, through the
activities described in this section; and
(2) submit to the Committee on Education and Workforce of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, such agreement
and any modifications to such agreement.
(b) Apprenticeship College Consortium.--In order to support the
establishment of a college consortium of postsecondary educational
institutions, related instruction providers, sponsors, qualified
intermediaries, and employers (referred to in this Act as the
``Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium'') for the purposes of
promoting stronger connections between programs under the national
apprenticeship system and participating 2- and 4-year postsecondary
educational institutions, the interagency agreement under subsection
(a) shall include a description of how the Secretaries will--
(1) support data sharing systems that align education
records and records of programs under the national
apprenticeship system regarding whether program participants
who receive financial aid under title IV of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) enroll in, or
complete, postsecondary coursework while participating in a
program under such system;
(2) provide guidance on how to align eligible funding from,
planning processes for, and the requirements of, the Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C.
2301 et seq.), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et
seq.), and the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et
seq.) with this Act;
(3) require all participants of the Registered
Apprenticeship College Consortium to enter into agreements to--
(A) have an articulation agreement with a
participating sponsor of an apprenticeship program,
which may include a 2- or 4-year postsecondary
educational institution;
(B) create or expand the awarding and articulation
of academic credit for related instruction completed
and credentials awarded to program participants as part
of a program under the national apprenticeship system;
and
(C) support the creation or expansion of electronic
transcripts for apprenticeship programs and all
academic content, including related instruction and on-
the-job training;
(4) provide technical assistance on eligible uses of
financial aid, including the Federal work study program under
part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1087-51 et seq.), for related instruction for programs
under the national apprenticeship system;
(5) provide to Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium
participants or potential participants information regarding--
(A) a list of apprenticeship programs in related
occupations offered in the State or available under the
Office of Apprenticeship that may become part of the
Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium;
(B) information on how to develop an apprenticeship
program;
(C) information on Federal, State, and local
financial resources available to assist with the
establishment and implementation of apprenticeship
programs; and
(D) information on related qualified intermediaries
or industry or sector partnerships supporting
apprenticeship programs, as applicable; and
(6) support information regarding the Registered
Apprenticeship College Consortium being made available on a
publicly accessible website, including--
(A) a list of participating members of the
Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium,
apprenticeship programs provided, credentials awarded
with each program, and available apprenticeable
occupations; and
(B) models of articulation agreements, prior
learning assessments, and competency-based curriculum
for related instruction for illustrative purposes.
(c) Limitations.--Nothing in this Act shall require--
(1) an institution of higher education to participate in
the Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium; or
(2) an apprenticeship sponsor to participate in the
Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium.
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