Promoting Innovations to 21st Century Careers Act
Latest action · Apr 14, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 14, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting Innovations to 21st Century Careers Act - Authorizes the Director of the National Academic and Career Innovation Center to award certain planning, implementation, transitional, and supplemental grants to state pathways partnerships to carry out activities that will create and enhance educational and career pathways for high school students to postsecondary schools (including registered apprenticeship programs) and to 21st century careers, particularly in high skill, high demand industries.
Requires the state partnerships to be appointed by state governors and include representatives from educational, business, labor, workforce, and economic development entities in their respective states.
Establishes the National Academic and Career Innovation Center to: (1) support the efforts of the state partnerships and regional partnerships (which are to receive competitive implementation subgrants from state partnerships) to offer career pathways of proven effectiveness; (2) design and conduct performance evaluations of career pathways activities; and (3) administer, oversee, and evaluate all career pathways grants.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 3, 2011.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | May 3, 2011 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | May 3, 2011 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 14, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Apr 14, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Advisory bodies
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Educational technology and distance education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Licensing and registrations
- Performance measurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Vocational and technical education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 14, 2011Introduced in Senate
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