Leverage Prior Skills Act
Latest action · May 22, 2014 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.
- IntroducedMay 22, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Leverage Prior Skills Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require a governor, in establishing a procedure for local workforce investment boards in the state in determining the initial eligibility of a provider to receive funds for a program of training services, to require the applicant proposing a program that leads to a recognized postsecondary credential to include in the application information on the quality of the services that lead to that credential.
Requires a state to use federal funds reserved to carry out statewide employment and training activities (other than certain statewide rapid response activities) to identify and implement a process by which local boards will contract with providers of training services, or identify eligible providers of training services, only if the providers involved agree to:
- use direct assessments to assess the prior learning of the participants in noncredit employment and training programs; and
- take that prior learning into account when determining whether a participant has earned credit hours or made progress toward earning a degree from an institution of higher education, or has earned or made progress towards earning a recognized postsecondary credential.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 22, 2014.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Original | May 22, 2014 |
| D-AR | Mark L. Pryor | Original | May 22, 2014 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 22, 2014Introduced in Senate
- May 22, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 22, 2014Introduced in Senate
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