ACCESS to Careers Act of 2020
Latest action · Feb 11, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S992-993)
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.
- IntroducedFeb 11, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Assisting Community Colleges in Educating Skilled Students to Careers Act of 2020 or the ACCESS to Careers Act of 2020
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to community and technical colleges and to states for education and career training programs and related activities.
Specifically, the bill requires ED to award grants to community and technical colleges and consortia of such colleges to (1) carry out student support services, such as child care, transportation, direct financial assistance, and case management services; and (2) carry out certain program activities, such as developing programs that accelerate learning, expand career pathways to postsecondary credentials, or expand dual or concurrent enrollment programs.
Additionally, ED must award grants to states to establish statewide systemic reforms that support education and career training programs. States receiving such grants must (1) use such funds to implement statewide policies, such as policies to support the expansion of education and career training programs for in-demand industry sectors or occupations, and (2) provide subgrants to community college partnerships to carry out program activities and student support services.
Grant recipients must submit an annual report to ED.
Further, ED must (1) contract with an independent third party to perform an evaluation of the grants awarded under the bill, (2) provide technical assistance, and (3) submit an annual report to Congress.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2020 to Feb 13, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Feb 11, 2020 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Feb 13, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Feb 11, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S992-993)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
- Child care and development
- Congressional oversight
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Economic development
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Education programs funding
- Educational guidance
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Food assistance and relief
- Government information and archives
- Health care coverage and access
- Higher education
- Indian social and development programs
- Licensing and registrations
- Mental health
- Military personnel and dependents
- Minority education
- Minority employment
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public contracts and procurement
- State and local government operations
- Student aid and college costs
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Transportation programs funding
- Unemployment
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Vocational and technical education
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 11, 2020Introduced in Senate
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