WORKER Act
Latest action · Feb 22, 2021 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.
- IntroducedFeb 22, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Working On Rewarding and Keeping Employees Resilient Act or the WORKER Act
This bill addresses workforce development by advancing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, revising and implementing certain worker training, retention, and advancement programs.
The bill requires (1) the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to eligible entities to implement certain formal and informal engineering education programs in elementary and secondary schools, and (2) the use of certain career and technical education program funds for supporting a hands-on learning approach.
The bill establishes in the Department of Labor an Office of Apprenticeship, including a National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships, to promote apprenticeship programs.
Labor and ED must establish a voluntary Registered Apprenticeship-College Collaborative consisting of the sponsors carrying out registered apprenticeship programs, two- or four-year post secondary educational institutions, and organizations that represent such programs or institutions.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 22, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Feb 22, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 594 | WORKER Act | Related bill | Mar 23, 2021 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Advisory bodies
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Labor
- Education programs funding
- Educational guidance
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Labor and Employment
- Performance measurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Science and engineering education
- State and local government operations
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Unemployment
- Vocational and technical education
- Wages and earnings
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 22, 2021Introduced in Senate
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