Critical Industry Skills Act

This bill changes the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to let Governors set aside up to 10 percent of certain federal job-training funds, matched by other funds, for two new programs. The first is a critical industry skills fund that pays training providers or employers per worker, with part paid after training is finished and the rest after the worker stays employed for 6 months. The second is a grant fund, with grants of up to 2 years, for industry or sector partnerships that train workers for high-growth or high-wage industries. The bill also adds conditions for local areas to keep job-training funds, adds new state duties such as skills-based assessments, and directs the Secretary of Labor to study the skills funds within 4 years.

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Sponsors

• Mark B. Messmer Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors