Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
This bill adds a new WIOA grant program to fund junior/community colleges, area career and technical schools, and training providers to expand education, training, and outreach for residential construction careers. Grants (up to four years) prioritize rural areas and underserved populations, require program outcomes reporting, labor-law compliance attestations, and authorize $20 million annually for fiscal years 2025–2029.
Liberals emphasize underserved outreach and wage protections
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-scoped statutory creation of a targeted grant program within WIOA to expand residential construction training capacity.
This bill adds a new WIOA grant program to fund junior/community colleges, area career and technical schools, and training providers to expand education, training, and outreach for residential construction careers.
Grants (up to four years) prioritize rural areas and underserved populations, require program outcomes reporting, labor-law compliance attestations, and authorize $20 million annually for fiscal years 2025–2029.
Eligible uses include creating or expanding skills training, incumbent worker upskilling, partnerships with local builders, dual enrollment outreach, flexible schedules, and limited supportive services.
Narrow, practical workforce bill with modest authorization and broad appeal across districts; main barriers are committee prioritization and appropriations.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-scoped statutory creation of a targeted grant program within WIOA to expand residential construction training capacity. It provides clear definitions, eligibility, required and permissive uses, reporting requirements, and a multi-year authorization, and it integrates cleanly into existing statutory frameworks.
Liberals emphasize underserved outreach and wage protections
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Liberals emphasize underserved outreach and wage protections
Likely supportive because the program targets underserved populations, rural communities, and workforce pathways into middle-skilled jobs.
The bill’s emphasis on fair wages, partnerships with community organizations, dual enrollment, and outreach aligns with priorities to expand opportunity and increase affordable housing supply.
Generally favorable, viewing it as a modest, targeted workforce-development initiative addressing labor shortages in residential construction.
Sees value in accountability measures but wants clarity on cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and administrative burden.
Mixed to somewhat skeptical: supports vocational skill development and local institutions but is wary of expanding federal programs and conditional requirements.
Concerns focus on federal funding levels, federal involvement in education, and labor compliance provisions possibly deterring employers.
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Narrow, practical workforce bill with modest authorization and broad appeal across districts; main barriers are committee prioritization and appropriations.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals emphasize underserved outreach and wage protections
Narrow, practical workforce bill with modest authorization and broad appeal across districts; main barriers are committee prioritization an…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a well-scoped statutory creation of a targeted grant program within WIOA to expand residential construction training capacity. It provides clear definitions, eligi…
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