Jobs, On-the-Job Earn-While-You-Learn Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African-Americans Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill establishes a Diversity and Inclusion Administrator within the Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship. The role would promote participation by African American, Hispanic, Asian American or Pacific Islander, and Native American individuals in the national apprenticeship system, work with education and training providers, engage employers in nontraditional apprenticeship industries, assist State apprenticeship agencies and sponsors, require African-American participation plans in registration and renewal applications, and award competitive grants for outreach, mentoring, financial planning, supportive services, and apprenticeship diversity.
Who Benefits and How
Young African-American workers, apprenticeship applicants, nontraditional apprenticeship participants, education providers, Tribal education agencies, community organizations, and registered apprenticeship sponsors benefit from a dedicated federal office, participation-plan requirements, and grant funding targeted to construction, welding, electrical engineering, plumbing, information technology, energy, green jobs, advanced manufacturing, health care, and cybersecurity pathways.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship must staff and operate the new administrator role, run competitive grants, coordinate with the Department of Education, and track outcomes. Registered apprenticeship sponsors and registration applicants must submit plans to increase African-American participation, while grantees must report results such as enrollment, retention, completion, credential attainment, employment, and earnings outcomes.
Key Provisions
- Establishes a Diversity and Inclusion Administrator inside the Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship.
- Requires registered apprenticeship applicants and renewal applicants to submit plans to increase African-American participation.
- Creates competitive grants for outreach, mentoring, financial planning, supportive services, and diversity expansion in registered apprenticeships.
- Requires grantee reporting on participation, completion, credential, employment, and earnings outcomes.
- Authorizes $2 million in fiscal year 2026, $3 million in 2027, $4 million in 2028, and $5 million in 2029.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Create a Department of Labor apprenticeship diversity administrator, require African-American participation plans in registered apprenticeship applications, and fund grants for recruitment, mentoring, supportive services, and program diversity.
Key Policy Areas
Labor, Education, Workforce Development, Civil Rights
Primary Purpose
Create a Department of Labor apprenticeship diversity administrator, require African-American participation plans in registered apprenticeship applications, and fund grants for recruitment, mentoring, supportive services, and program diversity.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Young African-American workers
- Apprenticeship applicants
- Registered apprenticeship sponsors
- Education providers
- Tribal education agencies
- Community organizations
Identified Costs
- Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship
- Registered apprenticeship sponsors
- Registration agencies
- Grant recipients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. David Scott of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. …
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
African-American apprenticeship applicants, African-American apprenticeship participants, Apprenticeship applicants from underrepresented groups
Positive-direction: African-American apprenticeship applicants, African-American apprenticeship participants, Apprenticeship applicants from underrepresented groups, Registered apprenticeship programs receiving diversity grants, Workers in African-American communities
Negative-direction: Registered apprenticeship sponsors
Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship staff, Department of Labor apprenticeship diversity initiatives, Department of Labor grant administrators
Positive-direction: Department of Labor apprenticeship diversity initiatives
Negative-direction: Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship staff, Department of Labor grant administrators
Education providers defined as eligible partners, Education providers supporting apprenticeship pathways, Grant recipients reporting apprenticeship outcomes
Positive-direction: Education providers defined as eligible partners, Education providers supporting apprenticeship pathways
Negative-direction: Grant recipients reporting apprenticeship outcomes
Registration agencies applying program definitions, Registration agencies reviewing participation plans
Community organizations supporting apprentices
Federal taxpayers funding apprenticeship diversity grants
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "Beneficiaries"
- → ['Workers', 'Apprenticeship applicants', 'Education providers', 'Tribal education agencies', 'Community organizations']
- "Administrators"
- → ['Department of Labor', 'Office of Apprenticeship', 'Registration agencies']
- "Program actors"
- → ['Registered apprenticeship sponsors', 'Grant recipients']
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
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