HR 8634 — To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to authorize a study to review specific outcomes of entrepreneurial skills development programs, and for other purposes.

Summary

This bill expands career services and training programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to include skills and information on entrepreneurship. Further, the bill requires the Department of Labor to conduct a three-year multistate study on entrepreneurial skills development programs and make recommendations for states and local communities to expand access to such programs.

Bill Text

• Introduced Introduced in House Current html August 02, 2022

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The bill expands the focus of workforce development to include entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skills development.

• 29 U.S.C. 3111(d)(3)(D)

  and jobseekers → jobseekers, and entrepreneurs

  It adds entrepreneurs to the list of stakeholders served by the State workforce development board.

• 29 U.S.C. 3111(d)(3)(D)

  and entrepreneurial skills development and microenterprise services

  It broadens the scope of services to include entrepreneurial skills development and microenterprise services.

• 29 U.S.C. 3152(a)(2)(C)

  and providers of entrepreneurial skills development programs

  It specifies that providers of entrepreneurial skills development programs are eligible for training services.

• 29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)(A)

  ; and → ;

  It modifies the syntax to allow for an additional clause in the provision of required local employment and training activities.

• 29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)(A)

  provision of information on entrepreneurship, as appropriate; and

  It requires local employment and training activities to include entrepreneurship information.

• 29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)(A)

  ; → and

  It updates the list structure for clarity.

• 29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)(A)

  referral to microenterprise services, as appropriate;

  It mandates referrals to microenterprise services as part of local training activities.

• 29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)(A)

  , which may include resources to support entrepreneurship,

  It encourages inclusion of entrepreneurship resources in required local activities.

• 29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)(A)

  , which may include entrepreneurship opportunities,

  It emphasizes the inclusion of entrepreneurship opportunities in local employment activities.

• 29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)(A)

  or entrepreneurial opportunities

  It accommodates entrepreneurial opportunities in workplace-related activities.

• 29 U.S.C. 3224(b)(4)

  Study on entrepreneurial skills development programs.--The Secretary shall, through a grant or contract, conduct a three-year multistate study on entrepreneurial skills development programs, which shall include the following:

  It mandates a study on entrepreneurial skills development programs to assess their effectiveness and best practices.

• 29 U.S.C. 3224(b)(4)(K)

  A review of-- successful practices for developing entrepreneurial skills of individuals; evidence-based and other best practices for mentoring potential entrepreneurs; the qualifications needed for skills development providers to successfully develop the entrepreneurial skills of individuals; strategies for engaging employers and other private sector partners; such program outcomes that correlate with entrepreneurial success; how such programs successfully measure the progress of participants in such programs; the extent to which such programs lead to industry recognized credentials; the impact, including the economic impact, of such programs on States and local communities; the extent to which such programs affect business development and job creation in States and local communities; how such programs identify potential program participants' readiness for the program; and the average earnings of participants who complete such a program three years after the date of completion of such program.

  It specifies the subjects the study should address concerning entrepreneurial skills development programs.

• 29 U.S.C. 3224(b)(4)(K)(ii)

  Recommendations for States and local communities to expand access to such programs.

  It calls for recommendations aimed at increasing access to entrepreneurial skills programs.

• 29 U.S.C. 3224(c)

  Such projects may include demonstration and pilot projects relating to promoting self- employment, promoting entrepreneurship, promoting job creation (especially for in-demand industry sectors or occupations), averting dislocations, assisting dislocated farmers, assisting dislocated fishermen, developing career pathways and encouraging advancements, and promoting public works. → Such projects may include demonstration and pilot projects relating to promoting self-employment, promoting entrepreneurship, promoting job creation (especially for in-demand industry sectors or occupations), averting dislocations, assisting dislocated farmers, assisting dislocated fishermen, developing career pathways and encouraging advancements, and promoting public works.

  It maintains the existing structure while emphasizing entrepreneurial initiatives within projects.

Action History

1. August 02, 2022

   Introduced in House

2. August 02, 2022

   Introduced in House

3. August 02, 2022

   Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Sponsors

• Rick W. Allen · Primary

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