To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to provide local areas more flexibility in the use of funds for incumbent workforce training programs.
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Latest Action · December 1, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
The Professional Growth and Retention Act would amend federal workforce training law to give local areas greater flexibility in spending money on programs that help workers currently employed improve their skills and advance their careers. Currently, local workforce boards must reserve 20 percent of their funds for these incumbent worker training programs, but this bill would increase that minimum reservation to 40 percent, with an additional allowance for areas with particularly strong job markets to reserve up to 50 percent when unemployment has stayed at 3 percent or lower for at least six months. The legislation affects local workforce development boards and the workers they serve, particularly those looking to gain new skills while remaining employed. No specific new funding is allocated in the bill; rather, it reallocates how existing workforce funds can be used. The bill was introduced in December 2023 and referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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