119th Congress · introduced in the House · Feb 21, 2025
Validate Prior Learning to Accelerate Employment Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Feb 21, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Labor and Employment
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Feb 21, 2025)
Validate Prior Learning to Accelerate Employment Act
This bill incorporates assessments that measure an individual's prior knowledge, skills, competencies, and experiences into specified state and local employment training activities under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
An assessment may be used, for example, to award a recognized postsecondary credential that employers use for recruitment, hiring, retention, or advancement purposes.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Employee hiring · Employee performance · Employment and training programs · Performance measurement
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