Apprenticeships to College Act
Sponsored By: Senator Amy Klobuchar
Introduced
Summary
This bill would create a national program to integrate apprenticeships with postsecondary education. It would require the Secretaries of Labor and Education to enter an interagency agreement within one year to align apprenticeship programs with secondary, postsecondary, and adult education and to coordinate data sharing, credit articulation, and guidance on federal education funds.
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- Students and apprentices: Makes it easier for apprenticeship learners to earn and transfer college credit for related instruction and credentials and supports electronic transcripts that document on-the-job learning.
- Colleges and training providers: Offers templates and technical help for articulation agreements, prior learning assessments, and competency-based curricula while leaving participation voluntary for institutions.
- Employers and apprenticeship sponsors: Encourages formal agreements between sponsors and participating schools to award academic credit and recognize apprenticeship training for credentials.
- Federal and state program managers: Promotes aligned data systems to track Title IV financial aid recipients in apprenticeships and provides guidance on using Perkins, Rehabilitation Act, Higher Education Act funds, and Federal Work-Study for related instruction. It would also require a public website listing Consortium members, programs, credentials, and model agreements.
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Easier college credit for apprentices
If enacted, the bill would require the Secretary of Labor to make an agreement with the Secretary of Education within 1 year after enactment. The agreement would align apprenticeships with high school, college, and adult education. It would support data sharing to track Title IV aid recipients who take or finish postsecondary courses while in apprenticeships. The agreement would give guidance on using Perkins, the Rehabilitation Act, and Higher Education Act funds and on using Title IV aid, including Federal Work-Study, for related instruction. Consortium members would be asked to adopt articulation agreements, award and articulate college credit for related instruction and credentials, and support electronic apprenticeship transcripts. The agreement would also require public posting of Consortium members, programs, credentials, occupations, and sample articulation or prior-learning models. Any agreement or changes would be sent to the House Education and Workforce and Senate HELP committees.
Colleges and sponsors may opt out
If enacted, the bill would say that no college or apprenticeship sponsor must join the Registered Apprenticeship College Consortium. Participation by postsecondary institutions and apprenticeship sponsors would be voluntary upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Cosponsors
Jerry Moran
KS • R
Sponsored 2/26/2025
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