Validate Prior Learning to Accelerate Employment Act has not moved since its introduction on Feb 21, 2025, with one cosponsor, a Republican
IntroducedFeb 21, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 59 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- House Education and Workforce Committee
- Policy area
- Labor and Employment: 17 of 2,258 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.8%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 57 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 815 words
- Subjects
- Employee hiringEmployee performanceEmployment and training programsPerformance measurement
- Latest action
- Feb 21, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]