Bill > HR8947

This bill would amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to community colleges for high-quality workforce development programs. The key provisions include: - Establishing the "Strengthening Community Colleges Workforce Development Grants Program" to provide grants to eligible institutions (community colleges, postsecondary vocational institutions, or consortia of such institutions) to establish, improve, or expand workforce development programs, career pathway programs, or work-based learning programs. - Requiring grant recipients to partner with employers in in-demand industry sectors and collaborate with the workforce development system to serve adult and dislocated workers, incumbent workers, and new entrants to the workforce. - Allowing grant funds to be used for activities such as articulation agreements, credit transfer, competency-based education, and reducing unmet financial need for participants. - Requiring the Secretary to develop performance levels for grant recipients based on workforce outcomes and capacity-building measures, and to conduct an evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the grant program. - Authorizing $65 million per year from fiscal year 2025 through 2030 to carry out the grant program.