Service, Training, Education, and Preparation for Veterans Act or the STEP for Veterans Act This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to community colleges to: (1) analyze the demand for additional trained employees in their locality and the skills possessed by veterans who receive federal educational assistance and seek local employment; (2) carry out an existing, or implement a new, certificate or degree program that provides those veterans with training that addresses local demand for trained employees; and (3) facilitate the establishment of an advisory board to provide guidance to the training program and assist trained veterans in their pursuit of local employment. The advisory board shall be composed of local business representatives and an employee from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Labor and Employment
Advisory bodiesEducation programs fundingEmployment and training programsHigher educationManufacturingVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVocational and technical education
To direct the Secretary of Labor to establish a competitive grant program for community colleges to train veterans for local jobs.
USA115th CongressHR-996| House
| Updated: 3/3/2017
Service, Training, Education, and Preparation for Veterans Act or the STEP for Veterans Act This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to community colleges to: (1) analyze the demand for additional trained employees in their locality and the skills possessed by veterans who receive federal educational assistance and seek local employment; (2) carry out an existing, or implement a new, certificate or degree program that provides those veterans with training that addresses local demand for trained employees; and (3) facilitate the establishment of an advisory board to provide guidance to the training program and assist trained veterans in their pursuit of local employment. The advisory board shall be composed of local business representatives and an employee from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Advisory bodiesEducation programs fundingEmployment and training programsHigher educationManufacturingVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVocational and technical education