Expanding Apprenticeships in America
Headline: Expands Apprenticeships and Requires Agencies to Review Training Programs
What it does: Agencies must expand apprenticeships, evaluate job training programs, and report reform recommendations to the President and the budget office.
- Creates more paid apprenticeship opportunities for students, veterans, and workers.
- Requires agencies to evaluate and possibly end ineffective training programs.
- Encourages employers and colleges to develop apprenticeships in key industries.
Summary
This order directs the federal government to expand apprenticeships, encourage industry-recognized programs, create an Excellence in Apprenticeship recognition, and form a Task Force to recommend ways to grow apprenticeships. It also requires agencies to evaluate job training programs and suggest reforms or eliminations.
The measure focuses on students, community college attendees, high school students, veterans, formerly incarcerated people, employers, and workers, aiming to increase paid work-based learning, improve program effectiveness, and better align taxpayer-funded training with available jobs.
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