Leveraging Educational Opportunity Networks Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3681 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3681 To direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to certain entities to establish workforce training programs. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 3, 2025 Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Edwards) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to certain entities to establish workforce training programs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Leveraging Educational Opportunity Networks Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) About 60 percent of workers in the United States do not hold a 4-year college degree. These almost 70,000,000 workers in the United States without a bachelor's degree have gained marketable skills through on-the-job training, boot camps, micro-credentialing programs, community colleges, and many other types of job training programs. Short-term workforce training programs have been growing in demand. Polling data finds that people in the United States are increasingly seeking education programs that are relevant for work and suited to their personal needs. Over the past 2 years, even as community college enrollment has dropped, boot camps, and online training programs are growing in size and market share. (2) Federal job training policy should focus on making more funding available to support high-quality sectoral training programs, including wraparound supports. Policymakers should prioritize options that boosts Federal funding for cohort-based sectoral training programs, including th