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The Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act (SECTORS), H.R. 1855, will help address local skills shortages by bringing employers in key industries together with education, labor, workforce, and other groups to identify and provide training tailored to meet the sector needs of that region’s economy. Introduced by U.S. Reps. Dave Loebsack (D-IA) and Todd Platts (R-PA), the bill will help promote ‘sector strategies’, which drive industry growth and competitiveness by aligning training and education with actual local employers’ needs. “It is critical that we ensure that workers have the right skills for today’s labor market and that those skills help them move into jobs and careers,” said Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. “One of the best ways to do this is to ensure that federally funded training is developed in partnership with local and regional employers.”
“This legislation will strengthen strategic partnerships among business, labor, education, and the workforce to address the needs of regional economies and prepare workers for jobs in growing sectors of our economy,” said Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX), chairman of the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. “I applaud the passage of H.R. 1855 and look forward to working with my colleagues to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act.”
Specifically, the SECTORS Act would establish a grant program administered by the Department of Labor to provide designated funding for eligible partnerships in order to coordinate workforce activities between specific industries and educational institutions. Eligible partnerships could receive up to $2.5 million in grants for the first three years and up to an additional $1.5 million thereafter.
More than 200 local and state business, labor, workforce and education groups support H.R. 1855, including the National Skills Alliance, National Council for Advanced Manufacturing, National Council on Aging, Women Work!, the National Network for Women’s Employment, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, the Center of Industry and Technology, California Manufacturers and Technology Association, Business Council of New York State, the Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council, and the Illinois Manufacturing Foundation.
More information on H.R. 1855
House Approves Legislation to Improve Public-Private Sector Economic Development
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives approved bipartisan legislation today on a voice vote that will help key industries, such as manufacturing, meeting their skilled workforce needs.The Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act (SECTORS), H.R. 1855, will help address local skills shortages by bringing employers in key industries together with education, labor, workforce, and other groups to identify and provide training tailored to meet the sector needs of that region’s economy. Introduced by U.S. Reps. Dave Loebsack (D-IA) and Todd Platts (R-PA), the bill will help promote ‘sector strategies’, which drive industry growth and competitiveness by aligning training and education with actual local employers’ needs. “It is critical that we ensure that workers have the right skills for today’s labor market and that those skills help them move into jobs and careers,” said Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. “One of the best ways to do this is to ensure that federally funded training is developed in partnership with local and regional employers.”
“This legislation will strengthen strategic partnerships among business, labor, education, and the workforce to address the needs of regional economies and prepare workers for jobs in growing sectors of our economy,” said Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX), chairman of the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. “I applaud the passage of H.R. 1855 and look forward to working with my colleagues to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act.”
Specifically, the SECTORS Act would establish a grant program administered by the Department of Labor to provide designated funding for eligible partnerships in order to coordinate workforce activities between specific industries and educational institutions. Eligible partnerships could receive up to $2.5 million in grants for the first three years and up to an additional $1.5 million thereafter.
More than 200 local and state business, labor, workforce and education groups support H.R. 1855, including the National Skills Alliance, National Council for Advanced Manufacturing, National Council on Aging, Women Work!, the National Network for Women’s Employment, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, the Center of Industry and Technology, California Manufacturers and Technology Association, Business Council of New York State, the Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council, and the Illinois Manufacturing Foundation.
More information on H.R. 1855
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