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Validate Prior Learning to Accelerate Employment Act
Introduced Feb 21, 2025 by Rep. Rick W. Allen
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Latest action · Feb 21, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
What it does
Validate Prior Learning to Accelerate Employment Act
This bill incorporates assessments that measure an individual's prior knowledge, skills, competencies, and experiences into specified state and local employment training activities under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
An assessment may be used, for example, to award a recognized postsecondary credential that employers use for recruitment, hiring, retention, or advancement purposes.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
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