Secretary's Supplemental Priority on Career Pathways and Workforce Readiness
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This rule sets a priority for career pathways and workforce readiness programs that can be used in education-related grants. It aims to align education with labor market needs by supporting work-based learning, apprenticeships, and aligning educational efforts with employer demands. This impacts educational institutions looking to obtain grants focused on improving workforce readiness and adult education programs.
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Key Changes
- Added adult learners to the workforce readiness priority
- Emphasized paid educator apprenticeships
- Supported high-quality, short-term programs aligned with Workforce Pell Grants
Obligations
What this law requires
Educational institutions seeking discretionary grants must design Career Pathways and Workforce Readiness programs that explicitly include both youth and adult learners as eligible participants.
Grant programs implementing this priority must measure and include educational skill gains (literacy, numeracy, digital skills, problem-solving, critical thinking) as required and measurable outcomes, not solely short-term employment outcomes.
Career Pathways programs must align educational curriculum and learning objectives with current labor market needs and employer demands.
Programs receiving grants under this priority must incorporate work-based learning and apprenticeship opportunities as components of career pathway initiatives.
The Department of Education may apply this priority across discretionary grant programs, or select specific component parts for individual grant programs or competitions.