Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Apprenticeship Improvement Act of 2017”.
Apprenticeship Improvement Act of 2017
A BILL
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to include individuals participating in pre-apprenticeship programs offered by employers and provide that such employers may be reimbursed under such Act.
Sec. 2 Inclusion of pre-apprenticeship programs
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) is amended—
in section 3(44), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting “, including an apprentice or pre-apprentice,” after “paid participant”; and
in section 122(a)(2)(B), insert before the semicolon the following: “, except that for purposes of this Act, such programs may include programs that include pre-apprentices”.