START Act
Sen. Banks Introduces START Act to Speed Up Apprenticeship Approvals and Award $150 Million in Grants
The START Act is currently in the early stages of the legislative process. It was recently introduced in the Senate and sent to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for review. There are no upcoming votes scheduled at this time.
Legislative Progress
While both parties generally support apprenticeship programs, this bill was introduced by members of the minority party and faces a long road through the committee process.
Key Points
Impact Analysis
Personal Impact
Federal employees at the Department of Labor who handle apprenticeship registrations would face new performance requirements, including the 90-day and 30-day response deadlines and the mandate to publish average response times monthly. This creates more pressure and accountability for staff processing applications, though it also provides clearer performance expectations.
“the Secretary shall, on a monthly basis, make publicly available online the average response times by the Secretary to standards submitted in accordance with paragraph (1)”
Milestones
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
START Act
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