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MORE FUNDING FOR CAREER EDUCATION

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HON. GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO SABLAN

of the northern mariana islands

in the house of representatives

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Mr. SABLAN. Madam Speaker, today, I introduced two bills that give this House an opportunity to provide more funding for career education.

My Job Corps Nationwide Act does this by allowing the establishment of Job Corps centers in all U.S. insular areas. Job Corps centers offer disadvantaged youth training in more than 70 career paths and participants can also work toward earning secondary school diplomas or recognized postsecondary credentials. However, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act only authorized these training sites in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Allowing Job Corps centers in all U.S. insular areas would mean our young people would not have to leave to get the training they need, and local businesses would benefit from a skilled workforce connected to our community and committed to remaining.

My second bill, the Integrated English Literacy and Civics Education

(IELCE) Nationwide Act, will help put people to work by providing support to increase their English proficiency. It is not unusual for my constituents to grow up in homes that speak one of the indigenous languages of the Marianas: Chamorro or Refaluwasch. By including all U.S. insular areas in the IELCE program, my bill will make grant funding available for programs that help English language learners acquire the proficiency needed to obtain employment.

By fixing these inequities in career education funding for the U.S. insular areas, we can help all in our nation receive the training and education they need to enter and succeed in the workforce.

The gentlelady from American Samoa, Mrs. Radewagen, and the gentleman from Guam, Mr. San Nicolas, are original cosponsors of the bills.

I urge my colleagues to support both bipartisan pieces of legislation.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 133

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