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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2021 - 2022
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | March 29, 2021 12:24 PM |
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| From: | Representative Ryan E. Mackenzie |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | CareerBound Workforce Development Program |
| In the near future I will be re-introducing legislation to create CareerBound, a program that will strengthen the connection between Pennsylvania’s students and the next generation of high-priority careers. CareerBound passed the House in previous sessions with strong bipartisan support. Designed as a workforce development program, CareerBound will focus on allowing local workforce development boards to collaborate with schools, businesses, and other trade organizations to create effective, innovative school-to-work programs. These joint ventures will provide students with early exposure to a wide array of career opportunities including career expos, job shadowing, internships, and other career-education integration initiatives. The Department of Labor & Industry would be charged with overseeing programs established under CareerBound. The school-to-work pilot programs that are approved for participation in CareerBound will be eligible to compete for funding that would be generated through the one-time issuance of tax credits for contributing businesses. Like the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC), contributing businesses that participate in the program would be eligible for a 90% return on contributions; all other taxpayers that contribute would be eligible for a 75% return. Please join me in co-sponsoring CareerBound to help prepare the next generation of our workforce for high-priority careers. Previous co-sponsors: BERNSTINE, FEE, FREEMAN, KAUFER, KAUFFMAN, KEEFER, LONGIETTI, McNEILL, MENTZER, MILLARD, OWLETT, ROTHMAN, RYAN, SCHLOSSBERG, SOLOMON, STAATS, ZIMMERMAN, GOODMAN, ECKER, HEFFLEY, IRVIN, STRUZZI, COX, BROWN, KORTZ and MIZGORSKI |
Introduced as HB1025