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S 383 · in committee · significant

JOBS Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • Creates a new federal grant program to help students pursue short-term career training in high-demand industries.
  • Applies to students without degrees enrolling in 150-600 hour career programs at colleges over 8-15 weeks.
  • Funded through existing Pell Grant mechanisms; counts toward students' lifetime grant eligibility limits.

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  1. 01

    How should policymakers balance funding short-term career training against traditional degree programs when both draw from the same Pell Grant pool?

  2. 02

    Which high-demand industries should receive priority for these grants, and how would that decision affect students in regions with different economic needs?

  3. 03

    What evidence suggests that 8-15 week training programs improve employment outcomes enough to justify reducing lifetime Pell Grant eligibility for participants?

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Sponsor · D-VA

Tim Kaine

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Introduced 2025-02-04

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-02-04 · senate · IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

  2. 2025-02-04 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

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