Ensure military training counts toward an apprentice's training requirement.

Susan M. Collins · Maine · Republican

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Occurrences

Training received while serving in the Armed Forces would count toward an apprentice’s training requirement.

Collins commits to counting Armed Forces training toward apprenticeship requirements.

“Connecting Workers With Available Jobs” | U.S. Senator Susan Collins
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Evidence

The release says the bipartisan Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act of 2014 'would allow veterans in apprenticeships to get credit for previous military training and experience.'

Collins publicly backed legislation matching the promise by making military training count toward apprenticeship credit.

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Sens. Collins, Cantwell Introduce Legislation To Promote Job Training Through Apprenticeships
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GovInfo lists S. 1352 as introduced by Sen. Cantwell 'for herself, Ms. Collins, and Ms. Klobuchar,' showing Collins remained a sponsor of legislation that would establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs.

Collins continued to advance apprenticeship legislation during the same Senate term, though this bill alone does not prove enactment of the military-training credit.

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S. 1352 (IS) - Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act of 2017 - GovInfo
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The codified law enacted by Public Law 116-134 requires registered apprenticeship program standards to provide, to the extent practicable, 'advanced standing or credit' for a veteran who has 'acquired experience, training, or skills through military service' that is applicable to the apprenticeship occupation.

Federal law was ultimately enacted in Collins's Senate term to require apprenticeship programs to credit applicable military training and skills, which fulfills the core promise.

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United States Code, Title 29, section 50c
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Advanced Standing means that an incoming apprentice can advance their progress in the apprenticeship program by showing evidence of prior experience. Civilian apprenticeship programs offer advanced standing or provide credit hours for military training and experience.

Current Department of Labor apprenticeship guidance states that civilian apprenticeship programs can grant advanced standing or credit for military training and experience, which matches the commitment.

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What Is Advanced Standing for Military Experience? | Apprenticeship.gov
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Assessments

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Collins publicly backed and co-sponsored apprenticeship legislation that would give veterans credit for prior military training, and the core outcome was later enacted in federal law during her 2015-2021 Senate term. Public Law 116-134 requires apprenticeship standards to provide advanced standing or credit, to the extent practicable, for applicable military experience and skills, which fulfills the substance of the promise.

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The promise was to ensure military training counts toward apprenticeship requirements. During Collins's 2015-2021 Senate term, Public Law 116-134 was enacted and codified at 29 U.S.C. 50c, requiring registered apprenticeship standards, to the extent practicable, to provide advanced standing or credit for veterans' applicable military experience, training, or skills. That directly matches the promised policy outcome. Collins also had prior and same-term legislative activity on apprenticeship credit for veterans, supporting candidate credit in the federal Senate context.

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