H.R. 2380: Building Youth Workforce Skills Act
Sponsor
Nathaniel Moran
Republican · TX-1
Bill Progress
Latest Action · Mar 26, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Teens could tap job-training accounts adults already use
Why it matters
Local workforce programs already hand adults a voucher-style account to pay for a welding cert, a CDL, or an IT credential. This bill opens that same tool to teens as young as 16 and to out-of-school young adults — without creating a new program or new spending.
Right now, the federal workforce system gives adults and laid-off workers a tool called an individual training account. Think of it like a dedicated voucher: the local workforce office pays an approved training provider directly so you can earn a credential.
H.R. 2380, the Building Youth Workforce Skills Act, would let local areas use that same tool for two groups of young people — students ages 16 through 21, and any young person who's already out of school.
The key move is that nothing new gets built. The bill says these youth accounts have to run the same way the adult accounts already do, pay the same kinds of approved providers, and cover the same list of training services already defined in federal law. Local areas would also draw on the youth money they already receive, not a fresh pot of funding.
H.R. 2380 Bill Summary
What H.R. 2380 actually does.
Youth money can flow through training accounts
The bill lets local areas use the youth funds they already receive to pay an approved training provider directly through an individual training account, the same voucher-style tool currently used for adults and laid-off workers.
Students 16 to 21 become eligible
In-school youth qualify if they are at least 16 and no older than 21, creating a defined eligibility window for current students.
Out-of-school youth qualify with no age cap in this provision
The bill extends the same training accounts to any out-of-school youth and does not set a separate age range for that group in this new provision.
Only approved providers get paid
Training has to come from providers already on the approved federal eligibility list, so local areas can't route the money to programs outside that framework.
Same rulebook as the adult system
Youth accounts must operate the same way adult and dislocated-worker accounts already do and cover the same training services already defined in federal law, rather than inventing a new process.
Who benefits from H.R. 2380?
Students ages 16 to 21
Teens still in school could get an approved training provider paid directly for a credential or skill, instead of being limited to programs built mainly around adults.
Young people out of school
Anyone who's already left school could tap a training account to pay for a credential — a path back into the workforce that the adult-focused system didn't clearly open to them.
Local workforce boards
Local areas would get explicit permission to spend their existing youth funds through training accounts, using a payment model they already run for adults.
Approved training providers
Schools and trade programs already on the approved list could enroll more young people, since local areas could now pay them with youth funds through these accounts.
Who is affected by H.R. 2380?
Local workforce boards and administrators
They would decide whether to route youth funds through training accounts and would administer them using the same process they already apply for adults and laid-off workers.
Schools and youth programs
Programs serving students 16 through 21 could steer eligible young people toward account-funded training that was previously organized around the adult system.
Students under 16
In-school youth younger than 16 are not covered, because the bill sets the minimum age at 16 for the student category.
HR2380 Legislative Journey
House: Committee Action
Mar 26, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
About the Sponsor
Nathaniel Moran
Republican, Texas's 1st congressional district · 3 years in Congress
Committees: Ethics, House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, Ways and Means
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Cosponsors (1)
This bill has 1 cosponsor: 1 Republican. Cosponsors represent 1 state: Pennsylvania.
Committee Sponsors
Education and Workforce Committee
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H.R. 2380 Quick Facts
- Committee
- Education and Workforce
- Chamber
- House
- Policy
- Labor and Employment
- Introduced
- Mar 26, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Mar 26, 2025
Official Sources
Official bill page with text, actions, sponsors, and status for the Building Youth Workforce Skills Act.
The exact statutory section H.R. 2380 amends; the bill adds youth individual training accounts to subsection (c) of this provision.
Defines how individual training accounts already pay providers for adults and dislocated workers — the existing model H.R. 2380 extends to youth.
Sets the approved-provider eligibility list the bill requires youth accounts to use, so funds can only go to vetted training providers.
Official U.S. government publication of the underlying Act that H.R. 2380 amends.
Govinfo's current compiled text of WIOA, useful for reading sections 122, 129, and 134 together as referenced in the bill.
H.R. 2380 Common Questions
What is an individual training account?
It's a voucher-style account a local workforce office uses to pay an approved provider directly so someone can earn a job credential. H.R. 2380 would open this tool to certain youth.
Who qualifies for a youth training account under H.R. 2380?
In-school students from age 16 through 21, plus any young person already out of school. Students younger than 16 are not covered by the in-school category.
Does H.R. 2380 set an age limit for out-of-school youth?
No. The new provision applies to any out-of-school youth and does not set a separate age range for that group, unlike the 16-to-21 window for students.
Where does the money come from?
From the youth funds local areas already receive. H.R. 2380 changes how that existing money can be spent rather than adding a new appropriation.
Which training providers can be paid with youth funds?
Only providers already on the approved federal eligibility list. Local areas can't route the money to programs outside that framework.
Does H.R. 2380 create a new payment system?
No. The bill requires youth accounts to operate the same way the existing adult and dislocated-worker accounts already do, so local areas reuse a process they already run.
What's the status of H.R. 2380?
It was introduced on March 26, 2025, and referred to the House Education and Workforce Committee. It has one cosponsor and has not yet received a committee vote.
Based on H.R. 2380 bill text
H.R. 2380 Bill Text
“To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to authorize the use of individual training accounts for certain youth.”
Source: U.S. Government Publishing Office
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