HF 2457: Establishing the credential-attainment program within the department of workforce development, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions

What it does

This bill establishes the credential-attainment program within the department of workforce development. The bill authorizes a community college to enter into an agreement with an employer and a school district to establish a credential-attainment program pursuant to which the community college agrees to provide students who are enrolled in the school district in grades through with access to an educational program that is designed to lead to a credential while the student is enrolled in high school, and the employer agrees to fund part of the program costs and to hire into a high-wage program job all students who complete the educational program, attain the credential, and graduate high school.

In plain words

1. February 16, 2026Filed in the House and sent to the Labor and Workforce committee