Pathways to Prosperity Act

Sponsor: Roger Marshall (Republican-KS)December 9, 2025

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

Creates grants for community colleges to boost job training programs.

This bill would create a new grant program to help community colleges offer better job training. It would give money to colleges that partner with local businesses to teach skills for high-demand jobs, helping students get good jobs and employers find skilled workers.

What Would Change

Today, there isn't a specific federal grant program to strengthen community college job training under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. If this bill passes, a new "Strengthening Community Colleges Workforce Development Grants Program" would be created, offering competitive grants to colleges to build and expand high-quality job training programs and support services.

Key Provisions

Creates a new grant program for community colleges to establish or expand high-quality job training programs.
Requires colleges to partner with local businesses in high-demand industries to design training programs.
Provides career services, like coaching and mentorship, to students in grant-funded programs.
Prioritizes grants for colleges that serve people facing employment barriers or current workers needing new skills.
Lets colleges use up to 15 percent of grant money to buy or upgrade specialized training equipment.
Limits colleges to using no more than 7 percent of grant funds for administrative costs.

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S 3401 · 119th Congress · December 9, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10

Lobbying Activity

3 filings mentioned this bill

Top Lobbying Clients

ACTION NOW INITIATIVE, LLC

$100K

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AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION

1 filing

Top Lobbying Firms

1.PENN AVENUE PARTNERS2 filings

2.AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION1 filing

Amounts reflect total quarterly lobbying spend reported to the Senate, not bill-specific spending. Source: Senate LDA filings.