ACCESS Act

This bill adds more career guidance and outreach about skilled trades and other in-demand jobs. States could run public awareness campaigns, including on social media, to highlight career and technical education and community programs that prepare young people for high-skill, high-wage work, including the trades. Local youth programs would also offer students clear job market information and more career awareness, counseling, and exploration services focused on these careers.

Key points:

• Who is affected: Students and youth in workforce programs, families, schools, community groups, and state/local workforce systems.
• What changes: More public campaigns about career/technical education and skilled trades, plus required local services that share job market info and provide career counseling and exploration for in-demand jobs.
• When: These changes would take effect if the bill becomes law; no specific dates are listed in the text.