To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to authorize a study to review specific outcomes of entrepreneurial skills development programs, and for other purposes.

This bill updates federal workforce programs to better support people who want to start a business. It adds entrepreneurs to state workforce planning goals, not just jobseekers. Local job centers would share information about starting a business and, when appropriate, refer people to microenterprise services. It also makes changes related to how eligible training providers are identified under federal workforce rules.

The bill also directs the Labor Department to fund a three-year study in several states to find out what works in teaching entrepreneurial skills. The study would review best practices for training and mentoring, how programs measure progress, which credentials matter, how these programs affect local jobs and the economy, and the earnings of people three years after finishing a program. It would also offer recommendations to help states and communities expand access to these programs.

• Who is affected: Entrepreneurs and people exploring self-employment; state workforce boards; local job centers; training providers .
• What changes: Entrepreneurs are included in planning; job centers provide entrepreneurship info and referrals; a three-year, multi-state study evaluates what works; adjustments to identifying eligible training providers .
• When: The study runs for three years once started; the text does not give a specific start date.