Sec. 1022. Study related to recruitment and retention of apprentices at public shipyards
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of United States Naval Sea Systems Command shall conduct a study to— summarize data relating to the recruitment and retention of apprentices across the four public shipyards, disaggregated by shipyard, including— demographic information on applicants for apprenticeships; recruiting incentives offered to the applicants; apprenticeship completion rates for accepted applicants; the average duration of service for graduates of an apprenticeship; and reasons why individuals voluntarily left the apprentice program or the Navy after completing the apprenticeship program; and determine the feasibility of— sharing apprenticeship application data across all four public shipyards; allowing an apprentice to start an apprenticeship program in one such shipyard and finish the in another such shipyard; allowing an apprentice to enter and complete an apprenticeship program in one such shipyard but serve in another such shipyard upon completion of the four year training program; and allowing such a shipyard to train an individual who, upon completion of the training, would be required to serve in a another such shipyard but would have the right to return to the shipyard where they received such training after serving for 4 years at the other shipyard.