1. Short title This Act may be cited as the CHampioning Apprenticeships for New Careers and Employees in TECHnology Act or the CHANCE in TECH Act . 2. Congressional findings Congress finds the following: (1) During any given 90-day period there can be more than 500,000 information technology job openings in the United States. (2) Employment in the technology sector is growing twice as fast as employment in the United States. (3) Jobs in the technology sector tend to provide higher pay and better benefits than other jobs and have been more resilient to economic downturn than jobs available in other private sector industries. (4) Information technology skills are transferable across nearly all industries. (5) Exceptional education and on-the-job training programs exist and should be scaled to meet the demands of the modern technology workforce. (6) Adoption of existing employer-driven intermediary models, such as ApprenticeshipUSA under the Department of Labor, will help grow the information technology workforce. (7) Career pathway education should start in high school through pathways and programs of study that align with local and regional employer needs. (8) Preparing a student for a job in the technology sector is essential to the growth and competitiveness of the economy in the United States in the 21st century. (9) Nearly 800,000 information technology workers will retire between 2017 and 2024. (10) In 2016, the average salary in the information technology sector was $108,000, while the average salary among all other sectors was $53,040. 3. Technology apprenticeship contracts (a) In general The Secretary of Labor (referred to in this section as the Secretary ) shall enter into contracts with industry intermediaries for the purpose of promoting the development of and access to apprenticeships in the technology sector, from amounts appropriated under subsection (e). (b) Eligibility To be eligible to be awarded a contract under this section, an industry intermediary shall submit an application to the Secretary,