1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Short-Term Accelerated Reskilling Tracks Career Pathways Act or the START Career Pathways Act . 2. START Pathways to Careers Fund Title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: F START Pathways to Careers Fund 199. START Pathways to Careers program (a) Grants authorized Not later than the end of the first full fiscal year after the date of enactment of the START Career Pathways Act , from funds appropriated under section 199A, the Secretary of Labor (in coordination with the Secretary of Education) shall award competitive grants to eligible entities described in subsection (c) for the purpose of developing, offering, improving, and providing educational or career pathway programs for workers. (b) Duration (1) In general The Secretaries may award a grant to an eligible entity for not more than a 6-year period. (2) Continuation of grants At the end of the initial 3-year grant period for a grant awarded to an eligible entity under this section, the Secretary shall evaluate, using the performance indicators under subsection (h), each program for which the eligible entity was awarded such grant to determine if eligible entity is eligible to receive such grant for an additional 3-year grant period. (c) Eligible entity (1) Partnerships with employers or an employer or industry partnership (A) General definition For purposes of this section, an eligible entity means any of the entities described in subparagraph (B) (or a consortium of any of such entities) in partnership with local employers or a local employer or local industry partnership representing multiple employers. (B) Description of entities The entities described in this subparagraph are— (i) a junior college or a community college (as defined under section 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1059c ) to mean public 2-year State institutions of higher education at which the highest degree that is predominantly awarded to