"I am proud to reintroduce the Validate Prior Learning to Accelerate Employment Act to modernize how the workforce system weighs skills learned from military service and prior work. Upstate New Yorkers, including our Servicemembers with nontraditional experiences and backgrounds, are ready to get to work but are often overlooked due to their lack of traditional academic degrees. Experience is an invaluable teacher, and this bill is a win for NY-21 as it gets qualified candidates back into the workforce benefiting our economy."