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114TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 5587

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Received

AN ACT To reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical

Education Act of 2006.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Career 2

and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act’’. 3

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 4

The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 5

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

Sec. 3. References.

Sec. 4. Effective date.

Sec. 5. Table of contents of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-

cation Act of 2006.

Sec. 6. Purpose.

Sec. 7. Definitions.

Sec. 8. Transition provisions.

Sec. 9. Prohibitions.

Sec. 10. Authorization of appropriations.

TITLE I—CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO

THE STATES

PART A—ALLOTMENT AND ALLOCATION

Sec. 110. Reservations and State allotment.

Sec. 111. Within State allocation.

Sec. 112. Accountability.

Sec. 113. National activities.

Sec. 114. Assistance for the outlying areas.

Sec. 115. Tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions.

Sec. 116. Occupational and employment information.

PART B—STATE PROVISIONS

Sec. 121. State plan.

Sec. 122. Improvement plans.

Sec. 123. State leadership activities.

PART C—LOCAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 131. Local application for career and technical education programs.

Sec. 132. Local uses of funds.

TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 201. Federal and State administrative provisions.

TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT

Sec. 301. State responsibilities.


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SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 1

Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in 2

this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 3

of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-4

sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 5

section or other provision of the Carl D. Perkins Career 6

and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 7

et seq.). 8

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 9

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 10

take effect beginning on July 1, 2017. 11

SEC. 5. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE CARL D. PERKINS CA-12

REER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT OF 13

2006. 14

Section 1(b) is amended to read as follows: 15

‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 16

for this Act is as follows: 17

‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

‘‘Sec. 2. Purpose.

‘‘Sec. 3. Definitions.

‘‘Sec. 4. Transition provisions.

‘‘Sec. 5. Privacy.

‘‘Sec. 6. Limitation.

‘‘Sec. 7. Special rule.

‘‘Sec. 8. Prohibitions.

‘‘Sec. 9. Authorization of appropriations.

‘‘TITLE I—CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO

THE STATES

‘‘PART A—ALLOTMENT AND ALLOCATION

‘‘Sec. 111. Reservations and State allotment.

‘‘Sec. 112. Within State allocation.

‘‘Sec. 113. Accountability.

‘‘Sec. 114. National activities.


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‘‘Sec. 115. Assistance for the outlying areas.

‘‘Sec. 116. Native American programs.

‘‘Sec. 117. Tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions.

‘‘PART B—STATE PROVISIONS

‘‘Sec. 121. State administration.

‘‘Sec. 122. State plan.

‘‘Sec. 123. Improvement plans.

‘‘Sec. 124. State leadership activities.

‘‘PART C—LOCAL PROVISIONS

‘‘Sec. 131. Distribution of funds to secondary education programs.

‘‘Sec. 132. Distribution of funds for postsecondary education programs.

‘‘Sec. 133. Special rules for career and technical education.

‘‘Sec. 134. Local application for career and technical education programs.

‘‘Sec. 135. Local uses of funds.

‘‘TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS

‘‘PART A—FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

‘‘Sec. 211. Fiscal requirements.

‘‘Sec. 212. Authority to make payments.

‘‘Sec. 213. Construction.

‘‘Sec. 214. Voluntary selection and participation.

‘‘Sec. 215. Limitation for certain students.

‘‘Sec. 216. Federal laws guaranteeing civil rights.

‘‘Sec. 217. Participation of private school personnel and children.

‘‘Sec. 218. Limitation on Federal regulations.

‘‘Sec. 219. Study on programs of study aligned to high-skill, high-wage occupa-

tions.

‘‘PART B—STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

‘‘Sec. 221. Joint funding.

‘‘Sec. 222. Prohibition on use of funds to induce out-of-State relocation of busi-

nesses.

‘‘Sec. 223. State administrative costs.

‘‘Sec. 224. Student assistance and other Federal programs.’’.

SEC. 6. PURPOSE. 1

Section 2 (20 U.S.C. 2301) is amended— 2

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 3

(A) by striking ‘‘academic and career and 4

technical skills’’ and inserting ‘‘academic knowl-5

edge and technical and employability skills’’; 6

and 7


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(B) by inserting ‘‘and programs of study’’ 1

after ‘‘technical education programs’’; 2

(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, including 3

tech prep education’’; and 4

(3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and pro-5

grams of study’’ after ‘‘technical education pro-6

grams’’. 7

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 8


(1) by striking paragraphs (16), (23), (24), 10

(25), (26), and (32); 11

(2) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), 12

(11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (17), (18), (19), (20), 13

(21), (22), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (33), and 14

(34) as paragraphs (9), (10), (13), (16), (17), (19), 15

(20), (23), (25), (27), (28), (30), (32), (35), (39), 16

(40), (41), (44), (45), (46), and (47), respectively; 17

(3) in paragraph (3)— 18

(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘5 19

different occupational fields to individuals’’ and 20

inserting ‘‘three different fields, especially in in- 21

demand industry sectors or occupations, that 22

are available to all students’’; and 23

(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘not 24

fewer than 5 different occupational fields’’ and 25


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inserting ‘‘not fewer than three different occu-1

pational fields’’; 2


(A) in subparagraph (A)— 4

(i) in clause (i)— 5

(I) by striking ‘‘coherent and rig-6

orous content aligned with challenging 7

academic standards’’ and inserting 8

‘‘content at the secondary level 9

aligned with the challenging State 10

academic standards adopted by a 11

State under section 1111(b)(1) of the 12

Elementary and Secondary Education 13

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)), 14

and at the postsecondary level with 15

the rigorous academic content,’’; 16

(II) by striking ‘‘and skills’’ and 17

inserting ‘‘and skills,’’; and 18

(III) by inserting ‘‘, including in 19

in-demand industry sectors or occupa-20

tions’’ before the semicolon at the 21

end; 22

(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘, an in-23

dustry-recognized credential, a certificate, 24

or an associate degree’’ and inserting ‘‘or 25


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a recognized postsecondary credential, 1

which may include an industry-recognized 2

credential’’; and 3

(iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 4

at the end; 5

(B) in subparagraph (B)— 6

(i) by inserting ‘‘, work-based, or 7

other’’ after ‘‘competency-based’’; 8

(ii) by striking ‘‘contributes to the’’ 9

and inserting ‘‘supports the development 10

of’’; 11

(iii) by striking the period at the end 12

and inserting a semicolon; and 13

(iv) by striking ‘‘general’’; and 14

(C) by adding at the end the following: 15

‘‘(C) to the extent practicable, coordinate 16

between secondary and postsecondary education 17

programs, which may include early college pro-18

grams with articulation agreements, dual or 19

concurrent enrollment program opportunities, 20

or programs of study; and 21

‘‘(D) may include career exploration at the 22

high school level or as early as the middle 23

grades (as such term is defined in section 8101 24


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of the Elementary and Secondary Education 1

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)).’’; 2


(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(and 4

parents, as appropriate)’’ and inserting ‘‘(and, 5

as appropriate, parents and out-of-school 6

youth)’’; and 7

(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘fi-8

nancial aid,’’ and all that follows through the 9

period at the end and inserting ‘‘financial aid, 10

job training, secondary and postsecondary op-11

tions (including baccalaureate degree pro-12

grams), dual or concurrent enrollment pro-13

grams, work-based learning opportunities, and 14

support services.’’; 15

(6) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-16

lowing: 17

‘‘(8) CAREER PATHWAYS.—The term ‘career 18

pathways’ has the meaning given the term in section 19

3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 20

(29 U.S.C. 3102).’’; 21

(7) by inserting after paragraph (10) (as so re-22

designated by paragraph (2)) the following: 23

‘‘(11) CTE CONCENTRATOR.—The term ‘CTE 24

concentrator’ means— 25


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‘‘(A) at the secondary school level, a stu-1

dent served by an eligible recipient who has— 2

‘‘(i) completed three or more career 3

and technical education courses; or 4

‘‘(ii) completed at least two courses in 5

a single career and technical education 6

program or program of study; or 7

‘‘(B) at the postsecondary level, a student 8

enrolled in an eligible recipient who has— 9

‘‘(i) earned at least 12 cumulative 10

credits within a career and technical edu-11

cation program or program of study; or 12

‘‘(ii) completed such a program if the 13

program encompasses fewer than 12 cred-14

its or the equivalent in total. 15

‘‘(12) CTE PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘CTE 16

participant’ means an individual who completes not 17

less than one course or earns not less than one cred-18

it in a career and technical education program or 19

program of study of an eligible recipient.’’; 20



‘‘(14) DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT.— 23

The term ‘dual or concurrent enrollment’ has the 24

meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Ele-25


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mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 1

U.S.C. 7801). 2

‘‘(15) EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.—The 3

term ‘early college high school’ has the meaning 4

given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary 5

and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6

7801).’’; 7



‘‘(18) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible 10

entity’ means a consortium that— 11

‘‘(A) shall include at least two of the fol-12

lowing: 13

‘‘(i) a local educational agency; 14

‘‘(ii) an educational service agency; 15

‘‘(iii) an eligible institution; 16

‘‘(iv) an area career and technical 17

education school; 18

‘‘(v) a State educational agency; or 19

‘‘(vi) the Bureau of Indian Education; 20

‘‘(B) may include a regional, State, or local 21

public or private organization, including a com-22

munity-based organization, one or more employ-23

ers, or a qualified intermediary; and 24


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‘‘(C) is led by an entity or partnership of 1

entities described in subparagraph (A).’’; 2

(10) by amending paragraph (19) (as so redes-3

ignated by paragraph (2)) to read as follows: 4

‘‘(19) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eli-5

gible institution’ means— 6

‘‘(A) a consortium of two or more of the 7

entities described in subparagraphs (B) through 8

(F); 9

‘‘(B) a public or nonprofit private institu-10

tion of higher education that offers and will use 11

funds provided under this title in support of ca-12

reer and technical education courses that lead 13

to technical skill proficiency, an industry-recog-14

nized credential, a certificate, or an associate 15

degree; 16

‘‘(C) a local educational agency providing 17

education at the postsecondary level; 18

‘‘(D) an area career and technical edu-19

cation school providing education at the post-20

secondary level; 21

‘‘(E) a postsecondary educational institu-22

tion controlled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs 23

or operated by or on behalf of any Indian tribe 24

that is eligible to contract with the Secretary of 25


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the Interior for the administration of programs 1

under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-2

cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) 3

or the Act of April 16, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 452 et 4

seq.); or 5

‘‘(F) an educational service agency.’’; 6

(11) by amending paragraph (20) (as so redes-7

ignated by paragraph (2)) to read as follows: 8

‘‘(20) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘eligible 9

recipient’ means— 10

‘‘(A) an eligible institution or consortium 11

of eligible institutions eligible to receive assist-12

ance under section 132; or 13

‘‘(B) a local educational agency (including 14

a public charter school that operates as a local 15

educational agency), an area career and tech-16

nical education school, an educational service 17

agency, or a consortium of such entities, eligible 18

to receive assistance under section 131.’’; 19

(12) by adding after paragraph (20) (as so re-20


‘‘(21) ENGLISH LEARNER.—The term ‘English 22

learner’ means— 23

‘‘(A) a secondary school student who is an 24

English learner, as defined in section 8101 of 25


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the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1

of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); or 2

‘‘(B) an adult or an out-of-school youth 3

who has limited ability in speaking, reading, 4

writing, or understanding the English language 5

and— 6

‘‘(i) whose native language is a lan-7

guage other than English; or 8

‘‘(ii) who lives in a family environment 9

in which a language other than English is 10

the dominant language. 11

‘‘(22) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘evidence- 12

based’ has the meaning given the term in section 13

8101(21)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-14

cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(21)(A)).’’; 15

(13) by inserting after paragraph (23) (as so 16

redesignated by paragraph (2)) the following: 17

‘‘(24) IN-DEMAND INDUSTRY SECTOR OR OCCU-18

PATION.—The term ‘in-demand industry sector or 19

occupation’ has the meaning given the term in sec-20

tion 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 21

Act (29 U.S.C. 3102).’’; 22




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‘‘(26) INDUSTRY OR SECTOR PARTNERSHIP.— 1

The term ‘industry or sector partnership’ has the 2

meaning given the term in section 3 of the Work-3

force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 4

3102).’’; 5



‘‘(29) LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 8

BOARD.—The term ‘local workforce development 9

board’ means a local workforce development board 10

established under section 107 of the Workforce In-11

novation and Opportunity Act.’’; 12



‘‘(31) OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH.—The term ‘out- 15

of-school youth’ has the meaning given the term in 16

section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-17

tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102).’’; 18



‘‘(33) PARAPROFESSIONAL.—The term ‘para-21

professional’ has the meaning given the term in sec-22

tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-23

cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 24


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‘‘(34) PAY FOR SUCCESS INITIATIVE.—The 1

term ‘pay for success initiative’ has the meaning 2

given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary 3

and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 4

7801), except that such term does not include an 5

initiative that— 6

‘‘(A) reduces the special education or re-7

lated services that a student would otherwise 8

receive under the Individuals with Disabilities 9

Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); or 10

‘‘(B) otherwise reduces the rights of a stu-11

dent or the obligations of an entity under the 12

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 13

U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the Rehabilitation Act of 14

1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), the Americans 15

with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 16

et seq.), or any other law.’’; 17



‘‘(36) PROGRAM OF STUDY.—The term ‘pro-20

gram of study’ means a coordinated, nonduplicative 21

sequence of secondary and postsecondary academic 22

and technical content that— 23

‘‘(A) incorporates challenging State aca-24

demic standards, including those adopted by a 25


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State under section 1111(b)(1) of the Elemen-1

tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 2

U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)), that— 3

‘‘(i) address both academic and tech-4

nical knowledge and skills, including em-5

ployability skills; and 6

‘‘(ii) are aligned with the needs of in-7

dustries in the economy of the State, re-8

gion, or local area; 9

‘‘(B) progresses in specificity (beginning 10

with all aspects of an industry or career cluster 11

and leading to more occupational specific in-12

struction); 13

‘‘(C) has multiple entry and exit points 14

that incorporate credentialing; and 15

‘‘(D) culminates in the attainment of a 16

recognized postsecondary credential. 17

‘‘(37) QUALIFIED INTERMEDIARY.—The term 18

‘qualified intermediary’ means a non-profit entity 19

that demonstrates expertise to build, connect, sus-20

tain, and measure partnerships with entities such as 21

employers, schools, community-based organizations, 22

postsecondary institutions, social service organiza-23

tions, economic development organizations, and 24

workforce systems to broker services, resources, and 25


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supports to youth and the organizations and systems 1

that are designed to serve youth, including— 2

‘‘(A) connecting employers to classrooms; 3

‘‘(B) assisting in the design and implemen-4

tation of career and technical education pro-5

grams and programs of study; 6

‘‘(C) delivering professional development; 7

‘‘(D) connecting students to internships 8

and other work-based learning opportunities; 9

and 10

‘‘(E) developing personalized student sup-11

ports. 12

‘‘(38) RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN-13

TIAL.—The term ‘recognized postsecondary creden-14

tial’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of 15

the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 16

U.S.C. 3102).’’; 17

(19) in paragraph (41) (as so redesignated by 18

paragraph (2))— 19

(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘fos-20

ter children’’ and inserting ‘‘youth who are in 21

or have aged out of the foster care system’’; 22

(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking 23

‘‘and’’ at the end; 24


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(C) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘indi-1

viduals with limited English proficiency.’’ and 2

inserting ‘‘English learners;’’; and 3

(D) by adding at the end the following: 4

‘‘(G) homeless individuals described in sec-5

tion 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-6

sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a); and 7

‘‘(H) youth with a parent who— 8

‘‘(i) is a member of the armed forces 9

(as such term is defined in section 10

101(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code); 11

and 12

‘‘(ii) is on active duty (as such term 13

is defined in section 101(d)(1) of such 14

title).’’; 15



‘‘(42) SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT 18

PERSONNEL.—The term ‘specialized instructional 19

support personnel’ has the meaning given the term 20

in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 21

Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 22

‘‘(43) SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT 23

SERVICES.—The term ‘specialized instructional sup-24

port services’ has the meaning given the term in sec-25


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tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-1

cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’; 2

(21) in paragraph (45) (as so redesignated by 3

paragraph (2)) by inserting ‘‘(including paraprofes-4

sionals and specialized instructional support per-5

sonnel)’’ after ‘‘supportive personnel’’; and 6

(22) by adding at the end the following: 7

‘‘(48) UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING.— 8

The term ‘universal design for learning’ has the 9

meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Ele-10

mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 11

U.S.C. 7801). 12

‘‘(49) WORK-BASED LEARNING.—The term 13

‘work-based learning’ means sustained interactions 14

with industry or community professionals in real 15

workplace settings, to the extent practicable, or sim-16

ulated environments at an educational institution 17

that foster in-depth, first-hand engagement with the 18

tasks required of a given career field, that are 19

aligned to curriculum and instruction.’’. 20

SEC. 8. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. 21


(1) by striking ‘‘the Secretary determines to be 23

appropriate’’ and inserting ‘‘are necessary’’; 24


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(2) by striking ‘‘Carl D. Perkins Career and 1

Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006’’ 2

each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Strengthening 3

Career and Technical Education for the 21st Cen-4

tury Act’’; and 5

(3) by striking ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’. 6

SEC. 9. PROHIBITIONS. 7

Section 8 (20 U.S.C. 2306a) is amended— 8

(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Federal Gov-9

ernment to mandate,’’ and all that follows through 10

the end and inserting ‘‘Federal Government— 11

‘‘(1) to condition or incentivize the receipt of 12

any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, or the 13

receipt of any priority or preference under such 14

grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, upon a 15

State, local educational agency, eligible agency, eligi-16

ble recipient, eligible entity, or school’s adoption or 17

implementation of specific instructional content, aca-18

demic standards and assessments, curricula, or pro-19

gram of instruction (including any condition, pri-20

ority, or preference to adopt the Common Core State 21

Standards developed under the Common Core State 22

Standards Initiative, any other academic standards 23

common to a significant number of States, or any 24


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assessment, instructional content, or curriculum 1

aligned to such standards); 2

‘‘(2) through grants, contracts, or other cooper-3

ative agreements, to mandate, direct, or control a 4

State, local educational agency, eligible agency, eligi-5

ble recipient, eligible entity, or school’s specific in-6

structional content, academic standards and assess-7

ments, curricula, or program of instruction (includ-8

ing any requirement, direction, or mandate to adopt 9

the Common Core State Standards developed under 10

the Common Core State Standards Initiative, any 11

other academic standards common to a significant 12

number of States, or any assessment, instructional 13

content, or curriculum aligned to such standards); 14

and 15

‘‘(3) except as required under sections 112(b), 16

211(b), and 223— 17

‘‘(A) to mandate, direct, or control the al-18

location of State or local resources; or 19

‘‘(B) to mandate that a State or a political 20

subdivision of a State spend any funds or incur 21

any costs not paid for under this Act.’’; and 22

(2) by striking subsection (d) and redesignating 23

subsection (e) as subsection (d). 24


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SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 1

Section 9 (20 U.S.C. 2307) is amended to read as 2

follows: 3

‘‘SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 4

‘‘There are to be authorized to be appropriated to 5

carry out this Act (other than sections 114 and 117)— 6

‘‘(1) $1,133,002,074 for fiscal year 2017; 7

‘‘(2) $1,148,618,465 for fiscal year 2018; 8

‘‘(3) $1,164,450,099 for fiscal year 2019; 9

‘‘(4) $1,180,499,945 for fiscal year 2020; 10

‘‘(5) $1,196,771,008 for fiscal year 2021; and 11

‘‘(6) $1,213,266,339 for fiscal year 2022.’’. 12

TITLE I—CAREER AND TECH-13

NICAL EDUCATION ASSIST-14

ANCE TO THE STATES 15

PART A—ALLOTMENT AND ALLOCATION 16

SEC. 110. RESERVATIONS AND STATE ALLOTMENT. 17

Paragraph (5) of section 111(a) (20 U.S.C. 2321(a)) 18

is amended— 19

(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘No 20

State’’ and inserting ‘‘For each of fiscal years 2017, 21

2018, and 2019, no State’’; 22

(2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub-23

paragraph (C); 24

(3) by inserting after subparagraph (A), as 25

amended by paragraph (1), the following: 26


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‘‘(B) FISCAL YEAR 2020 AND EACH SUC-1

CEEDING FISCAL YEAR.—For fiscal year 2020 2

and each of the succeeding fiscal years, no 3

State shall receive an allotment under this sec-4

tion for a fiscal year that is less than 90 per-5

cent of the allotment the State received under 6

this section for the preceding fiscal year.’’; and 7

(4) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated by 8

paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and 9

inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’. 10

SEC. 111. WITHIN STATE ALLOCATION. 11


(1) in subsection (a)— 13

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘10 per-14

cent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’; 15

(B) in paragraph (2)— 16

(i) in subparagraph (A)— 17

(I) by striking ‘‘1 percent’’ and 18

inserting ‘‘2 percent’’; and 19

(II) by striking ‘‘State correc-20

tional institutions and institutions’’ 21

and inserting ‘‘State correctional in-22

stitutions, juvenile justice facilities, 23

and educational institutions’’; and 24


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(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 1

‘‘available for services’’ and inserting 2

‘‘available to assist eligible recipients in 3

providing services’’; and 4

(C) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘a 5

local plan;’’ and inserting ‘‘local applications;’’; 6

and 7

(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘section 135’’ 8

and all that follows through the end and inserting 9

‘‘section 135— 10

‘‘(1) in— 11

‘‘(A) rural areas; 12

‘‘(B) areas with high percentages of CTE 13

concentrators or CTE participants; and 14

‘‘(C) areas with high numbers of CTE con-15

centrators or CTE participants; and 16

‘‘(2) in order to— 17

‘‘(A) foster innovation through the identi-18

fication and promotion of promising and proven 19

career and technical education programs, prac-20

tices, and strategies, which may include prac-21

tices and strategies that prepare individuals for 22

nontraditional fields; or 23

‘‘(B) promote the development, implemen-24

tation, and adoption of programs of study or 25


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career pathways aligned with State-identified 1

in-demand occupations or industries.’’. 2

SEC. 112. ACCOUNTABILITY. 3


(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘comprised of 5

the activities’’ and inserting ‘‘comprising the activi-6

ties’’; 7

(2) in subsection (b)— 8

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking subpara-9

graph (B) and redesignating subparagraph (C) 10

as subparagraph (B); 11

(B) in paragraph (1)(B), as so redesig-12

nated, by striking ‘‘, and State levels of per-13

formance described in paragraph (3)(B) for 14

each additional indicator of performance’’; and 15

(C) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-16

ing the following: 17

‘‘(2) INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.— 18

‘‘(A) CORE INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE 19

FOR CTE CONCENTRATORS AT THE SECONDARY 20

LEVEL.—Each eligible agency shall identify in 21

the State plan core indicators of performance 22

for CTE concentrators at the secondary level 23

that are valid and reliable, and that include, at 24

a minimum, measures of each of the following: 25


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‘‘(i) The percentage of CTE con-1

centrators who graduate high school, as 2

measured by— 3

‘‘(I) the four-year adjusted co-4

hort graduation rate (defined in sec-5

tion 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-6

ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 7

U.S.C. 7801)); and 8

‘‘(II) at the State’s discretion, 9

the extended-year adjusted cohort 10

graduation rate defined in such sec-11

tion 8101 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 12

‘‘(ii) CTE concentrator attainment of 13

challenging State academic standards 14

adopted by the State under section 15

1111(b)(1) of the Elementary and Sec-16

ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 17

6311(b)(1)), and measured by the aca-18

demic assessments described in section 19

1111(b)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 20

6311(b)(2)). 21

‘‘(iii) The percentage of CTE con-22

centrators who, in the second quarter fol-23

lowing the program year after exiting from 24

secondary education, are in postsecondary 25


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education or advanced training, military 1

service, or unsubsidized employment. 2

‘‘(iv) Not less than one indicator of 3

career and technical education program 4

quality that— 5

‘‘(I) shall include, not less than 6

one of the following— 7

‘‘(aa) the percentage of CTE 8

concentrators graduating from 9

high school having attained rec-10

ognized postsecondary creden-11

tials; 12

‘‘(bb) the percentage of CTE 13


high school having attained post-15

secondary credits in the relevant 16

career and technical educational 17

program or program of study 18

earned through dual and concur-19

rent enrollment or another credit 20

transfer agreement; or 21

‘‘(cc) the percentage of CTE 22


high school having participated in 24

work-based learning; and 25


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‘‘(II) may include any other 1

measure of student success in career 2

and technical education that is state-3

wide, valid, and reliable. 4

‘‘(v) The percentage of CTE con-5

centrators in career and technical edu-6

cation programs and programs of study 7

that lead to nontraditional fields. 8

‘‘(B) CORE INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE 9

FOR CTE CONCENTRATORS AT THE POSTSEC-10

ONDARY LEVEL.—Each eligible agency shall 11

identify in the State plan core indicators of per-12

formance for CTE concentrators at the postsec-13

ondary level that are valid and reliable, and 14

that include, at a minimum, measures of each 15

of the following: 16

‘‘(i) The percentage of CTE con-17

centrators, who, during the second quarter 18

after program completion, are in education 19

or training activities, advanced training, or 20

unsubsidized employment. 21

‘‘(ii) The median earnings of CTE 22

concentrators in unsubsidized employment 23

two quarters after program completion. 24


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‘‘(iii) The percentage of CTE con-1

centrators who receive a recognized post-2

secondary credential during participation 3

in or within 1 year of program completion. 4

‘‘(iv) The percentage of CTE con-5

centrators in career and technical edu-6

cation programs and programs of study 7

that lead to nontraditional fields. 8

‘‘(C) ALIGNMENT OF PERFORMANCE INDI-9

CATORS.—In developing core indicators of per-10

formance under subparagraphs (A) and (B), an 11

eligible agency shall, to the greatest extent pos-12

sible, align the indicators so that substantially 13

similar information gathered for other State 14

and Federal programs, or for any other pur-15

pose, may be used to meet the requirements of 16

this section.’’; 17

(D) in paragraph (3)— 18

(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to 19

read as follows: 20

‘‘(A) STATE ADJUSTED LEVELS OF PER-21

FORMANCE FOR CORE INDICATORS OF PER-22

FORMANCE.— 23

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible 24

agency, with input from eligible recipients, 25


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shall establish and identify in the State 1

plan submitted under section 122, for the 2

first 2 program years covered by the State 3

plan, levels of performance for each of the 4

core indicators of performance described in 5

subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 6

(2) for career and technical education ac-7

tivities authorized under this title. The lev-8

els of performance established under this 9

subparagraph shall, at a minimum— 10

‘‘(I) be expressed in a percentage 11

or numerical form, so as to be objec-12

tive, quantifiable, and measurable; 13

and 14

‘‘(II) be sufficiently ambitious to 15

allow for meaningful evaluation of 16

program quality. 17

‘‘(ii) STATE ADJUSTED LEVELS OF 18

PERFORMANCE FOR SUBSEQUENT 19

YEARS.—Prior to the third program year 20

covered by the State plan, each eligible 21

agency shall revise the State levels of per-22

formance for each of the core indicators of 23

performance for the subsequent program 24

years covered by the State plan, taking 25


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into account the extent to which such lev-1

els of performance promote meaningful 2

program improvement on such indicators. 3

The State adjusted levels of performance 4

identified under this clause shall be consid-5

ered to be the State adjusted levels of per-6

formance for the State for such years and 7

shall be incorporated into the State plan. 8

‘‘(iii) REPORTING.—The eligible agen-9

cy shall, for each year described in clauses 10

(i) and (iii), publicly report and widely dis-11

seminate the State levels of performance 12

described in this subparagraph. 13

‘‘(iv) REVISIONS.—If unanticipated 14

circumstances arise in a State, the eligible 15

agency may revise the State adjusted levels 16

of performance required under this sub-17

paragraph, and submit such revised levels 18

of performance with evidence supporting 19

the revision and demonstrating public con-20

sultation, in a manner consistent with the 21

process described in subsections (d) and (f) 22

of section 122.’’; and 23

(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 24

inserting the following: 25


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‘‘(B) ACTUAL LEVELS OF PERFORM-1

ANCE.—At the end of each program year, the 2

eligible agency shall determine actual levels of 3

performance on each of the core indicators of 4

performance and publicly report and widely dis-5

seminate the actual levels of performance de-6

scribed in this subparagraph.’’; and 7

(E) in paragraph (4)— 8


(I) in clause (i)(I), by striking 10

‘‘consistent with the State levels of 11

performance established under para-12

graph (3), so as’’ and inserting ‘‘con-13

sistent with the form expressed in the 14

State levels, so as’’; 15

(II) by striking clause (i)(II) and 16

inserting the following: 17

‘‘(II) be sufficiently ambitious to 18

allow for meaningful evaluation of 19

program quality.’’; 20

(III) in clause (iv)— 21

(aa) by striking ‘‘third and 22

fifth program years’’ and insert-23

ing ‘‘third program year’’; and 24


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(bb) by striking ‘‘cor-1

responding’’ before ‘‘subsequent 2

program years’’; 3

(IV) in clause (v)— 4

(aa) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 5

the end of subclause (I); 6

(bb) by redesignating sub-7

clause (II) as subclause (III); 8

(cc) by inserting after sub-9

clause (I) the following: 10

‘‘(II) local economic conditions;’’; 11

(dd) in subclause (III), as so 12

redesignated, by striking ‘‘pro-13

mote continuous improvement on 14

the core indicators of perform-15

ance by the eligible recipient.’’ 16

and inserting ‘‘advance the eligi-17

ble recipient’s accomplishments 18

of the goals set forth in the local 19

application; and’’; and 20

(ee) by adding at the end 21

the following: 22

‘‘(IV) the eligible recipient’s abil-23

ity and capacity to collect and access 24


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valid, reliable, and cost effective 1

data.’’; 2

(V) in clause (vi), by inserting 3

‘‘or changes occur related to improve-4

ments in data or measurement ap-5

proaches,’’ after ‘‘factors described in 6

clause (v),’’; and 7

(VI) by adding at the end the fol-8

lowing: 9

‘‘(vii) REPORTING.—The eligible re-10

cipient shall, for each year described in 11

clauses (iii) and (iv), publicly report the 12

local levels of performance described in this 13

subparagraph.’’; 14

(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 15

redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-16

paragraph (B); and 17

(iii) in clause (ii)(I) of subparagraph 18

(B), as so redesignated— 19

(I) by striking ‘‘section 20

1111(h)(1)(C)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-21

tion 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii)’’; and 22

(II) by striking ‘‘section 3(29)’’ 23

and inserting ‘‘section 3(40)’’; and 24

(3) in subsection (c)— 25


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(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘STATE’’ 1

before ‘‘REPORT’’; 2

(B) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘in-3

formation on the levels of performance achieved 4

by the State with respect to the additional indi-5

cators of performance, including the’’ and in-6

serting ‘‘the’’; and 7

(C) in paragraph (2)(A)— 8

(i) by striking ‘‘categories’’ and in-9

serting ‘‘subgroups’’; 10

(ii) by striking ‘‘section 11

1111(h)(1)(C)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 12

1111(h)(1)(C)(ii)’’; and 13

(iii) by striking ‘‘section 3(29)’’ and 14

inserting ‘‘section 3(40)’’. 15

SEC. 113. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 16



(A) in paragraph (1)— 19

(i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ 20

the first place it appears and inserting 21

‘‘The Secretary shall, in consultation with 22

the Director of the Institute for Education 23

Sciences,’’; and 24


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(ii) by inserting ‘‘from eligible agen-1

cies under section 113(c)’’ after ‘‘pursuant 2

to this title’’; and 3

(B) by striking paragraph (3); 4

(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-5

lows: 6

‘‘(b) REASONABLE COST.—The Secretary shall take 7

such action as may be necessary to secure at reasonable 8

cost the information required by this title. To ensure rea-9

sonable cost, the Secretary, in consultation with the Na-10

tional Center for Education Statistics and the Office of 11

Career, Technical, and Adult Education shall determine 12

the methodology to be used and the frequency with which 13

such information is to be collected.’’; 14

(3) in subsection (c)— 15


(i) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 17

‘‘shall’’; 18

(ii) by striking ‘‘, directly or through 19

grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-20

ments,’’ and inserting ‘‘directly or through 21

grants’’; and 22

(iii) by striking ‘‘and assessment’’; 23

and 24



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(i) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 1

‘‘, acting through the Director of the Insti-2

tute for Education Sciences,’’ after ‘‘de-3

scribe how the Secretary’’; and 4

(ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting 5

‘‘, in consultation with the Director of the 6

Institute for Education Sciences,’’ after 7

‘‘the Secretary’’; 8

(4) in subsection (d)— 9



(I) by inserting ‘‘, acting through 12

the Director of the Institute for Edu-13

cation Sciences,’’ after ‘‘The Sec-14

retary’’; 15

(II) by inserting ‘‘and the plan 16

developed under subsection (c)’’ after 17

‘‘described in paragraph (2)’’; and 18

(III) by striking ‘‘assessment’’ 19

each place such term appears and in-20

serting ‘‘evaluation’’; and 21

(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 22

(I) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘; 23

and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 24


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(II) in clause (vi), by striking the 1

period at the end and inserting ‘‘, 2

which may include individuals with ex-3

pertise in addressing inequities in ac-4

cess to, and in opportunities for aca-5

demic and technical skill attainment; 6

and’’; and 7

(III) by adding at the end the 8

following: 9

‘‘(vii) representatives of special popu-10

lations.’’; 11


(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AND 13

ASSESSMENT’’; 14

(ii) in subparagraph (A)— 15

(I) by inserting ‘‘, acting through 16

the Director of the Institute for Edu-17

cation Sciences,’’ after ‘‘the Sec-18

retary’’; 19

(II) by striking ‘‘an independent 20

evaluation and assessment’’ and in-21

serting ‘‘a series of research and eval-22

uation initiatives for each year for 23

which funds are appropriated to carry 24


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out this Act, which are aligned with 1

the plan in subsection (c)(2),’’; 2

(III) by striking ‘‘Carl D. Per-3

kins Career and Technical Education 4

Improvement Act of 2006’’ and 5

‘‘Strengthening Career and Technical 6

Education for the 21st Century Act’’; 7

(IV) by striking ‘‘, contracts, and 8

cooperative agreements that are’’ and 9

inserting ‘‘to institutions of higher 10

education or a consortia of one or 11

more institutions of higher education 12

and one or more private nonprofit or-13

ganizations or agencies’’; and 14

(V) by adding at the end the fol-15

lowing: ‘‘Such evaluation shall, when-16

ever possible, use the most recent 17

data available.’’; and 18

(iii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 19

read as follows: 20

‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The evaluation required 21

under subparagraph (A) shall include descrip-22

tions and evaluations of— 23

‘‘(i) the extent and success of the inte-24

gration of challenging State academic 25


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standards adopted under 1111(b)(1) of the 1

Elementary and Secondary Education Act 2

of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)) and career 3

and technical education for students par-4

ticipating in career and technical education 5

programs, including a review of the effect 6

of such integration on the academic and 7

technical proficiency achievement of such 8

students (including the number of such 9

students that receive a regular high school 10

diploma, as such term is defined under sec-11

tion 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-12

ondary Education Act of 1965 or a State- 13

defined alternative diploma described in 14

section 8101(25)(A)(ii)(I)(bb) of such Act 15

(20 U.S.C. 7801(25)(A)(ii)(I)(bb))); 16

‘‘(ii) the extent to which career and 17

technical education programs and pro-18

grams of study prepare students, including 19

special populations, for subsequent employ-20

ment in high-skill, high-wage occupations 21

(including those in which mathematics and 22

science, which may include computer 23

science, skills are critical), or for participa-24

tion in postsecondary education; 25


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‘‘(iii) employer involvement in, benefit 1

from, and satisfaction with, career and 2


grams of study and career and technical 4

education students’ preparation for em-5

ployment; 6

‘‘(iv) efforts to expand access to ca-7

reer and technical education programs of 8

study for all students; 9

‘‘(v) innovative approaches to work- 10

based learning programs that increase par-11

ticipation and alignment with employment 12

in high-growth industries, including in 13

rural and low-income areas; 14

‘‘(vi) the impact of the amendments to 15

this Act made under the Strengthening Ca-16

reer and Technical Education for the 21st 17

Century Act, including comparisons, where 18

appropriate, of— 19

‘‘(I) the use of the comprehensive 20

needs assessment under section 21

134(b); 22

‘‘(II) the implementation of pro-23

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‘‘(III) coordination of planning 1

and program delivery with other rel-2

evant laws, including the Workforce 3

Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 4

U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) and the Elemen-5

tary and Secondary Education Act of 6

1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 7

‘‘(vii) changes in career and technical 8

education program accountability as de-9

scribed in section 113 and any effects of 10

such changes on program delivery and pro-11

gram quality; and 12

‘‘(viii) changes in student enrollment 13

patterns.’’; and 14

(iv) in subparagraph (C)— 15

(I) in clause (i)— 16

(aa) by inserting ‘‘, in con-17

sultation with the Director of the 18

Institute for Education 19

Sciences,’’ after ‘‘The Secretary’’; 20

(bb) in subclause (I)— 21

(AA) by striking ‘‘as-22

sessment’’ and inserting 23

‘‘evaluation and summary of 24


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research activities carried 1

out under this section’’; and 2

(BB) by striking 3

‘‘2010’’ and inserting 4

‘‘2021’’; and 5

(cc) in subclause (II)— 6

(AA) by striking ‘‘as-7

sessment’’ and inserting 8

‘‘evaluation and summary of 9

research activities carried 10

out under this section’’; and 11

(BB) by striking 12

‘‘2011’’ and inserting 13

‘‘2023’’; and 14

(II) by adding after clause (ii) 15

the following: 16

‘‘(iii) DISSEMINATION.—In addition to 17

submitting the reports required under 18

clause (i), the Secretary shall disseminate 19

the results of the evaluation widely and on 20

a timely basis in order to increase the un-21

derstanding among State and local officials 22

and educators of the effectiveness of pro-23

grams and activities supported under the 24

Act and of the career and technical edu-25


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cation programs that are most likely to 1

produce positive educational and employ-2

ment outcomes.’’; and 3

(C) by striking paragraphs (3), (4), and 4

(5) and inserting the following: 5

‘‘(3) INNOVATION.— 6

‘‘(A) GRANT PROGRAM.—To identify and 7

support innovative strategies and activities to 8

improve career and technical education and 9

align workforce skills with labor market needs 10

as part of the plan developed under subsection 11

(c) and the requirements of this subsection, the 12

Secretary may award grants to eligible entities 13

to— 14

‘‘(i) create, develop, implement, or 15

take to scale evidence-based, field initiated 16

innovations, including through a pay for 17

success initiative to improve student out-18

comes in career and technical education; 19

and 20

‘‘(ii) rigorously evaluate such innova-21

tions. 22

‘‘(B) MATCHING FUNDS.— 23

‘‘(i) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.— 24

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ceive a grant under this paragraph, an eli-1

gible entity shall, through cash or in-kind 2

contributions, provide matching funds from 3

public or private sources in an amount 4

equal to at least 50 percent of the funds 5

provided under such grant. 6

‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary 7

may waive the matching fund requirement 8

under clause (i) if the eligible entity dem-9

onstrates exceptional circumstances. 10

‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant 11

under this paragraph, an eligible entity shall 12

submit to the Secretary at such a time as the 13

Secretary may require, an application that— 14

‘‘(i) identifies and designates the 15

agency, institution, or school responsible 16

for the administration and supervision of 17

the program assisted under this paragraph; 18

‘‘(ii) identifies the source and amount 19

of the matching funds required under sub-20

paragraph (B)(i); 21

‘‘(iii) describes how the eligible entity 22

will use the grant funds, including how 23

such funds will directly benefit students, 24


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including special populations, served by the 1

eligible entity; 2

‘‘(iv) describes how the program as-3

sisted under this paragraph will be coordi-4

nated with the activities carried out under 5

section 124 or 135; 6

‘‘(v) describes how the program as-7

sisted under this paragraph aligns with the 8

single plan described in subsection (c); and 9

‘‘(vi) describes how the program as-10

sisted under this paragraph will be evalu-11

ated and how that evaluation may inform 12

the report described in subsection 13

(d)(2)(C). 14

‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants 15

under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give 16

priority to applications from eligible entities 17

that will predominantly serve students from 18

low-income families. 19

‘‘(E) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.— 20

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In awarding 21

grants under this paragraph, the Secretary 22

shall award no less than 25 percent of the 23

total available funds for any fiscal year to 24

eligible entities proposing to fund career 25


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and technical education activities that 1

serve— 2

‘‘(I) a local educational agency 3

with an urban-centric district locale 4

code of 32, 33, 41, 42, or 43, as de-5

termined by the Secretary; 6

‘‘(II) an institution of higher 7

education primarily serving the one or 8

more areas served by such a local edu-9

cational agency; 10

‘‘(III) a consortium of such local 11

educational agencies or such institu-12

tions of higher education; 13

‘‘(IV) a partnership between— 14

‘‘(aa) an educational service 15

agency or a nonprofit organiza-16

tion; and 17

‘‘(bb) such a local edu-18

cational agency or such an insti-19

tution of higher education; or 20

‘‘(V) a partnership between— 21

‘‘(aa) a grant recipient de-22

scribed in subclause (I) or (II); 23

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‘‘(bb) a State educational 1

agency. 2

‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding 3

clause (i), the Secretary shall reduce the 4

amount of funds made available under 5

such clause if the Secretary does not re-6

ceive a sufficient number of applications of 7

sufficient quality. 8

‘‘(F) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity 9

that is awarded a grant under this paragraph 10

shall use the grant funds, in a manner con-11

sistent with subparagraph (A)(i), to— 12

‘‘(i) improve career and technical edu-13

cation outcomes of students served by eligi-14

ble entities under this title; 15

‘‘(ii) improve career and technical 16

education teacher effectiveness; 17

‘‘(iii) improve the transition of stu-18

dents from secondary education to postsec-19

ondary education or employment; 20

‘‘(iv) improve the incorporation of 21

comprehensive work-based learning into ca-22

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‘‘(v) increase the effective use of tech-1

nology within career and technical edu-2

cation programs; 3

‘‘(vi) support new models for inte-4

grating academic content and career and 5

technical education content in such pro-6

grams; 7

‘‘(vii) support the development and 8

enhancement of innovative delivery models 9

for career and technical education; 10

‘‘(viii) work with industry to design 11

and implement courses or programs of 12

study aligned to labor market needs in new 13

or emerging fields; 14

‘‘(ix) integrate science, technology, en-15

gineering, and mathematics fields, includ-16

ing computer science education, with ca-17

reer and technical education; 18

‘‘(x) support innovative approaches to 19

career and technical education by rede-20

signing the high school experience for stu-21

dents, which may include evidence-based 22

transitional support strategies for students 23

who have not met postsecondary education 24

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‘‘(xi) improve CTE concentrator em-1

ployment outcomes in nontraditional fields; 2

or 3

‘‘(xii) support the use of career and 4


grams of study in a coordinated strategy to 6

address identified employer needs and 7

workforce shortages, such as shortages in 8

the early childhood, elementary school, and 9

secondary school education workforce. 10

‘‘(G) EVALUATION.—Each eligible entity 11

receiving a grant under this paragraph shall 12

provide for an independent evaluation of the ac-13

tivities carried out using such grant and submit 14

to the Secretary an annual report that in-15

cludes— 16

‘‘(i) a description of how funds re-17

ceived under this paragraph were used; 18

‘‘(ii) the performance of the eligible 19

entity with respect to, at a minimum, the 20

performance indicators described under 21

section 113, as applicable, and 22

disaggregated by— 23

‘‘(I) subgroups of students de-24

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the Elementary and Secondary Edu-1

cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2

6311(c)(2)(B)); 3

‘‘(II) special populations; and 4

‘‘(III) as appropriate, each career 5

and technical education program and 6

program of study; and 7

‘‘(iii) a quantitative analysis of the ef-8

fectiveness of the project carried out under 9

this paragraph.’’; and 10

(5) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 11

following: 12

‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 13

are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-14

tion— 15

‘‘(1) $7,523,285 for fiscal year 2017; 16

‘‘(2) $7,626,980 for fiscal year 2018; 17

‘‘(3) $7,732,104 for fiscal year 2019; 18

‘‘(4) $7,838,677 for fiscal year 2020; 19

‘‘(5) $7,946,719 for fiscal year 2021; and 20

‘‘(6) $8,056,251 for fiscal year 2022.’’. 21

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(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘subject to 1

subsection (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection 2

(b)’’; 3

(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and 4

(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-5

section (b). 6

SEC. 115. TRIBALLY CONTROLLED POSTSECONDARY CA-7

REER AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS. 8

Section 117(i) (20 U.S.C. 2327(i)) is amended to 9

read as follows: 10

‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 11

are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-12

tion— 13

‘‘(1) $8,400,208 for fiscal year 2017; 14

‘‘(2) $8,515,989 for fiscal year 2018; 15

‘‘(3) $8,633,367 for fiscal year 2019; 16

‘‘(4) $8,752,362 for fiscal year 2020; 17

‘‘(5) $8,872,998 for fiscal year 2021; and 18

‘‘(6) $8,995,296 for fiscal year 2022.’’. 19

SEC. 116. OCCUPATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT INFORMA-20

TION. 21

Section 118 (20 U.S.C. 2328) is repealed. 22

PART B—STATE PROVISIONS 23

SEC. 121. STATE PLAN. 24



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(i) by striking ‘‘6-year period’’ and in-3

serting ‘‘4-year period’’; and 4

(ii) by striking ‘‘Carl D. Perkins Ca-5

reer and Technical Education Improve-6

ment Act of 2006’’ and inserting 7

‘‘Strengthening Career and Technical Edu-8

cation for the 21st Century Act’’; 9

(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘6- 10

year period’’ and inserting ‘‘4-year period’’; and 11

(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘(includ-12

ing charter school’’ and all that follows through 13

‘‘and community organizations)’’ and inserting 14

‘‘(including teachers, specialized instructional 15

support personnel, paraprofessionals, school 16

leaders, authorized public chartering agencies, 17

and charter school leaders, consistent with 18

State law, employers, labor organizations, par-19

ents, students, and community organizations)’’; 20

and 21

(2) by amending subsections (b), (c), (d), and 22

(e) to read as follows: 23

‘‘(b) OPTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF STATE PLAN.— 24


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‘‘(1) COMBINED PLAN.—The eligible agency 1

may submit a combined plan that meets the require-2

ments of this section and the requirements of section 3

103 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 4

Act (29 U.S.C. 3113), unless the eligible agency 5

opts to submit a single plan under paragraph (2) 6

and informs the Secretary of such decision. 7

‘‘(2) SINGLE PLAN.—If the eligible agency 8

elects not to submit a combined plan as described in 9

paragraph (1), such eligible agency shall submit a 10

single State plan. 11

‘‘(c) PLAN DEVELOPMENT.— 12

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The eligible agency shall— 13

‘‘(A) develop the State plan in consultation 14

with— 15

‘‘(i) representatives of secondary and 16

postsecondary career and technical edu-17

cation programs, including eligible recipi-18

ents and representatives of 2-year Minor-19

ity-Serving Institutions and Historically 20

Black Colleges and Universities in States 21

where such institutions are in existence, 22

and charter school representatives in 23

States where such schools are in existence, 24

which shall include teachers, school lead-25


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ers, specialized instructional support per-1

sonnel (including guidance counselors), and 2

paraprofessionals; 3

‘‘(ii) interested community representa-4

tives, including parents and students; 5

‘‘(iii) the State workforce development 6

board described in section 101 of the 7

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 8

(29 U.S.C. 3111); 9

‘‘(iv) representatives of special popu-10

lations; 11

‘‘(v) representatives of business and 12

industry (including representatives of small 13

business), which shall include representa-14

tives of industry and sector partnerships in 15

the State, as appropriate, and representa-16

tives of labor organizations in the State; 17

‘‘(vi) representatives of agencies serv-18

ing out-of-school youth, homeless children 19

and youth, and at-risk youth; and 20

‘‘(vii) representatives of Indian tribes 21

located in the State; and 22

‘‘(B) consult the Governor of the State, 23

and the heads of other State agencies with au-24

thority for career and technical education pro-25


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grams that are not the eligible agency, with re-1

spect to the development of the State plan. 2

‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES.—The eligi-3

ble agency shall develop effective activities and pro-4

cedures, including access to information needed to 5

use such procedures, to allow the individuals and en-6

tities described in paragraph (1) to participate in 7

State and local decisions that relate to development 8

of the State plan. 9

‘‘(d) PLAN CONTENTS.—The State plan shall in-10

clude— 11

‘‘(1) a summary of State-supported workforce 12

development activities (including education and 13

training) in the State, including the degree to which 14

the State’s career and technical education programs 15

and programs of study are aligned with such activi-16

ties; 17

‘‘(2) the State’s strategic vision and set of goals 18

for preparing an educated and skilled workforce (in-19

cluding special populations) and for meeting the 20

skilled workforce needs of employers, including in- 21

demand industry sectors and occupations as identi-22

fied by the State, and how the State’s career and 23

technical education programs will help to meet these 24

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‘‘(3) a summary of the strategic planning ele-1

ments of the unified State plan required under sec-2

tion 102(b)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Op-3

portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112(b)(1)), including the 4

elements related to system alignment under section 5

102(b)(2)(B) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 6

3112(b)(2)(B)); 7

‘‘(4) a description of the career and technical 8

education programs or programs of study that will 9

be supported, developed, or improved, including de-10

scriptions of— 11

‘‘(A) the programs of study to be devel-12

oped at the State level and made available for 13

adoption by eligible recipients; 14

‘‘(B) the process and criteria to be used 15

for approving locally developed programs of 16

study or career pathways, including how such 17

programs address State workforce development 18

and education needs; and 19

‘‘(C) how the eligible agency will— 20

‘‘(i) make information on approved 21

programs of study and career pathways, 22

including career exploration, work-based 23

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visement resources, available to students 1

and parents; 2

‘‘(ii) ensure nonduplication of eligible 3

recipients’ development of programs of 4

study and career pathways; 5

‘‘(iii) determine alignment of eligible 6

recipients’ programs of study to the State, 7

regional or local economy, including in-de-8

mand fields and occupations identified by 9

the State workforce development board as 10

appropriate; 11

‘‘(iv) provide equal access to activities 12

assisted under this Act for special popu-13

lations; 14

‘‘(v) coordinate with the State work-15

force board to support the local develop-16

ment of career pathways and articulate 17

processes by which career pathways will be 18

developed by local workforce development 19

boards; 20

‘‘(vi) use State, regional, or local labor 21

market data to align career and technical 22

education with State labor market needs; 23

‘‘(vii) support effective and meaning-24

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schools, postsecondary institutions, and 1

employers; and 2

‘‘(viii) improve outcomes for CTE con-3

centrators, including those who are mem-4

bers of special populations; 5

‘‘(5) a description of the criteria and process 6

for how the eligible agency will approve eligible re-7

cipients for funds under this Act, including how— 8

‘‘(A) each eligible recipient will promote 9

academic achievement; 10

‘‘(B) each eligible recipient will promote 11

skill attainment, including skill attainment that 12

leads to a recognized postsecondary credential; 13

and 14

‘‘(C) each eligible recipient will ensure the 15

local needs assessment under section 134 takes 16

into consideration local economic and education 17

needs, including where appropriate, in-demand 18

industry sectors and occupations; 19

‘‘(6) a description of how the eligible agency 20

will support the recruitment and preparation of 21

teachers, including special education teachers, fac-22

ulty, administrators, specialized instructional sup-23

port personnel, and paraprofessionals to provide ca-24


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reer and technical education instruction, leadership, 1

and support; 2

‘‘(7) a description of how the eligible agency 3

will use State leadership funding to meet the re-4

quirements of section 124(b); 5

‘‘(8) a description of how funds received by the 6

eligible agency through the allotment made under 7

section 111 will be distributed— 8

‘‘(A) among career and technical education 9

at the secondary level, or career and technical 10

education at the postsecondary and adult level, 11

or both, including how such distribution will 12

most effectively provide students with the skills 13

needed to succeed in the workplace; and 14

‘‘(B) among any consortia that may be 15

formed among secondary schools and eligible in-16

stitutions, and how funds will be distributed 17

among the members of the consortia, including 18

the rationale for such distribution and how it 19

will most effectively provide students with the 20

skills needed to succeed in the workplace; 21

‘‘(9) a description of the procedure the eligible 22

agency will adopt for determining State adjusted lev-23

els of performance described in section 113, which at 24

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‘‘(A) consultation with stakeholders identi-1

fied in paragraph (1); 2

‘‘(B) opportunities for the public to com-3

ment in person and in writing on the State ad-4

justed levels of performance included in the 5

State plan; and 6

‘‘(C) submission of public comment on 7

State adjusted levels of performance as part of 8

the State plan; and 9

‘‘(10) assurances that— 10

‘‘(A) the eligible agency will comply with 11

the requirements of this Act and the provisions 12

of the State plan, including the provision of a 13

financial audit of funds received under this Act, 14

which may be included as part of an audit of 15

other Federal or State programs; 16

‘‘(B) none of the funds expended under 17

this Act will be used to acquire equipment (in-18

cluding computer software) in any instance in 19

which such acquisition results in a direct finan-20

cial benefit to any organization representing the 21

interests of the acquiring entity or the employ-22

ees of the acquiring entity, or any affiliate of 23

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‘‘(C) the eligible agency will use the funds 1

to promote preparation for high-skill, high- 2

wage, or in-demand occupations and nontradi-3

tional fields, as identified by the State; 4

‘‘(D) the eligible agency will use the funds 5

provided under this Act to implement career 6

and technical education programs and programs 7

of study for individuals in State correctional in-8

stitutions, including juvenile justice facilities; 9

and 10

‘‘(E) the eligible agency will provide local 11

educational agencies, area career and technical 12

education schools, and eligible institutions in 13

the State with technical assistance, including 14

technical assistance on how to close gaps in stu-15

dent participation and performance in career 16

and technical education programs. 17

‘‘(e) CONSULTATION.— 18

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The eligible agency shall 19

develop the portion of each State plan relating to the 20

amount and uses of any funds proposed to be re-21

served for adult career and technical education, 22

postsecondary career and technical education, and 23

secondary career and technical education after con-24

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‘‘(A) State agency responsible for super-1

vision of community colleges, technical insti-2

tutes, or other 2-year postsecondary institutions 3

primarily engaged in providing postsecondary 4

career and technical education; 5

‘‘(B) the State agency responsible for sec-6

ondary education; and 7

‘‘(C) the State agency responsible for adult 8

education. 9

‘‘(2) OBJECTIONS OF STATE AGENCIES.—If a 10

State agency other than the eligible agency finds 11

that a portion of the final State plan is objection-12

able, that objection shall be filed together with the 13

State plan. The eligible agency shall respond to any 14

objections of such State agency in the State plan 15

submitted to the Secretary. 16

‘‘(f) PLAN APPROVAL.— 17

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap-18

prove a State plan, or a revision to an approved 19

State plan, unless the Secretary determines that the 20

State plan, or revision, respectively, does not meet 21

the requirements of this Act. 22

‘‘(2) DISAPPROVAL.—The Secretary shall— 23

‘‘(A) have the authority to disapprove a 24

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‘‘(i) determines how the State plan 1

fails to meet the requirements of this Act; 2

and 3

‘‘(ii) immediately provides to the 4

State, in writing, notice of such determina-5

tion and the supporting information and 6

rationale to substantiate such determina-7

tion; and 8

‘‘(B) not finally disapprove a State plan, 9

except after making the determination and pro-10

viding the information described in subpara-11

graph (A) and giving the eligible agency notice 12

and an opportunity for a hearing. 13

‘‘(3) TIMEFRAME.—A State plan shall be 14

deemed approved by the Secretary if the Secretary 15

has not responded to the eligible agency regarding 16

the State plan within 90 days of the date the Sec-17

retary receives the State plan.’’. 18

SEC. 122. IMPROVEMENT PLANS. 19




(i) by striking ‘‘percent of an agreed 23

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(ii) by striking ‘‘appropriate agen-1

cies,’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate State 2

agencies,’’; 3


(i) by inserting ‘‘including after imple-5

mentation of the improvement plan de-6

scribed in paragraph (1),’’ after ‘‘purposes 7

of this Act,’’; and 8

(ii) by striking ‘‘Act’’ and inserting 9

‘‘subsection’’; 10

(C) in paragraph (3)— 11


read as follows: 13

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the eligible agency 14

fails to make any improvement in meeting any 15

of the State adjusted levels of performance for 16

any of the core indicators of performance iden-17

tified under paragraph (1) during the first 2 18

years of implementation of the improvement 19

plan required under paragraph (1), the eligible 20

agency— 21

‘‘(i) shall revise such improvement 22

plan to address the reasons for such fail-23

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‘‘(ii) shall continue to implement such 1

improvement plan until the eligible agency 2

meets at least 90 percent of the State ad-3

justed level of performance for the same 4

core indicators of performance for which 5

the plan is revised.’’; and 6


‘‘sanction in’’ and inserting ‘‘requirements 8

of’’; and 9

(D) by striking paragraph (4); 10


(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the eli-12

gible agency, appropriate agencies, individuals, 13

and organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘local stake-14

holders included in section 134(d)(1)’’; 15

(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘shall 16

work with the eligible recipient to implement 17

improvement activities consistent with the re-18

quirements of this Act.’’ and inserting ‘‘shall 19

provide technical assistance to assist the eligible 20

recipient in meeting its responsibilities under 21

section 134.’’; 22

(C) in paragraph (4)— 23


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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the eligible recipi-1

ent fails to make any improvement in meeting 2

any of the local adjusted levels of performance 3

for any of the core indicators of performance 4

identified under paragraph (2) during a number 5

of years determined by the eligible agency, the 6

eligible recipient— 7

‘‘(i) shall revise the improvement plan 8

described in paragraph (2) to address the 9

reasons for such failure; and 10

‘‘(ii) shall continue to implement such 11

improvement plan until such recipient 12

meets at least 90 percent of an agreed 13

upon local adjusted level of performance 14

for the same core indicators of perform-15

ance for which the plan is revised.’’; and 16

(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 17

(I) in the matter preceding clause 18

(i)— 19

(aa) by striking ‘‘In deter-20

mining whether to impose sanc-21

tions under subparagraph (A), 22

the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 23

(bb) by striking ‘‘waive im-24

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‘‘waive the requirements of sub-1

paragraph (A)’’; 2

(II) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ 3

at the end; 4

(III) in clause (ii), by striking 5

the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 6

or’’; and 7

(IV) by adding at the end the fol-8

lowing: 9

‘‘(iii) in response to a public request 10

from an eligible recipient consistent with 11

clauses (i) and (ii).’’; and 12

(D) by striking paragraph (5); and 13

(3) by adding at the end the following: 14

‘‘(c) PLAN DEVELOPMENT.—Except for consultation 15

described in subsection (b)(2), the State and local im-16

provement plans, and the elements of such plans, required 17

under this section shall be developed solely by the eligible 18

agency or the eligible recipient, respectively.’’. 19

SEC. 123. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 20


(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘shall conduct 22

State leadership activities.’’ and inserting ‘‘shall— 23

‘‘(1) conduct State leadership activities directly; 24

and 25


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‘‘(2) report on the effectiveness of such use of 1

funds in achieving the goals described in section 2

122(d)(2) and the State adjusted levels of perform-3

ance described in section 113(b)(3)(A).’’; 4


(A) by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) 6

and inserting the following: 7

‘‘(1) developing statewide programs of study, 8

which may include standards, curriculum, and 9

course development, and career exploration, guid-10

ance, and advisement activities and resources; 11

‘‘(2) approving locally developed programs of 12

study that meet the requirements established in sec-13

tion 122(d)(4)(B); 14

‘‘(3) establishing statewide articulation agree-15

ments aligned to approved programs of study; 16

‘‘(4) establishing statewide partnerships among 17

local educational agencies, institutions of higher edu-18

cation, and employers, including small businesses, to 19

develop and implement programs of study aligned to 20

State and local economic and education needs, in-21

cluding as appropriate, in-demand industry sectors 22

and occupations;’’; and 23

(B) by striking paragraphs (6) through (9) 24

and inserting the following: 25


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‘‘(6) support services for individuals in State in-1

stitutions, such as State correctional institutions, in-2

cluding juvenile justice facilities, and educational in-3

stitutions that serve individuals with disabilities; 4

‘‘(7) for faculty and teachers providing career 5

and technical education instruction, support services, 6

and specialized instructional support services, high- 7

quality comprehensive professional development that 8

is, to the extent practicable, grounded in evidence- 9

based research (to the extent a State determines 10

that such evidence is reasonably available) that iden-11

tifies the most effective educator professional devel-12

opment process and is coordinated and aligned with 13

other professional development activities carried out 14

by the State (including under title II of the Elemen-15

tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 16

U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) and title II of the Higher Edu-17

cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.)), in-18

cluding programming that— 19

‘‘(A) promotes the integration of the chal-20

lenging State academic standards adopted by 21

the State under section 1111(b)(1) of the Ele-22

mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 23

(20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)) and relevant technical 24

knowledge and skills; 25


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‘‘(B) prepares career and technical edu-1

cation teachers, specialized instructional sup-2

port personnel, and paraprofessionals to provide 3

appropriate accommodations for students who 4

are members of special populations, including 5

through the use of principles of universal design 6

for learning; and 7

‘‘(C) increases understanding of industry 8

standards, as appropriate, for faculty providing 9

career and technical education instruction; and 10

‘‘(8) technical assistance for eligible recipi-11

ents.’’; and 12

(3) in subsection (c), by striking paragraphs (1) 13

through (17) and inserting the following: 14

‘‘(1) awarding incentive grants to eligible recipi-15

ents— 16

‘‘(A) for exemplary performance in car-17

rying out programs under this Act, which 18

awards shall be based on— 19

‘‘(i) eligible recipients exceeding the 20

local adjusted level of performance estab-21

lished under section 113(b)(4)(A) in a 22

manner that reflects sustained or signifi-23

cant improvement; 24


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‘‘(ii) eligible recipients effectively de-1

veloping connections between secondary 2

education and postsecondary education and 3

training; 4

‘‘(iii) the integration of academic and 5

technical standards; 6

‘‘(iv) eligible recipients’ progress in 7

closing achievement gaps among sub-8

populations who participate in programs of 9

study; or 10

‘‘(v) other factors relating to the per-11

formance of eligible recipients under this 12

Act as the eligible agency determines are 13

appropriate; or 14

‘‘(B) if an eligible recipient elects to use 15

funds as permitted under section 135(c); 16

‘‘(2) providing support for the adoption and in-17

tegration of recognized postsecondary credentials or 18

for consultation and coordination with other State 19

agencies for the identification, consolidation, or 20

elimination of licenses or certifications which pose an 21

unnecessary barrier to entry for aspiring workers 22

and provide limited consumer protection; 23


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‘‘(3) the creation, implementation, and support 1

of pay-for-success initiatives leading to recognized 2

postsecondary credentials; 3

‘‘(4) support for career and technical education 4

programs for adults and out-of-school youth concur-5

rent with their completion of their secondary school 6

education in a school or other educational setting; 7

‘‘(5) the creation, evaluation, and support of 8

competency-based curricula; 9

‘‘(6) support for the development, implementa-10

tion, and expansion of programs of study or career 11

pathways in areas declared to be in a state of emer-12

gency under section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford 13

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 14

U.S.C. 5191); 15

‘‘(7) providing support for dual or concurrent 16

enrollment programs, such as early college high 17

schools; 18

‘‘(8) improvement of career guidance and aca-19

demic counseling programs that assist students in 20

making informed academic and career and technical 21

education decisions, including academic and financial 22

aid counseling; 23


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‘‘(9) support for the integration of employ-1

ability skills into career and technical education pro-2

grams and programs of study; 3

‘‘(10) support for programs and activities that 4

increase access, student engagement, and success in 5

science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 6

fields (including computer science), particularly for 7

students who are members of groups underrep-8

resented in such subject fields, such as female stu-9

dents, minority students, and students who are 10

members of special populations; 11

‘‘(11) support for career and technical student 12

organizations, especially with respect to efforts to in-13

crease the participation of students who are mem-14

bers of special populations; 15

‘‘(12) support for establishing and expanding 16

work-based learning opportunities; 17

‘‘(13) support for preparing, retaining, and 18

training of career and technical education teachers, 19

faculty, specialized instructional support personnel, 20

and paraprofessionals, such as preservice, profes-21

sional development, and leadership development pro-22

grams; 23

‘‘(14) integrating and aligning programs of 24

study and career pathways; 25


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‘‘(15) supporting the use of career and tech-1

nical education programs and programs of study 2

aligned with State, regional, or local in-demand in-3

dustry sectors or occupations identified by State or 4

local workforce development boards; 5

‘‘(16) making all forms of instructional content 6

widely available, which may include use of open edu-7

cational resources; 8

‘‘(17) support for the integration of arts and 9

design skills, when appropriate, into career and tech-10

nical education programs and programs of study; 11

and 12

‘‘(18) support for accelerated learning programs 13

(described in section 4104(b)(3)(A)(i)(IV) of the El-14

ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 15

U.S.C. 7114(b)(3)(A)(i)(IV)) when any such pro-16

gram is part of a program of study.’’. 17

PART C—LOCAL PROVISIONS 18

SEC. 131. LOCAL APPLICATION FOR CAREER AND TECH-19

NICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 20


(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘LOCAL 22

PLAN’’ and inserting ‘‘LOCAL APPLICATION’’; 23



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(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘LOCAL 1

PLAN’’ and inserting ‘‘LOCAL APPLICATION’’; 2

(B) by striking ‘‘submit a local plan’’ and 3

inserting ‘‘submit a local application’’; and 4

(C) by striking ‘‘Such local plan’’ and in-5

serting ‘‘Such local application’’; and 6

(3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 7

following: 8

‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The eligible agency shall deter-9

mine the requirements for local applications, except that 10

each local application shall contain— 11

‘‘(1) a description of the results of the com-12

prehensive needs assessment conducted under sub-13

section (c); 14

‘‘(2) information on the programs of study ap-15

proved by a State under section 124(b)(2) supported 16

by the eligible recipient with funds under this part, 17

including— 18

‘‘(A) how the results of the comprehensive 19

needs assessment described in subsection (c) in-20

formed the selection of the specific career and 21

technical education programs and activities se-22

lected to be funded; and 23


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‘‘(B) a description of any new programs of 1

study the eligible recipient will develop and sub-2

mit to the State for approval; 3

‘‘(3) a description of how the eligible recipient 4

will provide— 5

‘‘(A) career exploration and career develop-6

ment coursework, activities, or services; 7

‘‘(B) career information; and 8

‘‘(C) an organized system of career guid-9

ance and academic counseling to students be-10

fore enrolling and while participating in a ca-11

reer and technical education program; and 12

‘‘(4) a description of how the eligible recipient 13

will— 14

‘‘(A) provide activities to prepare special 15

populations for high-skill, high-wage, or in-de-16

mand occupations that will lead to self-suffi-17

ciency; and 18

‘‘(B) prepare CTE participants for non-19

traditional fields. 20

‘‘(c) COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.— 21

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive fi-22

nancial assistance under this part, an eligible recipi-23

ent shall— 24


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‘‘(A) conduct a comprehensive local needs 1

assessment related to career and technical edu-2

cation; and 3

‘‘(B) not less than once every 2 years, up-4

date such comprehensive local needs assess-5

ment. 6

‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The comprehensive 7

local needs assessment described under paragraph 8

(1) shall include— 9

‘‘(A) an evaluation of the performance of 10

the students served by the eligible recipient 11

with respect to State and local adjusted levels 12

of performance established pursuant to section 13

113, including an evaluation of performance for 14

special populations; 15

‘‘(B) a description of how career and tech-16

nical education programs offered by the eligible 17

recipient are— 18

‘‘(i) sufficient in size, scope, and qual-19

ity to meet the needs of all students served 20

by the eligible recipient; and 21

‘‘(ii)(I) aligned to State, regional, or 22

local in-demand industry sectors or occupa-23

tions identified by the State or local work-24


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force development board, including career 1

pathways, where appropriate; or 2

‘‘(II) designed to meet local education 3

or economic needs not identified by State 4

or local workforce development boards; 5

‘‘(C) an evaluation of progress toward the 6

implementation of career and technical edu-7

cation programs and programs of study; 8

‘‘(D) an evaluation of strategies needed to 9

overcome barriers that result in lowering rates 10

of access to, or lowering success in, career and 11

technical education programs for special popu-12

lations, which may include strategies to estab-13

lish or utilize existing flexible learning and 14

manufacturing facilities, such as makerspaces; 15

‘‘(E) a description of how the eligible re-16

cipient will improve recruitment, retention, and 17

training of career and technical education 18

teachers, faculty, specialized instructional sup-19

port personnel, paraprofessionals, and career, 20

academic, and guidance counselors, including 21

individuals in groups underrepresented in such 22

professions; and 23


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‘‘(F) a description of how the eligible re-1

cipient will support the transition to teaching 2

from business and industry. 3

‘‘(d) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the comprehen-4

sive needs assessment under subsection (c), an eligible re-5

cipient shall involve a diverse body of stakeholders, includ-6

ing, at a minimum— 7

‘‘(1) representatives of career and technical 8

education programs in a local educational agency or 9

educational service agency, including teachers and 10

administrators; 11

‘‘(2) representatives of career and technical 12

education programs at postsecondary educational in-13

stitutions, including faculty and administrators; 14

‘‘(3) representatives of State or local workforce 15

development boards and a range of local or regional 16

businesses or industries; 17

‘‘(4) parents and students; 18

‘‘(5) representatives of special populations; and 19

‘‘(6) representatives of local agencies serving 20

out-of-school youth, homeless children and youth, 21

and at-risk youth (as defined in section 1432 of the 22

Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 23

(20 U.S.C. 6472)). 24


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‘‘(e) CONTINUED CONSULTATION.—An eligible re-1

cipient receiving financial assistance under this part shall 2

consult with the entities described in subsection (d) on an 3

ongoing basis to— 4

‘‘(1) provide input on annual updates to the 5

comprehensive needs assessment required under sub-6

section (c); 7

‘‘(2) ensure programs of study are— 8

‘‘(A) responsive to community employment 9

needs; 10

‘‘(B) aligned with employment priorities in 11

the State, regional, or local economy identified 12

by employers and the entities described in sub-13

section (d), which may include in-demand in-14

dustry sectors or occupations identified by the 15

local workforce development board; 16

‘‘(C) informed by labor market informa-17

tion, including information provided under sec-18

tion 15(e)(2)(C) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 19

U.S.C. 491–2(e)(2)(C)); 20

‘‘(D) designed to meet current, inter-21

mediate, or long-term labor market projections; 22

and 23

‘‘(E) allow employer input, including input 24

from industry or sector partnerships in the local 25


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area, where applicable, into the development 1

and implementation of programs of study to en-2

sure programs align with skills required by local 3

employment opportunities, including activities 4

such as the identification of relevant standards, 5

curriculum, industry-recognized credentials, and 6

current technology and equipment; 7

‘‘(3) identify and encourage opportunities for 8

work-based learning; and 9

‘‘(4) ensure funding under this part is used in 10

a coordinated manner with other local resources.’’. 11

SEC. 132. LOCAL USES OF FUNDS. 12

Section 135 (20 U.S.C. 2355) is amended to read as 13

follows: 14

‘‘SEC. 135. LOCAL USES OF FUNDS. 15

‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Each eligible recipient 16

that receives funds under this part shall use such funds 17

to develop, coordinate, implement, or improve career and 18

technical education programs to meet the needs identified 19

in the comprehensive needs assessment described in sec-20

tion 134(c). 21

‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR USES OF FUNDS.—Funds 22

made available to eligible recipients under this part shall 23

be used to support career and technical education pro-24


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grams that are of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be 1

effective and— 2

‘‘(1) provide career exploration and career de-3

velopment activities through an organized, system-4

atic framework designed to aid students, before en-5

rolling and while participating in a career and tech-6

nical education program, in making informed plans 7

and decisions about future education and career op-8

portunities and programs of study, which may in-9

clude— 10

‘‘(A) introductory courses or activities fo-11

cused on career exploration and career aware-12

ness; 13

‘‘(B) readily available career and labor 14

market information, including information on— 15

‘‘(i) occupational supply and demand; 16

‘‘(ii) educational requirements; 17

‘‘(iii) other information on careers 18

aligned to State or local economic prior-19

ities; and 20

‘‘(iv) employment sectors; 21

‘‘(C) programs and activities related to the 22

development of student graduation and career 23

plans; 24


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‘‘(D) career guidance and academic coun-1

selors that provide information on postsec-2

ondary education and career options; or 3

‘‘(E) any other activity that advances 4

knowledge of career opportunities and assists 5

students in making informed decisions about 6

future education and employment goals; 7

‘‘(2) provide professional development for teach-8

ers, principals, school leaders, administrators, fac-9

ulty, and career and guidance counselors with re-10

spect to content and pedagogy that— 11

‘‘(A) supports individualized academic and 12

career and technical education instructional ap-13

proaches, including the integration of academic 14

and career and technical education standards 15

and curriculum; 16

‘‘(B) ensures labor market information is 17

used to inform the programs, guidance, and ad-18

visement offered to students; 19

‘‘(C) provides educators with opportunities 20

to advance knowledge, skills, and understanding 21

of all aspects of an industry, including the lat-22

est workplace equipment, technologies, stand-23

ards, and credentials; 24


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‘‘(D) supports administrators in managing 1

career and technical education programs in the 2

schools, institutions, or local educational agen-3

cies of such administrators; 4

‘‘(E) supports the implementation of strat-5

egies to improve student achievement and close 6

gaps in student participation and performance 7

in career and technical education programs; and 8

‘‘(F) provides educators with opportunities 9

to advance knowledge, skills, and understanding 10

in pedagogical practices, including, to the extent 11

the eligible recipient determines that such evi-12

dence is reasonably available, evidence-based 13

pedagogical practices; 14

‘‘(3) provide career and technical education stu-15

dents, including special populations, with the skills 16

necessary to pursue high-skill, high-wage occupa-17

tions; 18

‘‘(4) support integration of academic skills into 19

career and technical education programs and pro-20

grams of study to support CTE participants at the 21

secondary school level in meeting the challenging 22

State academic standards adopted under section 23

1111(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-24


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cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)) by the 1

State in which the eligible recipient is located; 2

‘‘(5) plan and carry out elements that support 3

the implementation of career and technical education 4

programs and programs of study and student 5

achievement of the local adjusted levels of perform-6

ance established under section 113, which may in-7

clude— 8

‘‘(A) curriculum aligned with the require-9

ments for a program of study; 10

‘‘(B) sustainable relationships among edu-11

cation, business and industry, and other com-12

munity stakeholders, including industry or sec-13

tor partnerships in the local area, where appli-14

cable, that are designed to facilitate the process 15

of continuously updating and aligning programs 16

of study with skills in demand in the State, re-17

gional, or local economy; 18

‘‘(C) dual or concurrent enrollment pro-19

grams, including early college high schools, and 20

the development or implementation of articula-21

tion agreements; 22

‘‘(D) appropriate equipment, technology, 23

and instructional materials (including support 24

for library resources) aligned with business and 25


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industry needs, including machinery, testing 1

equipment, tools, implements, hardware and 2

software, and other new and emerging instruc-3

tional materials; 4

‘‘(E) a continuum of work-based learning 5

opportunities; 6

‘‘(F) industry-recognized certification 7

exams or other assessments leading toward in-8

dustry-recognized postsecondary credentials; 9

‘‘(G) efforts to recruit and retain career 10

and technical education program administrators 11

and educators; 12

‘‘(H) where applicable, coordination with 13

other education and workforce development pro-14

grams and initiatives, including career path-15

ways and sector partnerships developed under 16

the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 17

(29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) and other Federal 18

laws and initiatives that provide students with 19

transition-related services, including the Indi-20

viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 21

U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); 22

‘‘(I) expanding opportunities for students 23

to participate in distance career and technical 24

education and blended-learning programs; 25


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‘‘(J) expanding opportunities for students 1

to participate in competency-based education 2

programs; 3

‘‘(K) improving career guidance and aca-4

demic counseling programs that assist students 5

in making informed academic and career and 6

technical education decisions, including aca-7

demic and financial aid counseling; 8

‘‘(L) supporting the integration of employ-9

ability skills into career and technical education 10

programs and programs of study; 11

‘‘(M) supporting programs and activities 12

that increase access, student engagement, and 13

success in science, technology, engineering, and 14

mathematics fields (including computer science) 15

for students who are members of groups under-16

represented in such subject fields; 17

‘‘(N) providing career and technical edu-18

cation, in a school or other educational setting, 19

for adults or a school-aged individual who has 20

dropped out of a secondary school to complete 21

secondary school education or upgrade technical 22

skills; 23

‘‘(O) career and technical student organi-24

zations, including student preparation for and 25


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participation in technical skills competitions 1

aligned with career and technical education pro-2

gram standards and curriculum; 3

‘‘(P) making all forms of instructional con-4

tent widely available, which may include use of 5

open educational resources; 6

‘‘(Q) supporting the integration of arts and 7

design skills, when appropriate, into career and 8

technical education programs and programs of 9

study; 10

‘‘(R) where appropriate, expanding oppor-11

tunities for CTE concentrators to participate in 12

accelerated learning programs (described in sec-13

tion 4104(b)(3)(A)(i)(IV) of the Elementary 14

and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 15

U.S.C. 7114(b)(3)(A)(i)(IV)) as part of a pro-16

gram of study; and 17

‘‘(S) other activities to improve career and 18

technical education programs; and 19

‘‘(6) develop and implement evaluations of the 20

activities carried out with funds under this part, in-21

cluding evaluations necessary to complete the com-22

prehensive needs assessment required under section 23

134(c) and the local report required under section 24

113(b)(4)(C). 25


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‘‘(c) POOLING FUNDS.—An eligible recipient may 1

pool a portion of funds received under this Act with a por-2

tion of funds received under this Act available to not less 3

than one other eligible recipient to support implementation 4

of programs of study through the activities described in 5

subsection (b)(2). 6

‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Each eligible recipi-7

ent receiving funds under this part shall not use more than 8

5 percent of such funds for costs associated with the ad-9

ministration of activities under this section.’’. 10

TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 11

SEC. 201. FEDERAL AND STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVI-12

SIONS. 13

The Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) is amended— 14

(1) in section 311(b)— 15



read as follows: 18

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 19

subparagraph (B), (C), or (D), in order for a 20

State to receive its full allotment of funds under 21

this Act for any fiscal year, the Secretary must 22

find that the State’s fiscal effort per student, or 23

the aggregate expenditures of such State, with 24

respect to career and technical education for 25


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the preceding fiscal year was not less than the 1

fiscal effort per student, or the aggregate ex-2

penditures of such State, for the second pre-3

ceding fiscal year.’’; 4


‘‘shall exclude capital expenditures, special 6

1-time project costs, and the cost of pilot 7

programs.’’ and inserting ‘‘shall, at the re-8

quest of the State, exclude competitive or 9

incentive-based programs established by 10

the State, capital expenditures, special one- 11

time project costs, and the cost of pilot 12

programs.’’; and 13

(iii) by adding after subparagraph 14

(C), the following new subparagraph: 15

‘‘(D) ESTABLISHING THE STATE BASE-16

LINE.— 17

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of 18

subparagraph (A), the State may— 19

‘‘(I) continue to use the State’s 20

fiscal effort per student, or aggregate 21

expenditures of such State, with re-22

spect to career and technical edu-23

cation, as was in effect on the day be-24

fore the date of enactment of the 25


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Strengthening Career and Technical 1

Education for the 21st Century Act; 2

or 3

‘‘(II) establish a new level of fis-4

cal effort per student, or aggregate 5

expenditures of such State, with re-6

spect to career and technical edu-7

cation. 8

‘‘(ii) AMOUNT.—The amount of the 9

new level described in clause (i)(II) shall 10

be the State’s fiscal effort per student, or 11

aggregate expenditures of such State, with 12

respect to career and technical education, 13

for the first full fiscal year following the 14

enactment of such Act.’’; and 15

(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-16

ing the following: 17

‘‘(2) FAILURE TO MEET.—The Secretary shall 18

reduce the amount of a State’s allotment of funds 19

under this Act for any fiscal year in the exact pro-20

portion by which the State fails to meet the require-21

ment of paragraph (1) by falling below the State’s 22

fiscal effort per student or the State’s aggregate ex-23

penditures (using the measure most favorable to the 24

State), if the State failed to meet such requirement 25


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(as determined using the measure most favorable to 1

the State) for 1 or more of the 5 immediately pre-2

ceding fiscal years. 3

‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive para-4

graph (2) due to exceptional or uncontrollable cir-5

cumstances affecting the ability of the State to meet 6

the requirement of paragraph (1).’’; 7

(2) in section 317(b)(1)— 8

(A) by striking ‘‘may, upon written re-9

quest, use funds made available under this Act 10

to’’ and inserting ‘‘may use funds made avail-11

able under this Act to’’; and 12

(B) by striking ‘‘who reside in the geo-13

graphical area served by’’ and inserting ‘‘lo-14

cated in or near the geographical area served 15

by’’; 16

(3) by striking title II and redesignating title 17

III as title II; 18

(4) by redesignating sections 311 through 318 19

as sections 211 through 218, respectively; 20

(5) by redesignating sections 321 through 324 21

as sections 221 through 224, respectively; and 22

(6) by inserting after section 218 (as so redes-23

ignated) the following: 24


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‘‘SEC. 219. STUDY ON PROGRAMS OF STUDY ALIGNED TO 1

HIGH-SKILL, HIGH-WAGE OCCUPATIONS. 2

‘‘(a) SCOPE OF STUDY.—The Comptroller General of 3

the United States shall conduct a study to evaluate— 4

‘‘(1) the strategies, components, policies, and 5

practices used by eligible agencies or eligible recipi-6

ents receiving funding under this Act to successfully 7

assist— 8

‘‘(A) all students in pursuing and com-9

pleting programs of study aligned to high-skill, 10

high-wage occupations; and 11

‘‘(B) any specific subgroup of students 12

identified in section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii) of the El-13

ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 14

(20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)(ii)) in pursuing and 15

completing programs of study aligned to high- 16

skill, high-wage occupations in fields in which 17

such subgroup is underrepresented; and 18

‘‘(2) any challenges associated with replication 19

of such strategies, components, policies, and prac-20

tices. 21

‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study con-22

ducted under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of 23

the United States shall consult with a geographically di-24

verse (including urban, suburban, and rural) representa-25

tion of— 26


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‘‘(1) students and parents; 1

‘‘(2) eligible agencies and eligible recipients; 2

‘‘(3) teachers, faculty, specialized instructional 3

support personnel, and paraprofessionals, including 4

those with expertise in preparing CTE students for 5

nontraditional fields; 6

‘‘(4) special populations; and 7

‘‘(5) representatives of business and industry. 8

‘‘(c) SUBMISSION.—Upon completion, the Comp-9

troller General of the United States shall submit the study 10

conducted under subsection (a) to the Committee on Edu-11

cation and the Workforce of the House of Representatives 12

and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 13

Pensions of the Senate.’’. 14

TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO 15

THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT 16

SEC. 301. STATE RESPONSIBILITIES. 17

Section 15(e)(2) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 18

U.S.C. 49l–2(e)(2)) is amended— 19

(1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 20

the following: 21

‘‘(B) consult with eligible agencies (defined 22

in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 23

Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 24

2302)), State educational agencies, and local 25


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educational agencies concerning the provision of 1

workforce and labor market information in 2

order to— 3

‘‘(i) meet the needs of secondary 4

school and postsecondary school students 5

who seek such information; and 6

‘‘(ii) annually inform the development 7

and implementation of programs of study 8

defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins 9

Career and Technical Education Act of 10

2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302), and career path-11

ways;’’; 12

(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 13

the end; 14

(3) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 15

at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 16

(4) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the fol-17

lowing new subparagraph: 18

‘‘(I) provide, on an annual and timely basis 19

to each eligible agency (defined in section 3 of 20

the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-21

cation Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302)), the data 22


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and information described in subparagraphs (A) 1

and (B) of subsection (a)(1).’’. 2

Passed the House of Representatives September 13,

2016.

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.


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