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S 1004 115th Congress Senate Education Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Higher education Teaching, teachers, curricula Vocational and technical education

Perkins Fund for Equity and Excellence

Introduced: May 2, 2017 Introduced by: Kaine, Tim Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2681)
May 2, 2017
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Perkins Fund for Equity and Excellence

This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to replace the existing Tech Prep program with a new competitive grant program to support career and technical education. Under the program, local educational agencies and their partners may apply for grant funding to support:

  • career and technical education programs that are aligned with postsecondary education programs,
  • dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college programs,
  • certain evidence-based strategies and delivery models related to career and technical education,
  • teacher and leader experiential and informational-gathering site visits,
  • professional development of educators and business partners,
  • structured interdisciplinary collaboration and common planning time,
  • teacher and leader externship programs,
  • cross-credentialing for teachers,
  • paid student internships or other paid work-based learning experiences, and
  • guidance counseling.

Unless granted a waiver, a grant recipient must provide specified matching funds in the fourth and fifth years of the five-year grant.

What's happening now May 2, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2681)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 2, 2017
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 2, 2017
 D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · May 2, 2017
 R
Young, Todd
Indiana · May 2, 2017
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