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
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 2, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2681)
May 2, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2681)
Committees of jurisdiction
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