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H.R. 7737 116th Congress House

More Choice for Career Training Act of 2020

Official title: To amend the Federal Pell Grant Program to support career training opportunities for young Americans.

Introduced: July 23, 2020 Introduced by: John R. Carter Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Education Employment and training programsHigher educationStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curriculaVocational and technical education
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jul 23, 2020
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

More Choice for Career Training Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Education to develop an alternative certification program that allows students to use Pell Grants for enrollment in educational programs that have existed for at least five years and would not otherwise be eligible.

The alternative certification program may not require accreditation, state authorization, minimum instructional hours, or minimum classroom time for an educational program to be eligible.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7737: More Choice for Career Training Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7737/
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"H.R. 7737: More Choice for Career Training Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7737/.
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H.R. 7737, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7737/.
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