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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7395 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand 

career counseling opportunities within student support and academic 

enrichment grants. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2024 

Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. BONAMICI) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 to expand career counseling opportunities within 

student support and academic enrichment grants. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Counseling for Career 

5 Choice Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT. 

7 Section 4107(a)(3)(A) of the Elementary and Sec8 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7117(a)(3)(A)) 

9 is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(A) career guidance and school counseling 

2 programs, such as— 

3 ‘‘(i) guidance for school career coun4 seling programs, and school counselors and 

5 students who may be interested in such 

6 programs; 

7 ‘‘(ii) identifying and assessing school 

8 counseling activities and postsecondary op9 tions available within the State, and out10 side the State as applicable; 

11 ‘‘(iii) identifying regional workforce 

12 trends in collaboration with entities at the 

13 State and regional level with expertise in 

14 identifying such trends (such as State 

15 boards and local boards (as such terms are 

16 defined in section 3 of the Workforce Inno17 vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

18 3102)), regional economic development or19 ganizations, or State employment agen20 cies); 

21 ‘‘(iv) developing and implementing a 

22 process and infrastructure for school coun23 selors and school counseling programs to 

24 access information regarding the regional 

25 workforce trends identified in clause (iii); 


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1 ‘‘(v) information for school counselors 

2 on how to effectively provide students with 

3 current and relevant workforce informa4 tion, financial aid assistance, personal 

5 counseling, and academic advising relevant 

6 to students’ individual career and postsec7 ondary education goals; 

8 ‘‘(vi) financial literacy and Federal fi9 nancial aid awareness activities other than 

10 the activities described in clause (v); 

11 ‘‘(vii) developing and implementing 

12 professional development or career develop13 ment training certification programs for 

14 counselors and other educators involved in 

15 preparing students for postsecondary op16 portunities, which may include partnering 

17 with an industry association that provides 

18 a nationally recognized certification in ca19 reer development; 

20 ‘‘(viii) establishing, improving, or co21 ordinating postsecondary opportunities for 

22 students, which shall include— 

23 ‘‘(I) individual career planning; 

24 ‘‘(II) personalized learning plans; 

25 ‘‘(III) registered apprenticeships; 


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1 ‘‘(IV) internships; 

2 ‘‘(V) dual enrollment programs; 

3 ‘‘(VI) programs leading to recog4 nized postsecondary credentials (as 

5 defined in section 3 of the Workforce 

6 Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

7 U.S.C. 3102)), including programs at 

8 a secondary school; 

9 ‘‘(VII) 2-year degree programs; 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(VIII) 4-year degree programs; 

12 ‘‘(ix) encouraging partnerships with 

13 one-stop centers as defined in section 3 of 

14 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

15 Act (29 U.S.C. 3102), which may include 

16 colocating a one-stop center in a high 

17 school, transporting students to local one18 stop centers, or having one-stop center ca19 reer counselors and business liaisons assist 

20 school counselors in hosting job fairs, ca21 reer days, or other such similar tasks; 

22 ‘‘(x) leveraging resources and emerg23 ing technologies, including artificial intel24 ligence, that are being developed to supVerDate Sep 11 2014 03:20 Feb 24, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7395.IH H7395

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1 port career development and career coun2 seling activities; and 

3 ‘‘(xi) evaluating secondary and post4 secondary outcomes for individuals served 

5 by school or other career counseling pro6 grams;’’. 

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