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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8947 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to community colleges for high-quality 

workforce development programs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 8, 2024 

Mrs. MCBATH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 

to direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to 

community colleges for high-quality workforce development programs. 

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

3 SECTION 1. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES 

4 GRANT PROGRAM. 

5 Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 

6 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221 et seq.) is amended by 

7 adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 173. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES WORK2 FORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM. 

3 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

4 ‘‘(1) to establish, improve, or expand high-qual5 ity workforce development programs at community 

6 colleges; and 

7 ‘‘(2) to expand opportunities for individuals to 

8 obtain recognized postsecondary credentials that are 

9 nationally or regionally portable and stackable for 

10 high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors 

11 or occupations. 

12 ‘‘(b) STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES

13 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro15 priated to carry out this section under paragraph (3) 

16 and not reserved under paragraph (2), the Secretary 

17 shall, on a competitive basis, make grants to eligible 

18 institutions to carry out the activities described in 

19 subsection (e). 

20 ‘‘(2) RESERVATION.—Of the amounts appro21 priated to carry out this section under paragraph 

22 (3), the Secretary may reserve not more than two 

23 percent for the administration of grants awarded 

24 under this section, including— 

25 ‘‘(A) providing technical assistance and 

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1 tions serving a high number or high percentage 

2 of low-income individuals or individuals with 

3 barriers to employment, and rural-serving eligi4 ble institutions, to provide guidance and assist5 ance in the process of applying for grants under 

6 this section; and 

7 ‘‘(B) evaluating and reporting on the per8 formance and impact of programs funded under 

9 this section in accordance with subsections (f) 

10 through (h). 

11 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

13 this section $65,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 

14 2025 through 2030. 

15 ‘‘(c) AWARD PERIOD.— 

16 ‘‘(1) INITIAL GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant 

17 under this section shall be awarded for an initial pe18 riod of not more than 4 years. 

19 ‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT GRANTS.—An eligible insti20 tution that receives an initial grant under this sec21 tion may receive one or more additional grants 

22 under this section for additional periods of not more 

23 than 4 years each if the eligible institution dem24 onstrates that, during the most recently completed 

25 grant period for a grant received under this section, 


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1 such eligible institution achieved the levels of per2 formance agreed to by the eligible institution with 

3 respect to the performance indicators specified in 

4 subsection (f). 

5 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

7 grant under this section, an eligible institution shall 

8 submit an application to the Secretary at such time 

9 and in such manner as the Secretary may require. 

10 ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—An application submitted by 

11 an eligible institution under paragraph (1) shall in12 clude a description of each the following: 

13 ‘‘(A) The extent to which the eligible insti14 tution has demonstrated success building part15 nerships with employers in in-demand industry 

16 sectors or occupations to provide students with 

17 the skills needed for occupations in such indus18 tries and an explanation of the results of any 

19 such partnerships. 

20 ‘‘(B) The methods and strategies the eligi21 ble institution will use to engage with employers 

22 in in-demand industry sectors or occupations, 

23 including any arrangements to place individuals 

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1 grams supported by the grant into employment 

2 with such employers. 

3 ‘‘(C) The proposed eligible institution and 

4 industry partnership that the eligible institution 

5 will establish or maintain to comply with sub6 section (e)(1), including— 

7 ‘‘(i) the roles and responsibilities of 

8 each employer, organization, agency, or in9 stitution of higher education that the eligi10 ble institution will partner with to carry 

11 out the activities under this section; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) the needs that will be addressed 

13 by such eligible institution and industry 

14 partnership. 

15 ‘‘(D) One or more industries that such 

16 partnership will target and real-time labor mar17 ket data demonstrating that those industries 

18 are aligned with employer demand in the geo19 graphic area to be served by the eligible institu20 tion. 

21 ‘‘(E) The extent to which the eligible insti22 tution can— 

23 ‘‘(i) leverage additional resources to 

24 support the programs to be funded with 

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1 mitments of any leveraged or matching 

2 funds for the proposed programs; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) demonstrate the future sustain4 ability of each such program. 

5 ‘‘(F) The steps the institution will take to 

6 ensure the high quality of each program to be 

7 funded with the grant, including the career 

8 pathways within such programs. 

9 ‘‘(G) The population and geographic area 

10 to be served by the eligible institution, including 

11 the number of individuals the eligible institution 

12 intends to serve during the grant period. 

13 ‘‘(H) The workforce development programs 

14 to be supported by the grant. 

15 ‘‘(I) The recognized postsecondary creden16 tials that are expected to be earned by partici17 pants in such workforce development programs 

18 and the related high-wage, high skill, or in-de19 mand industry sectors or occupations for which 

20 such programs will prepare participants. 

21 ‘‘(J) The evidence upon which the edu22 cation and skills development strategies to be 

23 used in such workforce development programs 

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1 dence influenced the design of the programs to 

2 improve education and employment outcomes. 

3 ‘‘(K) How activities of the eligible institu4 tion are expected to align with the workforce 

5 strategies identified in— 

6 ‘‘(i) any State plan or local plan sub7 mitted under this Act by the State, out8 lying area, or locality in which the eligible 

9 institution is expected to operate; 

10 ‘‘(ii) any State plan submitted under 

11 section 122 of the Carl D. Perkins Career 

12 and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

13 U.S.C. 2342) by such State or outlying 

14 area; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) any economic development plan 

16 of the chief executive of such State or out17 lying area. 

18 ‘‘(L) The goals of the eligible institution 

19 with respect to— 

20 ‘‘(i) capacity building (as described in 

21 subsection (f)(1)(B)); and 

22 ‘‘(ii) the expected performance of indi23 viduals participating in the programs to be 

24 offered by the eligible institution, including 

25 with respect to any performance indicators 


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1 applicable under section 116 or subsection 

2 (f) of this section. 

3 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATION OF PREVIOUS EXPERI4 ENCE.—The Secretary may not disqualify an eligible 

5 institution from receiving a grant under this section 

6 solely because such institution lacks previous experi7 ence in building partnerships, as described in para8 graph (2)(A). 

9 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

10 section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible 

11 institutions that— 

12 ‘‘(A) will use the grant to serve— 

13 ‘‘(i) individuals with barriers to em14 ployment; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) incumbent workers who need to 

16 gain or improve foundational skills to en17 hance their employability; 

18 ‘‘(B) use competency-based assessments to 

19 award academic credit for prior learning for 

20 programs supported by the grant, such as any 

21 competency-based assessment developed and 

22 identified by the State in which the eligible in23 stitution is located, in coordination with indus24 try organizations, employers (including small 

25 and mid-sized employers), industry or sector 


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1 partnerships, training providers, local boards, 

2 and institutions of higher education; and 

3 ‘‘(C) have, or will seek to have, the career 

4 education programs supported by the grant in5 cluded on the list of eligible providers of train6 ing services under section 122 for the State in 

7 which the eligible institution is located. 

8 ‘‘(e) USES OF FUNDS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION AND INDUSTRY

10 PARTNERSHIP.—For the purpose of carrying out the 

11 activities specified in paragraphs (2) and (3), an eli12 gible institution that receives a grant under this sec13 tion shall establish a partnership (or continue an ex14 isting partnership) with one or more employers in an 

15 in-demand industry sector or occupation (in this sec16 tion referred to as an ‘eligible institution and indus17 try partnership’) and shall maintain such partner18 ship for the duration of the grant period. The eligi19 ble institution shall ensure that the partnership— 

20 ‘‘(A) targets one or more specific high21 skill, high-wage, or in-demand industries; 

22 ‘‘(B) includes collaboration with the work23 force development system; 


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1 ‘‘(C) serves adult and dislocated workers, 

2 incumbent workers, and new entrants to the 

3 workforce; 

4 ‘‘(D) uses an evidence-based program de5 sign that is appropriate for the activities carried 

6 out by the partnership; 

7 ‘‘(E) incorporates work-based learning op8 portunities, as defined in section 3 of the Carl 

9 D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 

10 of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302); and 

11 ‘‘(F) incorporates, to the extent appro12 priate, virtual service delivery to facilitate tech13 nology-enabled learning. 

14 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible insti15 tution that receives a grant under this section shall, 

16 in consultation with the employers in the eligible in17 stitution and industry partnership described in para18 graph (1)— 

19 ‘‘(A) establish, improve, or expand high 

20 quality, evidence-based workforce development 

21 programs, career pathway programs, or work22 based learning programs (including apprentice23 ship programs or preapprenticeships); 

24 ‘‘(B) provide career services to individuals 

25 participating in the programs funded with the 


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1 grant to facilitate retention and program com2 pletion, which may include— 

3 ‘‘(i) career navigation, coaching, 

4 mentorship, and case management serv5 ices, including providing information and 

6 outreach to individuals with barriers to 

7 employment to encourage such individuals 

8 to participate in programs funded with the 

9 grant; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) providing access to course mate11 rials, technological devices, required equip12 ment, and other supports necessary for 

13 participation in and successful completion 

14 of such programs; and 

15 ‘‘(C) make available, in a format that is 

16 open, searchable, and easily comparable, infor17 mation on— 

18 ‘‘(i) curricula and recognized postsec19 ondary credentials offered through pro20 grams funded with the grant, including 

21 any curricula or credentials created or fur22 ther developed using such grant, which for 

23 each recognized postsecondary credential, 

24 shall include— 


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1 ‘‘(I) the issuing entity of such 

2 credential; 

3 ‘‘(II) any third-party endorse4 ments of such credential; 

5 ‘‘(III) the occupations for which 

6 the credential prepares individuals; 

7 ‘‘(IV) the skills and competencies 

8 necessary to achieve to earn such cre9 dential; 

10 ‘‘(V) the level of mastery of such 

11 skills and competencies (including how 

12 mastery is assessed); and 

13 ‘‘(VI) any transfer value or 

14 stackability of the credential; 

15 ‘‘(ii) any skills or competencies devel16 oped by individuals who participate in such 

17 programs beyond the skills and com18 petencies identified as part of the recog19 nized postsecondary credential awarded; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(iii) related employment and earn22 ings outcomes on the primary indicators of 

23 performance described in subclauses (I) 

24 through (III) of section 116(b)(2)(A)(i), 


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1 except that subclause (II) of such section 

2 shall be applied by— 

3 ‘‘(I) substituting ‘second’ for 

4 ‘fourth’; and 

5 ‘‘(II) as if ‘and remain in unsub6 sidized employment during the fourth 

7 quarter after exit from the program’ 

8 were inserted after ‘the program’. 

9 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—In addition to 

10 the activities required under paragraph (2), an eligi11 ble institution that receives a grant under this sec12 tion shall, in consultation with the employers in the 

13 eligible institution and industry partnership de14 scribed in paragraph (1), carry out one or more of 

15 the following activities: 

16 ‘‘(A) Establish, improve, or expand— 

17 ‘‘(i) articulation agreements (as de18 fined in section 486A(a) of the Higher 

19 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

20 1093a(a))); 

21 ‘‘(ii) credit transfer agreements; 

22 ‘‘(iii) corequisite remediation pro23 grams that enable a student to receive re24 medial education services while enrolled in 

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1 ing the student to receive remedial edu2 cation before enrolling in a such a course; 

3 ‘‘(iv) dual or concurrent enrollment 

4 programs; 

5 ‘‘(v) competency-based education and 

6 assessment; or 

7 ‘‘(vi) policies and processes to award 

8 academic credit for prior learning or for 

9 the programs described in paragraph 

10 (2)(A). 

11 ‘‘(B) Establish or implement plans for pro12 viders of the programs described in paragraph 

13 (2)(A) to meet the criteria and carry out the 

14 procedures necessary to be included on the eli15 gible training services provider list described in 

16 section 122(d). 

17 ‘‘(C) Purchase, lease, or refurbish special18 ized equipment as necessary to carry out such 

19 programs, provided that not more than 15 per20 cent of the funds awarded to the eligible insti21 tution under this section may be used for activi22 ties described in this subparagraph. 

23 ‘‘(D) Reduce or eliminate unmet financial 

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1 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll)) of par2 ticipants in such programs. 

3 ‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMIT.—An eligible 

4 institution may use not more than 7 percent of the 

5 funds awarded under this section for administrative 

6 costs, including costs related to collecting informa7 tion, analysis, and coordination for purposes of sub8 section (f). 

9 ‘‘(f) PERFORMANCE LEVELS AND PERFORMANCE

10 REVIEWS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 

12 and implement guidance that establishes the levels 

13 of performance that are expected to be achieved by 

14 each eligible institution receiving a grant under this 

15 section. Such performance levels shall be established 

16 on the following indicators: 

17 ‘‘(A) Each of the primary indicators of 

18 performance for adults described in section 

19 116(b), which shall be applied for all individuals 

20 who participated in a program that received 

21 funding from a grant under this section. 

22 ‘‘(B) The extent to which the eligible insti23 tution built capacity by— 

24 ‘‘(i) increasing the breadth and depth 

25 of employer engagement and investment in 


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1 workforce development programs in the in2 demand industry sectors and occupations 

3 targeted by the eligible institution and in4 dustry partnership established or main5 tained by the eligible institution under sub6 section (e)(1); 

7 ‘‘(ii) designing or implementing new 

8 and accelerated instructional techniques or 

9 technologies, including the use of advanced 

10 online and technology-enabled learning 

11 (such as immersive technology); and 

12 ‘‘(iii) increasing program and policy 

13 alignment across systems and decreasing 

14 duplicative services or service gaps. 

15 ‘‘(C) With respect to individuals who par16 ticipated in a workforce development program 

17 funded with the grant— 

18 ‘‘(i) the percentage of participants 

19 who successfully completed the program; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(ii) of the participants who were in22 cumbent workers at the time of enrollment 

23 in the program, the percentage who ad24 vanced into higher level positions during or 

25 after completing the program. 


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1 ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION AND DETERMINATION OF

2 PERFORMANCE LEVELS.— 

3 ‘‘(A) CONSIDERATION.—In developing per4 formance levels in accordance with paragraph 

5 (1), the Secretary shall take into consideration 

6 the goals of the eligible institution pursuant to 

7 subsection (d)(2)(L). 

8 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—After completing 

9 the consideration required under subparagraph 

10 (A), the Secretary shall separately determine 

11 the performance levels that will apply to each 

12 eligible institution, taking into account— 

13 ‘‘(i) the expected performance levels of 

14 each eligible institution with respect to the 

15 goals described by the eligible institution 

16 pursuant to subsection (d)(2)(L); and 

17 ‘‘(ii) local economic conditions in the 

18 geographic area to be served by the eligible 

19 institution, including differences in unem20 ployment rates and job losses or gains in 

21 particular industries. 

22 ‘‘(C) NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.— 

23 ‘‘(i) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall 

24 provide each eligible institution with a 

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1 formance levels that will apply to the eligi2 ble institution, as determined under sub3 paragraph (B). 

4 ‘‘(ii) ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—After re5 ceiving the notification described in clause 

6 (i), each eligible institution shall submit to 

7 the Secretary written confirmation that the 

8 eligible institution— 

9 ‘‘(I) received the notification; and 

10 ‘‘(II) agrees to be evaluated in 

11 accordance with the performance lev12 els determined by the Secretary. 

13 ‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE REVIEWS.—On an annual 

14 basis during each year of the grant period, the Sec15 retary shall evaluate the performance during such 

16 year of each eligible institution receiving a grant 

17 under this section in a manner consistent with the 

18 performance levels determined for such institution 

19 pursuant to paragraph (2). 

20 ‘‘(4) FAILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEV21 ELS.—After conducting an evaluation under para22 graph (3), if the Secretary determines that an eligi23 ble institution did not achieve the performance levels 

24 applicable to the eligible institution under paragraph 

25 (2), the Secretary shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) provide technical assistance to the eli2 gible institution; and 

3 ‘‘(B) develop a performance improvement 

4 plan for the eligible institution. 

5 ‘‘(g) EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 

7 after the date on which the first grant is made 

8 under this section, the Secretary shall design and 

9 conduct an evaluation to determine the overall effec10 tiveness of the eligible institutions receiving a grant 

11 under this section. 

12 ‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The evaluation of the effec13 tiveness of eligible institutions conducted under 

14 paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of the 

15 general effectiveness of programs and activities sup16 ported by the grants awarded to such eligible insti17 tutions under this section, including the extent to 

18 which the programs and activities— 

19 ‘‘(A) developed new, or expanded existing, 

20 successful industry sector strategies, including 

21 the extent to which such eligible institutions 

22 deepened employer engagement and developed 

23 workforce development programs that met in24 dustry skill needs; 


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1 ‘‘(B) created, expanded, or enhanced ca2 reer pathways, including the extent to which the 

3 eligible institutions developed or improved com4 petency-based education and assessment, credit 

5 for prior learning, modularized and self-paced 

6 curricula, integrated education and workforce 

7 development, dual enrollment in secondary and 

8 postsecondary career pathways, stacked and 

9 latticed credentials, and online and distance 

10 learning; 

11 ‘‘(C) created alignment between eligible in12 stitutions and the workforce development sys13 tem; 

14 ‘‘(D) assisted individuals with finding, re15 taining, or advancing in employment; 

16 ‘‘(E) assisted individuals with earning rec17 ognized postsecondary credentials; and 

18 ‘‘(F) provided equal access to various de19 mographic groups, including people of different 

20 geographic locations, ages, races, national ori21 gins, and sexes. 

22 ‘‘(3) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—The evaluation 

23 under this subsection shall— 

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1 junction with the eligible institutions being eval2 uated; 

3 ‘‘(B) include analysis of program partici4 pant feedback and outcome and process meas5 ures; and 

6 ‘‘(C) use designs that employ the most rig7 orous analytical and statistical methods that 

8 are reasonably feasible, such as the use of con9 trol groups. 

10 ‘‘(4) DATA ACCESSIBILITY.—The Secretary 

11 shall make available on a publicly accessible website 

12 of the Department of Labor any data collected as 

13 part of the evaluation under this subsection. Such 

14 data shall be made available in an aggregated for15 mat that does not reveal personally identifiable in16 formation and that ensures compliance with relevant 

17 Federal laws, including section 444 of the General 

18 Education Provisions Act (commonly known as the 

19 ‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 

20 1974’) (20 U.S.C. 1232g). 

21 ‘‘(5) PUBLICATION AND REPORTING OF EVAL22 UATION FINDINGS.—The Secretary (acting through 

23 the Chief Evaluation Officer) shall— 

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1 tion Officer, publish an interim report on the 

2 preliminary results of the evaluation conducted 

3 under this subsection; 

4 ‘‘(B) not later than 60 days after the date 

5 on which the evaluation is completed under this 

6 subsection, submit to the Committee on Edu7 cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep8 resentatives and the Committee on Health, 

9 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 

10 a report on such evaluation; and 

11 ‘‘(C) not later than 90 days after such 

12 completion date, publish and make the results 

13 of such evaluation available on a publicly acces14 sible website of the Department of Labor. 

15 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary shall make 

16 available on a publicly accessible website of the Depart17 ment of Labor, in transparent, linked, open, and inter18 operable data formats, the following information: 

19 ‘‘(1) The performance of eligible institutions on 

20 the capacity-building performance indicator set forth 

21 under subsection (f)(1)(B). 

22 ‘‘(2) The performance of eligible institutions on 

23 the workforce development participant outcome per24 formance indicators set forth under subsection 

25 (f)(1)(C). 


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1 ‘‘(3) The number of individuals enrolled in 

2 workforce development programs funded with a 

3 grant under this section. 

4 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘com6 munity college’ means— 

7 ‘‘(A) a public institution of higher edu8 cation (as defined in section 101(a) of the 

9 Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), at 

10 which— 

11 ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 

12 associate degree; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 

14 frequently awarded degree; 

15 ‘‘(B) a branch campus of a 4-year public 

16 institution of higher education (as defined in 

17 section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 

18 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), if, at such branch 

19 campus— 

20 ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 

21 associate degree; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 

23 frequently awarded degree; 

24 ‘‘(C) a 2-year Tribal College or University 

25 (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of the Higher 


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1 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

2 1059c(b)(3))); or 

3 ‘‘(D) a degree-granting Tribal College or 

4 University (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of 

5 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

6 1059c(b)(3))) at which— 

7 ‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 

8 associate degree; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 

10 frequently awarded degree. 

11 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi12 ble institution’ means— 

13 ‘‘(A) a community college; 

14 ‘‘(B) a postsecondary vocational institution 

15 (as defined in section 102(c) of the Higher 

16 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c))); or 

17 ‘‘(C) a consortium of such colleges or insti18 tutions. 

19 ‘‘(j) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

20 available under this section shall be used to supplement, 

21 and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local public 

22 funds made available for carrying out the activities de23 scribed in this section.’’. 

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