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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3537 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3537

  To require the Secretary of Education to disclose information about 
 career and technical education and funding under the Carl D. Perkins 
     Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, and require FAFSA 
       applications to include a career and technical education 
                            acknowledgment.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 14, 2023

 Mr. Braun (for himself and Mr. Brown) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL

 
  To require the Secretary of Education to disclose information about 
 career and technical education and funding under the Carl D. Perkins 
     Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, and require FAFSA 
       applications to include a career and technical education 
                            acknowledgment.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``CTE Awareness Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE ON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE.

    The Secretary of Education (acting through the Office of Federal 
Student Aid of the Department of Education) shall--
            (1) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, publish on the public website of the Office of 
        Federal Student Aid information on--
                    (A) career and technical education programs, 
                including average completion time, program cost, and 
                post-graduation employment rate; and
                    (B) opportunities in each State--
                            (i) to pursue such programs; and
                            (ii) for funding to pursue such programs 
                        under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
                        Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); 
                        and
            (2) continuously update and maintain the information 
        published under paragraph (1) to ensure that such information 
        continues to be relevant.

SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE ON FAFSA APPLICATION.

    Section 494(a)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1098h(a)(1)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i)(II), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) career and technical education (as 
                        defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins 
                        Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 
                        U.S.C. 2302)) programs are a viable alternative 
                        to a 4-year degree, and include, to ensure such 
                        individuals are made aware of such programs and 
                        related career paths at the beginning of the 
                        application--
                                    ``(I) a one-page summary of the 
                                most recent information provided under 
                                section 3(1) of the CTE Awareness Act; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) an acknowledgment signature 
                                box; and''.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    The terms ``career and technical education'' and ``State'' have the 
meanings given the terms in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302).
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