II 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1370 

To establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills 

development pathways to 21st century careers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2013 

Mrs. MURRAY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To establish partnerships to create or enhance educational 

and skills development pathways to 21st century careers, 

and for other purposes. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Promoting Innovations to 21st Century Careers Act’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings; purposes. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—CAREER PATHWAYS GRANTS 


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Sec. 101. State partnership planning grants. 

Sec. 102. State partnership implementation grants. 

Sec. 103. Regional partnership subgrants. 

Sec. 104. State partnership transition grants. 

TITLE II—CAREER PATHWAYS PARTNERSHIP SUPPLEMENTAL 

GRANTS 

Sec. 201. State partnership supplemental grants program authorized. 

Sec. 202. Types of supplemental grants. 

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Establishment of the National Academic and Career Innovation Center. 

Sec. 302. Accountability and performance measurement. 

Sec. 303. Evaluation and research. 

Sec. 304. Benefits and labor standards. 

Sec. 305. Sunshine provision. 

Sec. 306. Authorization of appropriations and distribution. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; PURPOSES. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) A highly skilled and agile workforce is nec4 essary to compete in the global economy and main5 tain the standard of living of the United States. 

6 (2) According to a 2011 report by the Alliance 

7 for Excellent Education, nearly 7,000 students drop 

8 out of high school every day. Annually, 1,200,000 

9 students will not graduate from high school with 

10 their peers as scheduled. 

11 (3) High school dropouts have a high social 

12 cost. According to a 2009 study by Northeastern 

13 University, when compared to high school graduates, 

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1 tween the ages of 16 and 24, incarceration rates are 

2 63 times higher than among college graduates. 

3 (4) According to the United States Census Bu4 reau, on average a student who drops out of high 

5 school will have an annual income $20,241. That is 

6 $10,386 less than an individual with a high school 

7 diploma, and $36,424 less than an individual with a 

8 bachelor’s degree. 

9 (5) According to the National Center for Edu10 cation Statistics, 21 percent of first-year under11 graduate students in the 2007–2008 academic 

12 school year reported taking at least one remedial 

13 course. Twenty-four percent of first-time under14 graduate community college students reported tak15 ing a least one remedial course. 

16 (6) According to a 2011 report by the American 

17 College Testing Program (ACT), by 2018, 

18 30,000,000 new and replacement jobs will require 

19 some postsecondary education. The current decline 

20 in postsecondary credential attainment threatens the 

21 ability of American businesses to compete globally. 

22 Currently, about 90,000,000 Americans (half of the 

23 U.S. workforce) lack the skills required to function 

24 well in the global economy or to earn family sus25 taining wages. 


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1 (7) According to the findings of a 2006 study 

2 conducted by the American College Testing Program 

3 (ACT), the skills required for high school students 

4 to be ready to successfully enter postsecondary edu5 cation and to enter workforce training programs are 

6 comparable. The report found that high school grad7 uates need a comparable level of readiness in read8 ing and mathematics to enter college-level courses 

9 without remediation and to enter workforce training 

10 programs in jobs that are likely to offer family-sup11 porting wages and the potential for career advance12 ment. 

13 (8) According to a 2003 report for the Edu14 cational Testing Service, about 40 percent of Amer15 ican adults do not have skills typical of those with 

16 some college, but the fastest job growth will occur in 

17 those jobs in which incumbent workers currently 

18 have skill levels reflecting at least some postsec19 ondary education. 

20 (9) An increase in a country’s overall level of 

21 educational attainment leads to an increase in its 

22 overall rate of economic growth. According to a 2009 

23 Mckinsey & Company report, if the United States 

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1 forming nations such as Finland and Korea, gross 

2 domestic product in 2008 could have been 

3 $1,300,000,000 to $2,300,000,000 higher. This rep4 resents 9 to 16 percent of gross domestic product. 

5 (10) According to the American College Testing 

6 Program’s (ACT) analysis of the data from a 2009 

7 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Devel8 opment repot, if current trends in postsecondary cre9 dential attainment continue for the United States, 

10 the next generation of American workers will be less 

11 educated than the previous generation for the first 

12 time in the history of the United States. 

13 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 

14 (1) to increase the graduation rate of students 

15 from high school; 

16 (2) to increase the number of high school stu17 dents prepared with 21st century skills for college18 level work and workforce development after gradua19 tion from secondary school; 

20 (3) to improve the long-term labor market pros21 pects for young people; 

22 (4) to establish State and regional partnerships 

23 among education, business, labor, and workforce and 

24 economic development leaders for the purposes of— 


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1 (A) creating or enhancing educational 

2 pathways for high school students to postsec3 ondary education, including registered appren4 ticeship programs, and to 21st century careers; 

5 (B) aligning the requirements for success6 fully exiting secondary education and entering 

7 postsecondary education and workforce develop8 ment; and 

9 (C) developing a coherent vision for com10 munity development that complements and co11 ordinates ongoing and new efforts in education 

12 and workforce and economic development; 

13 (5) to increase the use of industry-based skill 

14 standards, such as those certifications developed by 

15 the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council and the 

16 National Institute for Metalworking Skills; and 

17 (6) to increase the number of highly skilled and 

18 agile workers available to employers, particularly in 

19 high skill, high demand industries. 

20 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this Act: 

22 (1) AT-RISK YOUTH.—The term ‘‘at-risk youth’’ 

23 means a high school student who— 

24 (A) is economically disadvantaged, as de25 termined by the student being— 


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1 (i) eligible for free or reduced price 

2 lunch under the Richard B. Russell Na3 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 

4 et seq.); 

5 (ii) eligible to receive medical assist6 ance under the State Medicaid program es7 tablished under title XIX of the Social Se8 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.); or 

9 (iii) a member of a family receiving 

10 assistance under the State program funded 

11 under part A of title IV of the Social Secu12 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

13 (B) is at risk for academic failure; 

14 (C) is a student with disabilities; 

15 (D) is a student who is a homeless child or 

16 youth, as defined in section 725 of the McKin17 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 11434a); 

19 (E) is a migrant student or a student with 

20 limited English proficiency; 

21 (F) is a youth offender; or 

22 (G) is in foster care or is aging out of the 

23 foster care system. 


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1 (2) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Na2 tional Academic and Career Innovation Center 

3 Board established under section 301(d). 

4 (3) CAREER PATHWAY.—The term ‘‘career 

5 pathway’’ means a rigorous, engaging, and high6 quality set of courses and services that— 

7 (A) includes an articulated sequence of 

8 academic and career courses, including 21st 

9 century skills; 

10 (B) is aligned with the needs of high skill, 

11 high demand industries in a region or State; 

12 (C) prepares students for entry into the 

13 full range of postsecondary education options, 

14 including registered apprenticeships, and ca15 reers; 

16 (D) provides academic and career coun17 seling in student-to-counselor ratios that allow 

18 students to make informed decisions about aca19 demic and career options; 

20 (E) meets State academic standards, State 

21 requirements for secondary school graduation 

22 and is aligned with requirements for entry into 

23 postsecondary education, and applicable indus24 try standards; and 


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1 (F) leads to 2 or more credentials, includ2 ing— 

3 (i) a secondary school diploma; and 

4 (ii) a postsecondary degree, an ap5 prenticeship or other occupational certifi6 cation, a certificate, or a license. 

7 (4) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the 

8 National Academic and Career Innovation Center es9 tablished under section 301. 

10 (5) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

11 the Director of the National Academic and Career 

12 Innovation Center. 

13 (6) DROPOUT RECOVERY.—The term ‘‘dropout 

14 recovery’’ means a wide range of effective efforts to 

15 provide former high school students who did not 

16 graduate from secondary school in a standard num17 ber of years with an opportunity to earn a secondary 

18 school diploma and continue onto postsecondary edu19 cation. 

20 (7) HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.—The term ‘‘high 

21 school student’’ means a student who is enrolled in 

22 a public secondary school— 

23 (A) in one of grades 9 through 12; or 

24 (B) in the case of a student enrolled in a 

25 secondary school approved by a State to issue 


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1 a regular diploma concurrently with a postsec2 ondary degree or with not more than 2 years’ 

3 worth of postsecondary academic credit, in 

4 grade 13. 

5 (8) HIGH SKILL, HIGH DEMAND INDUSTRY.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘high skill, 

7 high demand industry’’ means an industry 

8 that— 

9 (i) has a significant current or poten10 tial impact on the regional economy over11 all; 

12 (ii) brings net dollars into a region or 

13 is critical to attracting and sustaining 

14 businesses within the industry; 

15 (iii) stimulates the growth of other 

16 supporting businesses, or the growth of 

17 other industries or economic sectors within 

18 the region; 

19 (iv) provides workers with competitive 

20 and family-supporting wages and benefits 

21 that increase the strength and vitality of 

22 the entire regional economy; and 

23 (v) provides opportunities for career 

24 advancement. 


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1 (B) DETERMINATION.—The determination 

2 of whether an industry is a high skill, high de3 mand industry shall be made using State or re4 gional business and labor market projections 

5 and an analysis of real time data derived from 

6 labor market transactions. 

7 (9) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

8 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

9 meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 

10 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

11 (10) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

12 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

13 the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec14 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

15 (11) ONE-STOP CENTER.—The term ‘‘one-stop 

16 center’’ means a one-stop center described in section 

17 134(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

18 U.S.C. 2864(c)). 

19 (12) PATHWAYS GRANTS.—The term ‘‘pathways 

20 grants’’ means the grants authorized under title I 

21 (excluding section 103) and title II. 

22 (13) POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION.—The term 

23 ‘‘postsecondary education’’ means— 

24 (A) not less than a 1-year program of in25 struction offered by an institution of higher 


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1 education that is acceptable for credit toward 

2 an associate or a baccalaureate degree; or 

3 (B) a certificate or registered apprentice4 ship program at the postsecondary level offered 

5 by an institution of higher education or a non6 profit educational institution. 

7 (14) REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘re8 gional partnership’’ means a regional pathways part9 nership receiving funds under section 103. 

10 (15) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PRO11 GRAM.—The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship pro12 gram’’ means an industry skills training program at 

13 the postsecondary level that combines technical and 

14 theoretical training through structured on-the-job 

15 learning with related instruction (in classrooms or 

16 through distance learning) while an individual is em17 ployed, working under the direction of qualified per18 sonnel or a mentor, and earning incremental wage 

19 increases aligned to enhanced job proficiency, result20 ing in the acquisition of a nationally recognized and 

21 portable certificate, under a plan approved by the 

22 Office of Apprenticeship or a State agency recog23 nized by the Department of Labor. 

24 (16) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec25 ondary school’’ has the meaning given the term in 


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1 section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu2 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

3 (17) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

4 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

5 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States 

6 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 

7 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

8 (18) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

9 ‘‘State educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

10 the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec11 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

12 (19) STATE P–16 OR P–20 COUNCIL.—The term 

13 ‘‘State P–16 or P–20 Council’’ means a body of 

14 public officials and public and private sector leaders 

15 that— 

16 (A) is established by a State executive 

17 order, statute, or voluntary agreement and may 

18 be regularly chaired or co-chaired by the Gov19 ernor of the State; 

20 (B) sets formal, aligned expectations for a 

21 seamless system of education from the earliest 

22 years of a child’s development through the kin23 dergarten through grade 12 system and into 

24 and through postsecondary education; 


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1 (C) acts as a venue for collaboration across 

2 early learning, including preschool (the ‘‘P’’) 

3 through the first 4 years of higher education 

4 (the ‘‘16’’) or through doctoral and professional 

5 schools (the ‘‘20’’); and 

6 (D) receives State, foundation, business, or 

7 other funding to carry out the body’s agenda. 

8 (20) STATE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘State 

9 partnership’’ means a State pathways partnership as 

10 established or appointed under section 101(b)(1). 

11 (21) STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT

12 BOARD.—The term ‘‘State workforce investment 

13 board’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘State 

14 board’’ in section 101 of the Workforce Investment 

15 Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801). 

16 (22) WORK-BASED EXPERIENCE.—The term 

17 ‘‘work-based experience’’ means an activity for high 

18 school students, postsecondary students, or teachers 

19 that provides career knowledge, skills, and abilities, 

20 including job-shadowing and internships. 

21 TITLE I—CAREER PATHWAYS 

22 GRANTS 

23 SEC. 101. STATE PARTNERSHIP PLANNING GRANTS. 

24 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized 

2 to award planning grants to eligible State partner3 ships for the purpose of enabling the State partner4 ships to complete comprehensive planning to carry 

5 out activities establishing career pathways. 

6 (2) GRANT PERIOD.—A planning grant awarded 

7 under this section shall be for a period of not more 

8 than 1 year. 

9 (3) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—A planning grant 

10 awarded under this section may not be more than 

11 $250,000. 

12 (4) NONRENEWABILITY.—The Director shall 

13 not award a State partnership more than 1 planning 

14 grant under this section. 

15 (b) ELIGIBILITY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—An entity shall be a State 

17 pathways partnership for purposes of this Act if the 

18 entity— 

19 (A) has been established as the State path20 ways partnership by the Governor of a State 

21 and is composed of the members described in 

22 paragraph (3); or 

23 (B) has been appointed by the Governor of 

24 a State as the State pathways partnership 

25 under paragraph (2). 


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1 (2) APPOINTMENT OF ORGANIZATION.—The 

2 Governor may appoint an existing education, work3 force, or economic development organization, such as 

4 the State workforce investment board, the State P– 

5 16 or P–20 Council, a joint labor-management part6 nership organization, or a business-education part7 nership, as the State pathways partnership for pur8 poses of this Act if the organization— 

9 (A) includes, or modifies the members of 

10 the organization to include, the representatives 

11 required under paragraph (3)(A); or 

12 (B) establishes a subcommittee that in13 cludes such representatives and uses such sub14 committee to carry out the duties of the State 

15 partnership under this Act. 

16 (3) PARTNERS.— 

17 (A) REQUIRED PARTNERS.—A State path18 ways partnership shall include a representative 

19 from each of the following: 

20 (i) Public secondary education, who 

21 shall be the chief State school officer. 

22 (ii) A public 2-year institution of 

23 higher education. 

24 (iii) A public 4-year institution of 

25 higher education. 


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1 (iv) A business and trade organiza2 tion. 

3 (v) An economic development entity. 

4 (vi) The State workforce investment 

5 board. 

6 (vii) The State employment security 

7 agency. 

8 (viii) The recognized State federation 

9 of labor. 

10 (ix) A joint apprenticeship and train11 ing committee. 

12 (x) A labor organization that rep13 resents teachers. 

14 (xi) The State P–16 or P–20 Council, 

15 if such a council exists in the State. 

16 (B) OTHER PARTNERS.—A State pathways 

17 partnership may include other members, such 

18 as— 

19 (i) additional representatives de20 scribed in subparagraph (A); 

21 (ii) additional representatives of pub22 lic secondary education, such as the chief 

23 State school officer responsible for career 

24 and technical education; or 


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1 (iii) nontraditional participants, in2 cluding representatives from philanthropic 

3 organizations or members of regional part4 nerships. 

5 (4) STATE AUTHORITY.—The Governor of a 

6 State receiving a planning grant under this section 

7 has the authority to appoint a fiscal and an adminis8 trative agent for the State partnership. 

9 (c) APPLICATION.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State partnership de11 siring a planning grant under this section shall sub12 mit an application to the Director at such time, in 

13 such manner, and accompanied by such information 

14 as the Director may reasonably require. 

15 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

16 under this subsection shall— 

17 (A) describe the members of the State 

18 partnership; 

19 (B) describe the activities for which assist20 ance under this section is sought, including the 

21 process by which the applicable industry stand22 ards for a career pathway supported under the 

23 grant will be identified and considered; 


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1 (C) describe proposed performance bench2 marks to be used to measure progress under 

3 the planning grant; 

4 (D) provide a budget for use of funds to 

5 complete required activities in section (d); and 

6 (E) provide such additional assurances and 

7 information as the Director determines to be es8 sential to ensure compliance with the require9 ments of this section. 

10 (3) PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS.—Before a 

11 State partnership receives a planning grant under 

12 this section, the State partnership and the Director 

13 shall jointly determine the performance benchmarks 

14 that shall be established for the purposes of the 

15 planning grant. 

16 (d) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—A State partnership re17 ceiving funds under this subsection shall carry out all of 

18 the following: 

19 (1) Analyze State labor market information in 

20 order to create career pathways and carry out the 

21 purposes of this Act. 

22 (2) Identify and agree on State or regional high 

23 skill, high demand industries for the purposes of 

24 planning career pathways. 


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1 (3) Identify existing Federal, State, and private 

2 resources for youth development and plan to lever3 age other existing Federal, State, and private re4 sources to strengthen partnerships and implementa5 tion grant activities. 

6 (4)(A) Provide a description of existing (as of 

7 the time of the application)— 

8 (i) State academic standards for secondary 

9 school graduation and industry standards; 

10 (ii) State requirements for secondary 

11 school graduation and entry requirements for 

12 postsecondary education; 

13 (iii) State policies or models for career and 

14 guidance counseling; and 

15 (iv) career pathway-related programs and 

16 activities for secondary school students, such as 

17 programs of study under the Carl D. Perkins 

18 Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 

19 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), or early college or 

20 dual enrollment programs. 

21 (B) A State partnership may use an already 

22 completed review of the information described in 

23 subparagraph (A) that has been completed by the 

24 State P–16 or P–20 Council, or other entity recog25 nized by the State, if the review is not more than 


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1 2 years old. If the review does not contain all of the 

2 information required in clauses (i) through (iv) of 

3 subparagraph (A), the State partnership shall com4 plete the missing components. 

5 (5) Plan for the alignment of State require6 ments for secondary school graduation and entry to 

7 postsecondary education. 

8 (6) Identify possible areas in which statewide 

9 teacher and administration professional development 

10 or teacher certification related to promising practices 

11 in career pathways will be needed and plan for such 

12 professional development. 

13 (7) Plan for and create a State partnership im14 plementation plan to submit to the Center. 

15 (8) Determine the criteria for selecting regional 

16 partnerships for implementation subgrants in ac17 cordance with section 102(e)(1), which— 

18 (A) will incorporate the concepts of career 

19 pathways and high skill, high demand indus20 tries; and 

21 (B) may incorporate criteria such as low 

22 graduation rates and low academic achievement 

23 in the schools served by the regional partner24 ship. 


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1 (e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each State partner2 ship receiving a planning grant under this section shall 

3 provide an amount, in cash or in-kind, that is not less 

4 than 15 percent of the amount of the grant, to carry out 

5 the activities supported by the grant. The matching re6 quirement under this subsection may be provided from 

7 funds available from other Federal, State, local, or private 

8 sources to carry out such activities. 

9 (f) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 

10 year after an eligible State partnership receives a planning 

11 grant under this section, the partnership shall submit a 

12 report to the Director on the State’s performance of the 

13 activities described in subsection (d). The report shall in14 clude— 

15 (1) a description of the use of funds, including 

16 matching funds required under subsection (e), to 

17 carry out required activities under subsection (d); 

18 and 

19 (2) a description of the progress of the State 

20 partnership in meeting the performance benchmarks 

21 under subsection (c)(3). 

22 SEC. 102. STATE PARTNERSHIP IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS. 

23 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized 

25 to award implementation grants, on a competitive 


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1 basis, to eligible State partnerships described in sub2 section (c) to enable the State partnerships to estab3 lish or enhance career pathways. 

4 (2) GRANT PERIOD.—An implementation grant 

5 awarded under this section shall be for a period of 

6 not more than 5 years. 

7 (3) NONRENEWABILITY.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall not 

9 award a State partnership more than 1 imple10 mentation grant under this section except as 

11 provided in subparagraph (B). 

12 (B) EXCEPTION.—In cases where the Di13 rector determines that the State partnership is 

14 high performing and the activities supported by 

15 the State partnership warrant additional grant 

16 funding, the Director may continue to provide 

17 funding to a State partnership through a tran18 sition grant under section 104. 

19 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible State partnership 

20 that receives an implementation grant under this sec21 tion— 

22 (1) may reserve not more than 20 percent of 

23 the grant funds to carry out the activities described 

24 in paragraphs (2) through (5) of subsection (e); and 


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1 (2) shall use not less than 80 percent of the 

2 grant funds to make subgrants to regional partner3 ships in accordance with subsection (e)(1). 

4 (c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for an implementa5 tion grant under this section, a State partnership de6 scribed in section 101(b) shall have— 

7 (1) received a planning grant under section 101 

8 and completed all requirements of such grant; or 

9 (2) completed a satisfactory application, includ10 ing a plan to coordinate with required partners and 

11 complete the required activities described in section 

12 101(d) during the 5-year period of an implementa13 tion grant under this section. 

14 (3) STATE PARTNERSHIP AUTHORITY.—A State 

15 partnership receiving an implementation grant under 

16 this section shall appoint a fiscal and an administra17 tive agent for the implementation of such grant. 

18 (d) APPLICATION.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible State partner20 ship desiring an implementation grant under this 

21 section shall submit an application to the Director at 

22 such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 

23 such information as the Director may reasonably re24 quire. 


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1 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

2 under this subsection shall include— 

3 (A) a description of the members of the 

4 State partnership; 

5 (B) a description of how the State partner6 ship completed the required activities described 

7 in section 101(d), if applicable or, in the case 

8 of a State partnership that has not completed 

9 such activities, a description of how the State 

10 partnership plans to complete such activities, 

11 including a description of the process by which 

12 career pathways will be selected and any appli13 cable industry standards for the career path14 ways will be identified and considered; 

15 (C) a description of the activities for which 

16 assistance under this section is sought, includ17 ing a description of the career pathways that 

18 will be supported by such activities; 

19 (D) a description of how the State partner20 ship will coordinate with required partners and 

21 complete the required partnership activities de22 scribed in subsection (e) over the 5-year dura23 tion of an implementation grant awarded under 

24 this section; 


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1 (E) a budget proposal of the cost of the 

2 activities supported by the implementation 

3 grant, and a timeline for the provision of the 

4 matching funds required under subsection (f); 

5 (F) proposed performance measures in ac6 cordance with section 302 to be used to assess 

7 and evaluate the progress of the career path8 ways activities of regional partnerships; 

9 (G) a description of how the State partner10 ship will collect long-term aggregated data on 

11 students assisted under the implementation 

12 grant, in accordance with section 444 of the 

13 General Education Provisions Act (the Family 

14 Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974) 

15 (20 U.S.C. 1232g), for purposes of reporting 

16 progress in grant activities; and 

17 (H) such additional assurances as the Di18 rector determines to be essential to ensure com19 pliance with the requirements of this section. 

20 (e) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible State part21 nership receiving an implementation grant under this sec22 tion shall— 

23 (1) award subgrants to eligible regional part24 nerships in accordance with section 103; 


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1 (2) develop and implement coherent, early, and 

2 sustained statewide academic and career guidance 

3 strategies linked to high skill, high demand indus4 tries; 

5 (3) collect data from regional partnerships on 

6 the performance measures selected by the partner7 ship and Director in accordance with section 302 for 

8 career pathways activities carried out by the regional 

9 partnerships; 

10 (4) convene the State partnership members on 

11 a regular basis, and at least on a semiannual basis; 

12 (5) assist regional partnerships to create coher13 ent career pathways, including the provision of tech14 nical assistance and capacity building activities, such 

15 as the dissemination of best practices and tools with16 in the State; 

17 (6) provide any necessary statewide teacher and 

18 school administrator professional development re19 lated to career pathways and coordinate with exist20 ing professional development efforts or activities; 

21 (7) in consultation with regional partnerships, 

22 make recommendations on State and local policies to 

23 foster the development of career pathways for high 

24 school students; and 


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1 (8) in coordination with regional partnerships, 

2 conduct ongoing studies to continuously improve ca3 reer pathways, including testing innovative ap4 proaches, within the State in order to achieve high 

5 level performance and to maximize coordination of 

6 the studies with the Center’s studies under title III. 

7 (f) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State partnership re9 ceiving an implementation grant under this section 

10 shall provide an amount, in cash or in-kind, that is 

11 not less than 25 percent of the amount of the grant, 

12 to carry out the activities supported by the grant. 

13 The matching requirement under this subsection 

14 may be provided from funds available from other 

15 Federal, State, local, or private sources to carry out 

16 such activities. 

17 (2) TIMING OF MATCHING CONTRIBUTION.—An 

18 eligible State partnership may satisfy the matching 

19 requirement of an implementation grant awarded 

20 under this section at any time during the 5-year du21 ration of the grant, as specified in the budget pro22 posal that is submitted in the application process 

23 and approved by the Director. 

24 (g) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—For each year of 

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1 an implementation grant under this section shall submit 

2 a report to the Director on the State’s performance of the 

3 activities described in subsection (e). Each report shall in4 clude— 

5 (1) a description of the use of funds, including 

6 matched funds, to complete required activities under 

7 subsection (d); and 

8 (2) a description of the performance of the 

9 State partnership in meeting the performance meas10 ures under section 302. 

11 SEC. 103. REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP SUBGRANTS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The administrative agent ap13 pointed under section 102(c)(3) by a State partnership re14 ceiving an implementation grant under such section shall, 

15 on behalf of the State partnership, award subgrants, on 

16 a competitive basis, to eligible regional partnerships to en17 able the eligible regional partnerships to establish or en18 hance career pathways. 

19 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR SUBGRANTS.— 

20 (1) REQUIRED PARTNERS.—In order for a re21 gional area of a State served by a State partnership 

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1 ways partnership that includes a representative from 

2 each of the following: 

3 (A) Public secondary education, who may 

4 be a representative of a local educational agen5 cy. 

6 (B) Postsecondary education, including 

7 public 2-year and 4-year postsecondary edu8 cation institutions. 

9 (C) A business or trade organization. 

10 (D) The local workforce investment board 

11 (meaning a local board, as defined in section 

12 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

13 (29 U.S.C. 2801)). 

14 (E) An economic development entity. 

15 (F) Local elected officials. 

16 (G) A central labor council. 

17 (H) A labor organization that represents 

18 teachers. 

19 (I) High school students and postsec20 ondary education students. 

21 (J) Parents or legal guardians of high 

22 school students and postsecondary education 

23 students. 

24 (K) A community-based organization that 

25 is relevant to career pathways. 


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1 (2) OTHER PARTNERS.—A regional partnership 

2 may include other members, such as additional rep3 resentatives described in paragraph (1), representa4 tives of educational service agencies, or nontradi5 tional participants, including representatives from 

6 philanthropic organizations. 

7 (3) DESIGNATION.—A regional area may agree 

8 to designate an existing education, workforce, or eco9 nomic development organization such as a local 

10 workforce investment board, regional economic devel11 opment authority, joint labor management partner12 ship organization, or business-education partnership, 

13 as the regional pathways partnership for purposes of 

14 this Act if the organization— 

15 (A) includes, or modifies the members of 

16 the organization to include, the representatives 

17 required under paragraph (1); or 

18 (B) establishes a subcommittee that in19 cludes such representatives and uses such sub20 committee to carry out the duties of the re21 gional partnership under this Act. 

22 (c) REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AUTHORITY.—A re23 gional partnership shall choose an entity to be the fiscal 

24 agent and an entity to be the administrative agent for the 

25 subgrant funds received under this section. 


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1 (d) APPLICATION FOR SUBGRANT.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each regional partnership 

3 desiring a subgrant under this section shall submit 

4 an application to the State partnership at such time, 

5 in such manner, and accompanied by such informa6 tion as the State partnership may reasonably re7 quire. 

8 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

9 pursuant to this subsection shall include— 

10 (A) a description of the activities for which 

11 assistance under this section is sought, includ12 ing activities to address the needs of at-risk 

13 youth; 

14 (B)(i) a description of the career pathways, 

15 including the applicable industry standards 

16 used for the career pathways, that will be sup17 ported by such activities, including, as applica18 ble, a description of the types of industry cer19 tification assessments to be funded under sub20 section (f)(1); and 

21 (ii) information describing how the part22 nership incorporates the concepts of the career 

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1 (C) proposed performance measures in ac2 cordance with section 302 to be used to assess 

3 and evaluate the progress of the career path4 ways activities under this section; 

5 (D) a budget for use of funds to complete 

6 the required activities in subsection (e); 

7 (E) a definition of the geographic bound8 aries of the region to be served by the career 

9 pathways initiatives, including whether the re10 gion is— 

11 (i) a local workforce investment area 

12 established under section 116 of the Work13 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

14 2831); 

15 (ii) an economic development area as 

16 defined by the State; or 

17 (iii) justified on other criteria, includ18 ing— 

19 (I) the alignment of labor market 

20 areas; 

21 (II) school districts and edu22 cation service agencies; 

23 (III) postsecondary educational 

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1 (IV) geographic distances; or 

2 (V) regional resources that are 

3 available to effectively administer the 

4 activities carried out under this sec5 tion; 

6 (F) a description of how meetings of the 

7 regional partnership will be convened on a reg8 ular basis; 

9 (G) an assurance that employers providing 

10 student work-based experiences will provide or 

11 arrange for the necessary liability coverage as 

12 determined by the participating secondary 

13 schools; and 

14 (H) such additional assurances as the 

15 State partnership determines to be essential to 

16 ensure compliance with the requirements of this 

17 section. 

18 (e) USE OF FUNDS.— 

19 (1) RESERVATION OF AMOUNTS.—Of the 

20 subgrant amount received by an eligible regional 

21 partnership under this section— 

22 (A) not less than 85 percent of the 

23 subgrant funds shall be used to carry out the 

24 activities described in subparagraphs (A) 

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1 (B) a total of not more than 15 percent of 

2 the subgrant funds shall be spent to— 

3 (i) carry out the activities described in 

4 subparagraphs (E) through (G) of para5 graph (2); 

6 (ii) pay for the costs associated with 

7 the fiscal or administrative agent; or 

8 (iii) sustain the regional partnership. 

9 (2) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—A regional part10 nership receiving a subgrant under this section shall 

11 use subgrant funds to— 

12 (A) establish or enhance career pathways 

13 for high school students in high skill, high de14 mand industries; 

15 (B) establish or designate an intermediary 

16 with demonstrated experience in working with 

17 schools serving high school students, postsec18 ondary education, and the workforce delivery 

19 system, and within the partnership area that 

20 shall under financial agreement with the re21 gional partnership— 

22 (i) coordinate career pathways activi23 ties; 


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1 (ii) conduct community outreach and 

2 informational activities related to career 

3 pathways; 

4 (iii) consider the needs of individual 

5 school districts in the regional partnership 

6 area; 

7 (iv) identify academic and career 

8 counseling options and resources (such as 

9 the one-stop career center career services, 

10 including resources and services funded 

11 under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 

12 49 et seq.)) to counsel students and the 

13 students’ families in the development of ca14 reer pathways plans to ensure that stu15 dents’ course crediting and content re16 quirements for secondary school gradua17 tion and entrance into postsecondary edu18 cation are aligned and that shall have a 

19 ratio of students to counselors of not more 

20 than 1:150; and 

21 (v) develop work-based experiences for 

22 high school students and teachers; 

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1 the regional partnership, or designate the inter2 mediary described in subparagraph (B) to pro3 vide such training and professional develop4 ment; 

5 (D) develop and implement a dropout re6 covery strategy for entry into career pathways 

7 for former high school students who have 

8 dropped out of school; 

9 (E) complete a community asset map or 

10 build upon an existing analysis of resources by 

11 workforce boards or other entities to identify 

12 those existing resources that can be leveraged 

13 in a region and the gaps that need to be ad14 dressed to strengthen connections between ef15 fective education and career success; 

16 (F) coordinate with existing support serv17 ices for students; and 

18 (G) track and report on the progress of the 

19 regional partnership in meeting performance 

20 goals negotiated with the State partnership. 

21 (f) OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES.—A regional partnership 

22 receiving a subgrant under this section may— 

23 (1) provide funds for student fees and books 

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1 Advanced Placement and International Bacca2 laureate courses, for high school students who are at 

3 or below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level 

4 line, in order to support a career pathway in a high 

5 skill, high demand industry for such students; 

6 (2) provide funds for costs associated with stu7 dent work-based experiences in high skill, high de8 mand industries, except that no such funds shall be 

9 used to pay wages; 

10 (3) create 1-to-1 mentorships between the most 

11 at-risk youth in a career pathway and responsible, 

12 supportive adults within the region as identified by 

13 the regional partnership; 

14 (4) assist students in identifying and com15 pleting financial aid applications for postsecondary 

16 education; and 

17 (5) provide funds to expand the scope of career 

18 services for career pathway students offered by one19 stop centers within the region. 

20 (g) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—For each year of 

21 the grant period, each eligible regional partnership receiv22 ing a subgrant under this section shall submit a report 

23 to the State partnership on the partnership’s performance 

24 on the activities described in subsection (e). Each report 

25 shall include— 


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1 (1) a description of the use of funds, including 

2 any matched funds, to complete the required activi3 ties under subsection (e); and 

4 (2) a description of the performance of the 

5 partnership in meeting the performance measures, 

6 as described in section 302 consistent with section 

7 444 of the General Education Provisions Act. 

8 SEC. 104. STATE PARTNERSHIP TRANSITION GRANTS. 

9 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized 

11 to award transition grants, on a competitive basis, 

12 to eligible State partnerships described in subsection 

13 (b) to enable the State partnerships to continue suc14 cessful career pathways programs, while increasing 

15 State and regional investment and gradually de16 creasing Federal funds. 

17 (2) GRANT PERIOD.—A transition grant award18 ed under this section shall be for a period of not 

19 more than 3 years. 

20 (3) NONRENEWABILITY.—The Director shall 

21 not award a State partnership more than 1 transi22 tion grant under this section. 

23 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a transition 

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1 received an implementation grant under section 102 and 

2 satisfactorily completed all requirements of such grant. 

3 (c) APPLICATION.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible State partner5 ship desiring a transition grant under this section 

6 shall submit an application to the Director at such 

7 time, in such manner, and accompanied by such in8 formation as the Director may reasonably require. 

9 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

10 under this subsection shall provide— 

11 (A) a description of the activities for which 

12 assistance under this section is sought; 

13 (B) a description of how the State partner14 ship has made progress on the activities de15 scribed in section 102(e); 

16 (C) description of how the State partner17 ship will coordinate with required partners and 

18 complete the required partnership activities de19 scribed in subsection (d) over the duration of a 

20 grant awarded under this section; 

21 (D) a budget proposal of the cost of the 

22 activities supported by the transition grant, and 

23 a timeline for the provision of the matching 

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1 (E) proposed performance measures in ac2 cordance with section 302 to be used to assess 

3 and evaluate the progress of the activities of 

4 State partnerships under this section; and 

5 (F) such additional assurances as the Di6 rector determines to be essential to ensure com7 pliance with the requirements of this section. 

8 (d) ACTIVITIES.—A State partnership receiving a 

9 transition grant under this section— 

10 (1) shall use grant funds to continue the activi11 ties required under section 102(e); and 

12 (2) may use grant funds to expand career ex13 ploration and guidance activities to students in 

14 grades lower than grade 9, with priority given to 

15 serving such students who are at risk of failure to 

16 graduate, based on indicators for middle school stu17 dents predictive of whether or not a student is on 

18 track to graduate from secondary school with a reg19 ular diploma. 

20 (e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State partnership re22 ceiving a transition grant under this section shall 

23 provide, from funds available from other Federal, 

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1 (A) for the first year of the grant, an 

2 amount that is not less than 25 percent of the 

3 amount of the grant for such year; 

4 (B) for the second year of the grant, an 

5 amount that is not less than 50 percent of the 

6 amount of the grant for such year; and 

7 (C) for the third year of the grant, an 

8 amount that is not less than 75 percent of the 

9 amount of the grant for such year. 

10 (2) USE AND TYPE OF MATCHING FUNDS.—The 

11 matching funds required under paragraph (1) may 

12 be provided in cash or in-kind and shall be used to 

13 carry out the activities supported by the transition 

14 grant under this section. 

15 (f) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—For each year of 

16 the grant period, each eligible State partnership receiving 

17 a transition grant under this section shall submit a report 

18 to the Director on the State’s performance of the activities 

19 described in subsection (d). Each report shall include— 

20 (1) a description of the use of funds, including 

21 matched funds, to complete the required activities 

22 described in subsection (d); and 

23 (2) a description of the performance of the 

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1 TITLE II—CAREER PATHWAYS 

2 PARTNERSHIP SUPPLE3 MENTAL GRANTS 

4 SEC. 201. STATE PARTNERSHIP SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS 

5 PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

6 (a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are— 

7 (1) to enhance the capacity of States and re8 gions to offer career pathways to high school stu9 dents; 

10 (2) to enhance one-stop career services for 

11 youth to more effectively provide career exploration 

12 and guidance services to high school students and 

13 postsecondary students; and 

14 (3) to increase the number of registered ap15 prenticeship programs in high skill, high demand in16 dustries. 

17 (b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Director is author18 ized to award, on a competitive basis, supplemental grants 

19 described in section 202 to States to enable the States 

20 to carry out the activities described in such section. 

21 (c) DURATION OF GRANT.—Each eligible State re22 ceiving a grant under this title shall use the grant funds 

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1 (d) NON-RENEWABILITY.—An eligible State may not 

2 receive more than 1 grant under each subsection of section 

3 202. 

4 SEC. 202. TYPES OF SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS. 

5 (a) CAREER PATHWAYS CURRICULUM DEVELOP6 MENT GRANTS.— 

7 (1) PURPOSES.—The purposes of a grant under 

8 this subsection are— 

9 (A) to increase the number of innovative, 

10 high quality, rigorous, engaging, and relevant 

11 career pathways curricula available for the pur12 pose of instructing high school students through 

13 the development of new, or enhancement of ex14 isting, model courses of study focused on high 

15 skill, high demand industries; 

16 (B) to support the development of career 

17 pathways curricula that develop and reinforce 

18 reading and mathematics skills for high school 

19 students, including through the real world ap20 plication of academics; and 

21 (C) to establish teacher training processes 

22 that will provide effective professional develop23 ment in the application of each career pathways 

24 course sequence assisted under this subsection. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of a 

2 State, in partnership with the State partnership 

3 serving the State, may submit an application 

4 for a curriculum grant under this subsection to 

5 the Director at such time, in such manner, and 

6 containing such information as the Director 

7 may require. 

8 (B) PEER REVIEW.—Applications for a 

9 curriculum grant under this subsection shall be 

10 peer reviewed by a panel of experts in cur11 riculum development, career pathways or career 

12 and technical education, and workforce develop13 ment and industry. 

14 (C) CONTENTS.—Each application sub15 mitted under this paragraph shall— 

16 (i) be submitted during the period 

17 that the State partnership serving the 

18 State is receiving an implementation grant 

19 under section 102; 

20 (ii) demonstrate a need for the cur21 riculum grant; 

22 (iii) describe the activities for which 

23 assistance under this subsection is sought, 

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1 (I) how the applicant will carry 

2 out the activities described in para3 graph (4); 

4 (II) how the applicant will in5 clude the industry standards of the 

6 relevant industries in the development 

7 of the curriculum and, in the case of 

8 an applicant using grant funds to 

9 carry out paragraph (5)(A), the in10 dustry certificates to be used; 

11 (III) how the applicant will col12 laborate with and incorporate input 

13 from representatives from the State 

14 partnership members in the develop15 ment of the curriculum; and 

16 (IV) the research or evidence 

17 that supports the key curriculum 

18 theories and activities of the proposed 

19 career pathways curriculum; 

20 (iv) include a budget of the cost of the 

21 project and a timeline for the provision of 

22 the matching funds required under para23 graph (6); 

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1 ure the development, implementation, dis2 tribution, and professional development 

3 concerning career pathways curriculum; 

4 (vi) provide an assurance that cur5 ricula and other products or materials de6 veloped under this Act will be made avail7 able to the Center for distribution; and 

8 (vii) provide such additional assur9 ances as the Director determines to be es10 sential to ensure compliance with the re11 quirements of this title. 

12 (3) FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATION AGENT.—The 

13 Governor of a State receiving a curriculum grant 

14 under this subsection shall appoint the State edu15 cational agency to serve as the fiscal agent and ad16 minister the grant funds. 

17 (4) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—A State receiving 

18 a curriculum grant under this subsection shall use 

19 the grant funds— 

20 (A) to develop a curriculum with industry 

21 engagement that— 

22 (i) provides a logical sequence of inte23 grated academic and career-related 

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1 high demand industry and meets regional 

2 or national workforce needs; 

3 (ii) incorporates rigorous academic 

4 content from core academic subjects, as 

5 defined in section 9101 of the Elementary 

6 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

7 U.S.C. 7801), in a majority of the courses 

8 within each curricular sequence of study, 

9 so that a majority of courses are eligible 

10 for academic credit, and links the material 

11 in each course to State academic content 

12 standards; 

13 (iii) provides academic rigor to career 

14 pathways courses; 

15 (iv) emphasizes the development of 

16 communication skills, such as reading, 

17 writing, speaking, mathematic, and science 

18 skills across all courses and provides for 

19 the development of work readiness skills 

20 and 21st century work skills, including 

21 problem solving skills, communication 

22 skills, analytic skills, time management, 

23 teamwork, and technological prowess; 

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1 (vi) uses best practices within cur2 riculum development theory, including rig3 orous standards, higher order thinking 

4 skills, real world applications, project-based 

5 learning, contextual learning, and other 

6 practices; 

7 (vii) incorporates opportunities for 

8 work-based experience within each career 

9 pathways course sequence; and 

10 (viii) prepares high school students 

11 for postsecondary education and skills de12 velopment programs; 

13 (B) to create curriculum materials and in14 structional resources that will support the 

15 teaching and learning of the career pathways 

16 curriculum developed under this subsection; and 

17 (C) to develop a statewide teacher profes18 sional development implementation plan that 

19 will describe the model of professional develop20 ment used for teacher training, including 

21 courses that will increase the capacity of teach22 ers to effectively implement the career pathways 

23 curriculum developed under this subsection, and 

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1 (5) OPTIONAL USE OF FUNDS.—In addition to 

2 the required activities under subsection (g), a State 

3 receiving a grant under this subsection may use the 

4 grant funds— 

5 (A) to create career and technical edu6 cation course sequences that lead to an industry 

7 certificate; 

8 (B) to develop and include transitional 

9 mathematics and reading courses for students 

10 who struggle to meet the academic require11 ments necessary to enter and successfully com12 plete postsecondary education or workforce de13 velopment; or 

14 (C) to provide options for high school stu15 dents to concurrently earn college credit 

16 through establishing college course articulation 

17 agreements. 

18 (6) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each State 

19 partnership receiving a curriculum grant under this 

20 subsection shall provide an amount, in cash or in21 kind, that is not less than 25 percent of the amount 

22 of the grant, to carry out the activities supported by 

23 the grant. The matching requirement under this 

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1 from other Federal, State, local, or private sources 

2 to carry out such activities. 

3 (7) EVALUATION AND REPORTING REQUIRE4 MENT.—Each State partnership in a State receiving 

5 a curriculum grant under this subsection shall annu6 ally report to the Director regarding— 

7 (A) the progress made on the activities de8 scribed in paragraph (4), including the progress 

9 made in the development and distribution of the 

10 career pathways curriculum assisted through 

11 the grant; 

12 (B) the data and information gathered to 

13 benchmark appropriate outcomes of the cur14 riculum development, implementation, distribu15 tion, and professional development, which may 

16 include student outcomes; 

17 (C) the use of grant funds, including 

18 matched funds, by the State; and 

19 (D) the State’s progress on the perform20 ance benchmarks described in paragraph (2)(C) 

21 that are established with the agreement of the 

22 Director. 

23 (8) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

24 section shall be construed to authorize an officer or 

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1 rect, or control a State’s, local educational agency’s, 

2 or school’s specific instructional content, academic 

3 achievement standards or assessments, curriculum, 

4 or program of instruction. 

5 (b) CAREER PATHWAYS CAPACITY EXPANSION AND

6 MODERNIZATION GRANTS.— 

7 (1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection 

8 is to enable States to better prepare students for 

9 postsecondary education and careers in State and re10 gional high skill, high demand industries by pro11 viding eligible States with grants in order to expand, 

12 enhance, and modernize school facilities and equip13 ment to reflect the requirements of State and re14 gional high skill, high demand industries. 

15 (2) DEFINITION OF QUALIFYING REGION.—In 

16 this subsection, the term ‘‘qualifying region’’ means 

17 a region of a State that has a regional partnership 

18 that has— 

19 (A) previously received a partnership im20 plementation subgrant under section 103; and 

21 (B) a low graduation rate, compared to the 

22 State average, or a high percentage of at-risk 

23 youth, compared to the State average. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—A Governor of a State, 

2 in partnership with the State partnership serv3 ing the State, desiring an expansion and mod4 ernization grant under this section shall submit 

5 an application to the Director at such time, in 

6 such manner, and accompanied by such infor7 mation as the Director may reasonably require. 

8 (B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub9 mitted under subparagraph (A) shall— 

10 (i) be submitted during the period 

11 that the State partnership serving the 

12 State is receiving an implementation grant 

13 under section 102; 

14 (ii) demonstrate a need for the expan15 sion, enhancement, or modernization of ex16 isting facilities or equipment as of the date 

17 of the application, in qualifying regions; 

18 (iii) describe the activities for which 

19 assistance under this subsection is sought; 

20 (iv) describe creative arrangements to 

21 maximize the use of the facilities and 

22 equipment that are expanded, enhanced, or 

23 modernized with grant funds under this 

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1 equipment with other schools or postsec2 ondary programs; 

3 (v) include a budget of the cost of the 

4 project and a timeline for the provision of 

5 the matching funds required under para6 graph (6); 

7 (vi) describe the performance bench8 marks to be used to measure the State’s 

9 progress in implementing a grant under 

10 this subsection; and 

11 (vii) provide such additional assur12 ances as the Director determines to be es13 sential to ensure compliance with the re14 quirements of this title. 

15 (4) FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATION AGENT.—The 

16 Governor of a State receiving an expansion and 

17 modernization grant under this subsection shall ap18 point the State facilities authority or State agency 

19 responsible for school construction and renovation to 

20 serve as the fiscal agent and administer the grant 

21 funds. 

22 (5) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—A State receiving 

23 an expansion and modernization grant under this 

24 subsection shall use the grant funds to— 


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1 (A) make necessary expansions or enhance2 ments to existing facilities in qualifying regions; 

3 and 

4 (B) modernize equipment essential to in5 struction within the career pathways cur6 riculum. 

7 (6) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS MATCHING REQUIRE8 MENT.—Each State partnership receiving an expan9 sion and modernization grant under this subsection 

10 shall provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount 

11 that is not less than 50 percent of the amount of the 

12 grant, to carry out the activities supported by the 

13 grant. The matching requirement under this para14 graph may be provided in cash or in-kind. 

15 (7) EVALUATION AND REPORTING REQUIRE16 MENTS.—Each State partnership in a State receiv17 ing an expansion and modernization grant under 

18 this subsection shall annually submit a report to the 

19 Director regarding— 

20 (A) the State’s progress made on the ac21 tivities described in paragraph (5); 

22 (B) the use of grant funds by the State; 

23 and 

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1 that are established with the agreement of the 

2 Director. 

3 (c) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP GRANTS IN HIGH

4 SKILL, HIGH DEMAND INDUSTRIES.— 

5 (1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection 

6 is to enable States to expand or create registered ap7 prenticeship programs in high skill, high demand in8 dustries. 

9 (2) APPLICATION.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Governor, in part11 nership with the State partnership serving the 

12 State, may submit an application for an ap13 prenticeship grant under this subsection to the 

14 Director at such time, in such manner, and 

15 containing such information as the Director 

16 may require. 

17 (B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub18 mitted under subparagraph (A) shall— 

19 (i) be submitted during the period 

20 that the State partnership serving the 

21 State is receiving an implementation grant 

22 under section 102; 

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1 grams in high skill, high demand indus2 tries; 

3 (iii) describe the activities for which 

4 assistance under this subsection is sought; 

5 (iv) describe the performance bench6 marks to be used to measure the develop7 ment, implementation, and distribution 

8 concerning registered apprenticeship pro9 grams; 

10 (v) include a budget of the cost of the 

11 project and a timeline for the provision of 

12 the matching funds required under para13 graph (5); and 

14 (vi) provide such additional assur15 ances as the Director determines to be es16 sential to ensure compliance with the re17 quirements of this title. 

18 (3) FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATION AGENT.—In 

19 the case of a State receiving an apprenticeship grant 

20 under this subsection— 

21 (A) that has a State apprenticeship council 

22 recognized by the Department of Labor, the 

23 State apprenticeship council administrative 

24 agency shall serve as the fiscal agent and ad25 minister the grant funds; or 


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1 (B) where the Office of Apprenticeship of 

2 the Department of Labor administers the reg3 istered apprenticeship program, the Governor of 

4 the State shall appoint the appropriate State 

5 agency to serve as the fiscal agent and admin6 ister the grant funds. 

7 (4) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible State 

8 receiving an apprenticeship grant under this sub9 section shall use the grant funds for activities nec10 essary to create or expand registered apprenticeship 

11 programs in high skill, high demand industries, in12 cluding— 

13 (A) developing and administering a new or 

14 enhancing an existing registered apprenticeship 

15 program in a high skill, high demand industry 

16 as identified by the State; 

17 (B) registering the apprenticeship program 

18 with the Department of Labor; 

19 (C) providing or arranging for equipment 

20 necessary for training in the registered appren21 ticeship program; 

22 (D) developing skills-based theoretical and 

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1 (E) identifying and training, as appro2 priate, instructors for the registered apprentice3 ship program; and 

4 (F) conducting outreach and marketing 

5 about the registered apprenticeship program to 

6 interested stakeholders, including secondary 

7 schools serving high school students. 

8 (5) PROHIBITED USE.—A State partnership re9 ceiving an apprenticeship grant under this sub10 section shall not use any Federal funds provided 

11 under the grant to pay wages or provide benefits to 

12 workers. 

13 (6) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS MATCHING REQUIRE14 MENT.—Each State partnership receiving an ap15 prenticeship grant under this subsection shall pro16 vide, from non-Federal sources, an amount that is 

17 not less than 25 percent of the amount of the grant, 

18 to carry out the activities supported by the grant. 

19 The matching requirement under this paragraph 

20 may be provided in cash or in-kind. 

21 (7) EVALUATION AND REPORTING REQUIRE22 MENT.—Each State partnership in a State receiving 

23 an apprenticeship grant under this subsection shall 

24 annually submit a report to the Director regard25 ing— 


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1 (A) the progress made on the activities de2 scribed in paragraph (4); 

3 (B) the use of grant funds, including 

4 matched funds, by the State; and 

5 (C) the State’s progress on the perform6 ance benchmarks described in paragraph (2)(B) 

7 that are established with the agreement of the 

8 Director. 

9 (d) YOUTH ONE-STOP CAREER SERVICES ENHANCE10 MENT GRANT.— 

11 (1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this subsection 

12 is to enable States to make career services available 

13 through one-stop centers— 

14 (A) more welcoming and user-friendly for 

15 secondary school students; and 

16 (B) more accessible to such students while 

17 in school. 

18 (2) APPLICATION.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of a 

20 State, in partnership with the State partnership 

21 serving the State, may submit an application 

22 for a career services enhancement grant under 

23 this subsection to the Director at such time, in 

24 such manner, and containing such information 

25 as the Director may require. 


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1 (B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub2 mitted under subparagraph (A) shall— 

3 (i) be submitted during the period 

4 that the State partnership serving the 

5 State is receiving an implementation grant 

6 under section 102; 

7 (ii) demonstrate a need for the en8 hancement or expansion of one-stop career 

9 guidance and exploration services for high 

10 school students; 

11 (iii) describe the activities for which 

12 assistance under this subsection is sought; 

13 (iv) describe the performance bench14 marks to be used to measure the State’s 

15 progress in implementing a grant under 

16 this subsection; 

17 (v) include a budget of the cost of the 

18 project and a timeline for the provision of 

19 the matching funds required under para20 graph (5); and 

21 (vi) provide such additional assur22 ances as the Director determines to be es23 sential to ensure compliance with the re24 quirements of this subsection. 


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1 (3) FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATION AGENT.—The 

2 Governor of a State receiving a career services en3 hancement grant under this subsection shall appoint 

4 the State workforce investment board or the State 

5 workforce administrative entity as the fiscal agent 

6 and the entity responsible for administering the 

7 grant. The State workforce investment board shall 

8 give preference for resources available under this 

9 grant to one-stop centers in regions with regional 

10 partnerships receiving a subgrant under section 103. 

11 (4) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—A State receiving 

12 a career services enhancement grant under this sub13 section shall use the grant funds to expand or en14 hance career guidance and exploration services for 

15 students provided through one-stop centers, includ16 ing resources funded under the Wagner-Peyser Act 

17 (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.), by— 

18 (A) enhancing services for students partici19 pating in career pathways, such as enhancing— 

20 (i) job search and placement assist21 ance and, as appropriate, career coun22 seling; 

23 (ii) the provision of employment sta24 tistics information, including the provision 

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1 gional, and national labor market areas, 

2 which may include— 

3 (I) job vacancy listings in the 

4 labor market area; 

5 (II) information on the job skills 

6 necessary to obtain those jobs; and 

7 (III) information related to local 

8 occupations in demand and the earn9 ings and skill requirements of such oc10 cupations; 

11 (iii) the provision of performance in12 formation and program cost information 

13 on eligible providers of training described 

14 in section 122 of the Workforce Invest15 ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2842); 

16 (iv) comprehensive and specialized as17 sessments of skill levels and development 

18 of plans to identify and attain career goals; 

19 (v) individual counseling and career 

20 planning; and 

21 (vi) short-term prevocational services, 

22 such as the development of learning skills, 

23 presentation skills, resume writing skills, 

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1 individuals for unsubsidized employment; 

2 or 

3 (B) providing one-stop center career serv4 ices in proximity to high school students, sub5 ject to the requirements of section 134(c) of the 

6 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

7 2864(c)). 

8 (5) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each State 

9 partnership receiving a career services enhancement 

10 grant under this subsection shall provide an amount, 

11 in cash or in-kind, that is not less than 50 percent 

12 of the amount of the grant, to carry out the activi13 ties supported by the grant. The matching require14 ment under this subsection may be provided from 

15 funds available from other Federal, State, local, or 

16 private sources to carry out such activities. 

17 (6) EVALUATION AND REPORTING REQUIRE18 MENT.—Each eligible State partnership in a State 

19 receiving a career services enhancement grant under 

20 this subsection shall submit a report to the Director 

21 regarding— 

22 (A) the progress made on the activities de23 scribed in paragraph (4); 

24 (B) the use of grant funds, including 

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1 (C) the State’s progress on the perform2 ance benchmarks described in paragraph (2)(B) 

3 that are established with the agreement of the 

4 Director. 

5 TITLE III—GENERAL 

6 PROVISIONS 

7 SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIC 

8 AND CAREER INNOVATION CENTER. 

9 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to es10 tablish a National Academic and Career Innovation Center 

11 that— 

12 (1) encourages innovations to address the con13 stant changes in the highly competitive global econ14 omy; 

15 (2) serves as a national resource for State part16 nerships and regional partnerships in the United 

17 States by— 

18 (A) disseminating information on research 

19 and best practices regarding the development of 

20 career pathways; 

21 (B) disseminating demonstrated curricula 

22 developed by States; and 

23 (C) supporting the efforts of State partner24 ships and regional partnerships to offer career 

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1 (3) designs and conducts performance evalua2 tions of career pathways activities, to determine 

3 whether the short- and long-term goals of the activi4 ties are being met; and 

5 (4) administers, oversees, and evaluates all ca6 reer pathways grants. 

7 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Na9 tional Academic and Career Innovation Center, 

10 which shall be administered under the terms of an 

11 interagency agreement entered into by the Secretary 

12 of Education, the Secretary of Labor, and the Sec13 retary of Commerce (in this section referred to as 

14 the ‘‘Interagency Group’’). 

15 (2) OFFICES.—The Center shall have offices 

16 separate from the offices of the Department of Edu17 cation, the Department of Labor, and the Depart18 ment of Commerce. 

19 (3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Interagency 

20 Group shall consider the recommendations of the 

21 Board, established under subsection (d), in planning 

22 the goals of the Center and in implementing any 

23 programs to achieve such goals. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to serve as a na2 tional resource for States and regions creating and 

3 implementing career pathways in the United States, 

4 the Center is authorized— 

5 (A) to administer and oversee grants and 

6 contracts under this Act; 

7 (B) to conduct evaluations and research in 

8 accordance with section 303 to determine the 

9 effectiveness of the career pathways initiative 

10 under this Act; 

11 (C) to make findings as to whether the 

12 goals of the career pathways initiatives under 

13 this Act have been met by the grant programs 

14 created under this Act; 

15 (D) to work with State partnerships and 

16 regional partnerships to develop performance 

17 measures, in accordance with section 302, to 

18 determine whether the short- and long-term 

19 goals of the activities being funded by the ca20 reer pathways grants described in this Act are 

21 being met; 

22 (E) to advise Congress and the Depart23 ments of Labor, Education, and Commerce on 

24 the development and continuous improvement 

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1 (F) to communicate and coordinate with 

2 the Departments of Labor, Education, and 

3 Commerce on related activities administered by 

4 one or more of the Departments; and 

5 (G) to disseminate information, through 

6 online and other resources that are easily acces7 sible, that shall— 

8 (i) consist of— 

9 (I) model career pathways cur10 ricula developed under section 202(a); 

11 and 

12 (II) proven best practices and ca13 reer resources, including multi-media 

14 information and products identified by 

15 the Center, other entities, and reposi16 tories of information; and 

17 (ii) facilitate the ability of secondary 

18 schools serving high school students or 

19 other educational entities to access and im20 plement model career pathways curricula if 

21 the schools or entities so choose. 

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1 vate institutions, agencies, or organizations, to carry 

2 out the activities of the Center. 

3 (3) DISCLOSURES.—The Center shall publicly 

4 disclose, through an easily accessible website, the 

5 Center’s justification for the Center’s decision to ap6 prove or reject each application for a grant under 

7 this Act and, in the case of an application that is 

8 approved, the amount of the grant awarded. 

9 (4) PROHIBITION ON REQUIRED USE OF A CUR10 RICULUM.—The Director shall not— 

11 (A) use online resources supported under 

12 this section to develop a national curriculum; or 

13 (B) require States to use any model career 

14 pathways curriculum included in the online re15 sources. 

16 (d) NATIONAL ACADEMIC AND CAREER INNOVATION

17 CENTER BOARD.— 

18 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be a Na20 tional Academic and Career Innovation Center 

21 Board, which shall consist of 15 individuals ap22 pointed by the President with the advice and 

23 consent of the Senate. 

24 (B) COMPOSITION.—The Board shall be 

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1 officers or employees of the Federal Govern2 ment and who are representative of— 

3 (i) public secondary education; 

4 (ii) public postsecondary education, 

5 including 2-year and 4-year institutions of 

6 higher education; 

7 (iii) businesses and trade organiza8 tions that demonstrate an interest in ca9 reer pathways; 

10 (iv) high school students or postsec11 ondary students, including at-risk youth; 

12 (v) workforce development; 

13 (vi) economic development; 

14 (vii) State and local governments; 

15 (viii) parents or legal guardians of 

16 students; and 

17 (ix) labor organizations. 

18 (2) DUTIES.—The Board shall— 

19 (A) make recommendations concerning the 

20 appointment of the Director and staff of the 

21 Center; 

22 (B) advise the Center and the Interagency 

23 Group on a vision of career pathways that— 

24 (i) create opportunities for high school 

25 students to make successful transitions to 


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1 postsecondary education and employment 

2 and improve the long-term economic pros3 perity for themselves and their families; 

4 and 

5 (ii) play an integral part in the larger 

6 workforce and economic development sys7 tems; 

8 (C) provide independent advice on the op9 eration of the Center; and 

10 (D) receive reports from the Interagency 

11 Group and the Director. 

12 (3) APPOINTMENTS.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 

14 Board shall be appointed for a term of 5 years, 

15 except that the initial terms for members may 

16 be 1, 2, or 3 years in order to establish a rotation in which 1 17 ⁄3 of the members are selected in 

18 each of the first 3 years of a 5-year cycle. 

19 (B) TERM LIMIT.—Any such member may 

20 be appointed for not more than 1 full term. 

21 (C) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the 

22 Board shall not affect the powers of the Board, 

23 but shall be filled in the same manner as the 

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1 (D) ELECTION OF OFFICERS.—The Board 

2 shall elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson 

3 of the Board from among the members of the 

4 Board. 

5 (E) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet at 

6 the call of the Chairperson or a majority of the 

7 members of the Board. 

8 (e) DIRECTOR.—The Board, after considering rec9 ommendations made by the Interagency Group, shall ap10 point and fix the pay of a Director. 

11 (f) GIFTS, BEQUESTS, AND DEVISES.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Center may accept, ad13 minister, and use for the purposes of the Center 

14 gifts or donations of services, money, or property, 

15 whether real or personal, tangible or intangible. 

16 (2) RULES.—The Board shall establish written 

17 rules setting forth the criteria to be used by the 

18 Center in determining whether the acceptance of 

19 contributions of services, money, or property whether 

20 real or personal, tangible or intangible, would reflect 

21 unfavorably upon the ability of the Center or any 

22 employee to carry out the responsibilities of the Cen23 ter or employee, or official duties, in a fair and ob24 jective manner, or would compromise the integrity or 


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1 the appearance of the integrity of the Center’s pro2 grams or any official involved in those programs. 

3 (g) FUNDING.—Any amounts appropriated to the 

4 Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor, the Sec5 retary of Commerce, or the head of any other department 

6 that participates in the Center, for the purposes that the 

7 Center is authorized to perform under this Act, may be 

8 provided to the Center for such purposes. 

9 SEC. 302. ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MEASURE10 MENT. 

11 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to es12 tablish an accountability system, comprised of the activi13 ties described in this section, in order to— 

14 (1) assess the effectiveness of State and re15 gional activities assisted under this Act to help high 

16 school students successfully transition from sec17 ondary school to postsecondary education and em18 ployment primarily in high skill, high demand indus19 tries by acquiring the skills and knowledge that lead 

20 to long-term career success; 

21 (2) improve the State and regional career path22 ways activities assisted under this Act; 

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1 skilled and agile workforce that meets 21st century 

2 skill demands; 

3 (4) maximize the return on investment of Fed4 eral funds in State and regional career pathways ac5 tivities assisted under this Act; and 

6 (5) assess the effectiveness of State and re7 gional career pathways in connecting efforts in edu8 cation, economic, and workforce development. 

9 (b) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each State partnership 

11 and regional partnership, performance measures 

12 shall consist of the indicators of performance de13 scribed in paragraph (2) and the level of perform14 ance described in paragraph (3). 

15 (2) INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.—The indi16 cators of performance shall consist of the following: 

17 (A) INTERIM INDICATORS.— 

18 (i) Student participation in a career 

19 pathway. 

20 (ii) Student attainment of a secondary 

21 school diploma, disaggregated by the sub22 groups described in section 

23 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) of the Elementary 

24 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

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1 (iii) Student participation in a career 

2 pathway and attainment of a secondary 

3 school diploma, disaggregated by the sub4 groups described in such section 

5 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II). 

6 (B) TRANSITIONAL INDICATORS.— 

7 (i) Student acquisition of a secondary 

8 school diploma and entrance into postsec9 ondary education or employment. 

10 (ii) Student acquisition of a secondary 

11 school diploma and entrance into postsec12 ondary education or employment related to 

13 a high skill, high demand industry. 

14 (iii) Attainment of 1 or more recog15 nized credentials, which may include a cer16 tificate, license, journey-status card, or as17 sociate degree or baccalaureate degree. 

18 (iv) Attainment of 1 or more recog19 nized credentials, which may include a cer20 tificate, license, journey-status card, or as21 sociate degree or baccalaureate degree re22 lated to a high skill, high demand industry. 

23 (C) LONG-TERM INDICATORS.— 

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1 tained a secondary school diploma or a cre2 dential. 

3 (ii) Employment of individuals who 

4 participated in a career pathway and at5 tained a secondary school diploma or a cre6 dential related to a high skill, high demand 

7 industry. 

8 (iii) The initial wage or salary level of 

9 individuals who participated in a career 

10 pathway and attained a secondary school 

11 diploma. 

12 (iv) The initial wage or salary level of 

13 individuals who participated in a career 

14 pathway and attained a secondary school 

15 diploma and a credential. 

16 (D) ADDITIONAL INDICATORS.—A State 

17 partnership may identify in the State imple18 mentation application additional indicators that 

19 regional partnerships receiving a subgrant from 

20 the State partnership shall use to evaluate ca21 reer pathways activities supported by the 

22 subgrant. 

23 (3) LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE.—For each indi24 cator of performance, there shall be a level of per25 formance expressed in objective, quantifiable, and 


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1 measurable form and in a way to show the progress 

2 of the State toward continuously improving perform3 ance. 

4 (4) STATE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each State partnership 

6 that receives an implementation grant under 

7 section 102 or a transition grant under section 

8 104 shall reach agreement with the Director on 

9 the performance measures for the years covered 

10 by the implementation grant or the transition 

11 grant as a condition of receiving the grant. The 

12 performance measures shall take into account 

13 the State’s economic conditions, student charac14 teristics, graduation rates, and the activities or 

15 services provided supported by the grants. 

16 (B) ADJUSTMENTS.—If unanticipated cir17 cumstances arise in a State resulting in a sig18 nificant change in the State’s economic condi19 tions, student characteristics, secondary school 

20 graduation rates, or activities or services pro21 vided, the State partnership Governor may re22 quest that the Director adjust the level of per23 formance for the State. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each regional partner2 ship that receives a career pathways subgrant 

3 under section 103 shall reach agreement with 

4 the State partnership on the regional levels of 

5 performance for each core indicator and any ad6 ditional indicators that the State partnership 

7 may establish in accordance with this sub8 section for the years covered by the grant as a 

9 condition of receiving the subgrant. The per10 formance measures shall take into account the 

11 economic conditions, student characteristics, 

12 graduation rates, and activities or services pro13 vided within the region. 

14 (B) ADJUSTMENTS.—If unanticipated cir15 cumstances arise in a region, resulting in a sig16 nificant change in the economic conditions, stu17 dent characteristics, graduation rates, or activi18 ties or services provided, the regional partner19 ship may request that the State partnership ad20 just the level of performance. 

21 (6) CALCULATION RULES.— 

22 (A) WAGE RECORDS.—In measuring 

23 progress in labor market-related core indicators, 

24 a State partnership or regional partnership 

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1 law and by making arrangements through the 

2 Secretary of Labor, to ensure that the wage 

3 records of any State or region are available to 

4 any other State or region to the extent required 

5 by the other State or region to complete the an6 nual report required under this section. 

7 (B) REENTERING STUDENTS.—If a stu8 dent exits the education system at any point 

9 during secondary school or postsecondary edu10 cation, a State partnership or regional partner11 ship shall include the student in the required 

12 performance data if the student reenrolls in 

13 public education before the student attains the 

14 age of 24. 

15 (c) REPORTS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State partnership that 

17 receives a grant under this Act shall annually, for 

18 each year of the grant, provide a report to the Cen19 ter that includes the progress of the State in accom20 plishing the performance measures or benchmarks 

21 for the State, which annual report shall include— 

22 (A) information on the progress each re23 gion receiving a career pathways subgrant made 

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1 (B) the costs of the career pathways activi2 ties supported under the implementation grant 

3 under section 102 and any supplemental grants 

4 received by the State under title II, including— 

5 (i) the type of cost, such as cash, per6 sonnel, equipment, supplies, or materials, 

7 or other cost; and 

8 (ii) the sources used to pay such 

9 costs, such as funding from other Federal, 

10 State, or local public programs or private 

11 sector or philanthropic contributions, and 

12 the dollar value of the resources leveraged 

13 to cover such costs and support the activi14 ties; and 

15 (C) any fiscal and management account16 ability information required by the Center, 

17 using sound financial and management prac18 tices. 

19 (2) VALID AND RELIABLE INFORMATION.—In 

20 preparing the State reports under this subsection, 

21 each State partnership shall establish procedures, 

22 consistent with guidelines issued by the Center, to 

23 ensure that the information contained in the reports 

24 is valid and reliable. 


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1 (d) FERPA.—In carrying out the requirements of 

2 this section, each State, State partnership, and regional 

3 partnership shall comply with section 444 of the General 

4 Education Provisions Act (the Family Educational Rights 

5 and Privacy Act of 1974) (20 U.S.C. 1232g). 

6 (e) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Director 

7 shall make the information in the State partnership re8 ports required under this section available, through publi9 cation and other appropriate methods, to— 

10 (1) the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 

11 Education, and the Secretary of Labor; 

12 (2) the Committee on Health, Education, 

13 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Com14 mittee on Education and Labor of the House of 

15 Representatives; and 

16 (3) the public. 

17 SEC. 303. EVALUATION AND RESEARCH. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized to con19 duct evaluation and research, either directly or through 

20 grants or contracts, to determine the effectiveness of the 

21 career pathway initiatives under this Act in meeting the 

22 purposes of this Act. Research topics may include— 

23 (1) effective activities and interventions to en24 gage high school students and help the students 


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1 transition to postsecondary education and careers, 

2 including improving outcomes for at-risk youth; 

3 (2) effective improvements to data systems to 

4 better enable States and regions to measure student 

5 academic and career longitudinal outcomes; and 

6 (3) the taxpayer return on investment in the ca7 reer pathways initiative under this Act and the par8 ticipant return on investment in the career pathways 

9 initiatives under this Act. 

10 (b) AWARD BASIS.—Each grant or contract awarded 

11 under subsection (a) that is in an amount that exceeds 

12 $200,000 shall be awarded only on a competitive basis, 

13 except that a noncompetitive award of more than 

14 $200,000 may be made in the case of a project that is 

15 funded jointly with other public or private entities that 

16 provide a substantial portion of assistance under the grant 

17 or contract for the project. 

18 (c) PEER REVIEW.—The Center shall utilize a peer 

19 review process— 

20 (1) to review all applications for research and 

21 evaluation grants and contracts in excess of 

22 $500,000; and 

23 (2) to review and designate the exemplary and 

24 promising career pathways curricula, practices, and 

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1 (d) METHODOLOGY.—Evaluations conducted under 

2 this section shall utilize appropriate methodology and re3 search designs. 

4 (e) DISTRIBUTION.—Not later than 60 days after the 

5 completion of a final research or evaluation report under 

6 this subsection, the Director shall— 

7 (1) make the final report available to the public 

8 and to the States; and 

9 (2) submit the final report, accompanied by the 

10 recommendations of the Center, as appropriate to 

11 the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Edu12 cation, and the Secretary of Labor, and the appro13 priate committees of Congress. 

14 (f) AFFECT ON OTHER PROGRAMS.—The Secretary 

15 of Commerce, the Secretary of Education, and the Sec16 retary of Labor shall take the findings of the evaluation 

17 and research described in this section and the reports 

18 under section 302(f) into account. 

19 SEC. 304. BENEFITS AND LABOR STANDARDS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of subsection 

21 (a)(1), paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (b), and 

22 subsection (c), of section 181 of the Workforce Investment 

23 Act of 1988 (29 U.S.C. 2931) that apply to individuals 

24 participating in activities under title I of that Act (29 


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1 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), shall apply in the same manner to 

2 individuals participating in programs under this Act. 

3 (b) REFERENCES.—For purposes of the application 

4 described in subsection (a), a reference to— 

5 (1) funds or a recipient of funds under that 

6 title shall be considered to be a reference to funds 

7 or a recipient of funds under this Act; 

8 (2) a requirement or violation of that title shall 

9 be considered to be a reference to a requirement or 

10 violation of this Act; and 

11 (3) the Secretary of Labor shall be considered 

12 to be a reference to the Center. 

13 SEC. 305. SUNSHINE PROVISION. 

14 Each State partnership and regional partnership re15 ceiving a grant or subgrant under this Act shall make 

16 available to the public— 

17 (1) on a regular basis through open meetings— 

18 (A) information about the activities of the 

19 State partnership or regional partnership, re20 spectively, including information on the State 

21 plan under section 101 and how to provide com22 ments prior to the State partnership’s submis23 sion of the plan; and 


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1 (B) information about the membership of 

2 the State partnership or regional partnership, 

3 respectively; and 

4 (2) upon request, the minutes of the formal 

5 meetings of the State partnership or regional part6 nership, respectively. 

7 SEC. 306. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND DIS8 TRIBUTION. 

9 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

10 authorized to be appropriated to the Center to carry out 

11 the activities described in this Act, such sums as may be 

12 necessary for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2022. 

13 (b) DISTRIBUTION.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount appropriated 

15 under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2014, the Center 

16 shall use— 

17 (A) $12,000,000 to carry out section 101; 

18 (B) a total of $600,000,000 to carry out 

19 sections 102, 103, and 104; 

20 (C) $300,000,000 to carry out section 201; 

21 and 

22 (D) $18,000,000 to carry out title III. 

23 (2) RATABLE REDUCTION.—In the event that 

24 the amounts appropriated under this section for fis25 cal year 2014 is less than the amounts required to 


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1 carry out paragraph (1), the Center shall ratably re2 duce each such amount for such fiscal year. 

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