I 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4387 

To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 

2006 to increase the allocation for rural areas, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 14, 2017 

Mr. DUFFY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to increase the allocation for rural 

areas, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Providing Rural Eq5 uity, Parity, and Reinvestment in Education Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘PREPARE Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. WITHIN STATE ALLOCATION. 

8 Section 112 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech9 nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2322) is amend10 ed— 


ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS
2 

•HR 4387 IH

1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

2 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘10 per3 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’; 

4 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (A)— 

6 (I) by striking ‘‘1 percent’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘2 percent’’; and 

8 (II) by striking ‘‘State correc9 tional institutions and institutions’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘State correctional in11 stitutions, juvenile justice facilities, 

12 and educational institutions’’; and 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

14 ‘‘available for services’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘available to assist eligible recipients in 

16 providing services’’; and 

17 (C) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘a 

18 local plan;’’ and inserting ‘‘local applications;’’; 

19 and 

20 (2) in subsection (c)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘From amounts’’ and in22 serting the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts’’; 


ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS
3 

•HR 4387 IH

1 (B) by striking ‘‘section 135’’ and all that 

2 follows through the end and inserting ‘‘section 

3 135— 

4 ‘‘(A) in— 

5 ‘‘(i) rural areas; 

6 ‘‘(ii) areas with high percentages of 

7 CTE concentrators or CTE participants; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(iii) areas with high numbers of 

10 CTE concentrators or CTE participants; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(B) in order to— 

13 ‘‘(i) foster innovation through the 

14 identification and promotion of promising 

15 and proven career and technical education 

16 programs, practices, and strategies, which 

17 may include practices and strategies that 

18 prepare individuals for nontraditional 

19 fields; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) promote the development, imple21 mentation, and adoption of programs of 

22 study or career pathways aligned with 

23 State-identified in-demand occupations or 

24 industries.’’; and 

25 (C) by adding at the end the following: 


ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS
4 

•HR 4387 IH

1 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub2 section: 

3 ‘‘(A) CTE CONCENTRATORS.—The term 

4 ‘CTE concentrator’ means— 

5 ‘‘(i) at the secondary school level, a 

6 student served by an eligible recipient who 

7 has— 

8 ‘‘(I) completed three or more ca9 reer and technical education courses; 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(II) completed at least two 

12 courses in a single career and tech13 nical education program or program 

14 of study; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) at the postsecondary level, a stu16 dent enrolled in an eligible recipient who 

17 has— 

18 ‘‘(I) earned at least 12 cumu19 lative credits within a career and tech20 nical education program or program 

21 of study; or 

22 ‘‘(II) completed such a program 

23 if the program encompasses fewer 

24 than 12 credits or the equivalent in 

25 total. 


ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS
5 

•HR 4387 IH

1 ‘‘(B) CTE PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘CTE 

2 participant’ means an individual who completes 

3 not less than one course or earns not less than 

4 one credit in a career and technical education 

5 program or program of study of an eligible re6 cipient.’’. 

Æ 


ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS