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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5020 

To provide for the establishment of a Department of Education program 

to award grants to secondary schools that establish a project to encourage 

students in their junior and senior school years to experience career 

and technical education courses at a community college, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2018 

Mr. LOEBSACK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To provide for the establishment of a Department of Education program to award grants to secondary schools 

that establish a project to encourage students in their 

junior and senior school years to experience career and 

technical education courses at a community college, 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 ‘‘Collaboration for To5 day’s Education Act’’ or the ‘‘CTE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 

3 to carry out this section, the Secretary shall establish a 

4 program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligi5 ble secondary schools. 

6 (b) ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS.—In order to be eligible, a 

7 secondary school must form a partnership with a commu8 nity college to allow students in their junior and senior 

9 school years to experience career and technical education 

10 courses at such community college. 

11 (c) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant under 

12 this section, a secondary school shall submit to the Sec13 retary an application at such time, in such form, and con14 taining such information as the Secretary determines ap15 propriate, which shall include— 

16 (1) a description of the proposed project to be 

17 carried out; 

18 (2) a description of the number of students who 

19 will be able to participate; and 

20 (3) an analysis of how the project will enable 

21 students in their junior and senior school years to 

22 experience career and technical education courses at 

23 a community college. 

24 (d) GRANT USES.— 

25 (1) IN GENERAL.—A secondary school receiving 

26 a grant under this section shall use such grant only 


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1 for a project to encourage students in their junior 

2 and senior school years to experience career and 

3 technical education courses at a community college. 

4 (2) PAYMENT TO THIRD PARTIES.—A sec5 ondary school receiving a grant under this section 

6 may use such grant to reimburse third parties, in7 cluding a community college, for costs incurred as 

8 part of a project to encourage students in their jun9 ior and senior school years to experience career and 

10 technical education courses at a community college. 

11 (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 

12 (1) RECIPIENTS OF GRANT.—Not later than 1 

13 year following the date of receipt of a grant awarded 

14 under this section, a secondary school receiving such 

15 a grant shall submit to the Secretary a report ana16 lyzing the effect such grant had on encouraging stu17 dents in their junior and senior school years to expe18 rience career and technical education courses at a 

19 community college. 

20 (2) SECRETARY.—Not later than 2 years fol21 lowing the date of receipt of a report required pursu22 ant to paragraph (1), and annually thereafter, the 

23 Secretary shall submit to Congress a report com24 piling the results of the reports submitted during the 

25 previous year pursuant to paragraph (1). 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) The term ‘‘career and technical education’’ 

4 has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the 

5 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 

6 Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 

7 (2) The term ‘‘community college’’ has the 

8 meaning given the term ‘‘junior or community col9 lege’’ in section 312 of the Higher Education Act of 

10 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058), but does not include a for11 profit institution. 

12 (3) The term ‘‘secondary school’’ has the mean13 ing given such term in section 8101 of the Elemen14 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

15 U.S.C. 7801). 

16 (4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

17 of Education. 

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