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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 206 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the Secretary of 

Education to award job training Federal Pell Grants. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24, 2017 

Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. PORTMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the 

Secretary of Education to award job training Federal 

Pell Grants. 

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 ‘‘Jumpstart Our Busi5 nesses by Supporting Students Act of 2017’’ or the 

6 ‘‘JOBS Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. JOB TRAINING FEDERAL PELL GRANTS. 

2 Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

3 U.S.C. 1070a) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(k) JOB TRAINING FEDERAL PELL GRANT PRO6 GRAM.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the award years begin8 ning on July 1, 2017, the Secretary shall carry out 

9 a program through which the Secretary shall award 

10 job training Federal Pell Grants to students in job 

11 training programs. Each job training Federal Pell 

12 Grant awarded under this subsection shall have the 

13 same terms and conditions, and be awarded in the 

14 same manner, as a Federal Pell Grant awarded 

15 under subsection (a), except as follows: 

16 ‘‘(A) A student who is eligible to receive a 

17 job training Federal Pell Grant under this sub18 section is a student who— 

19 ‘‘(i) has not yet attained a bacca20 laureate degree or postbaccalaureate de21 gree; 

22 ‘‘(ii) attends an institution of higher 

23 education as defined in section 102; 

24 ‘‘(iii) is enrolled, or accepted for en25 rollment, in a job training program at such 

26 institution of higher education; and 


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1 ‘‘(iv) meets all other eligibility re2 quirements for a Federal Pell Grant (ex3 cept with respect to the type of program of 

4 study, as provided in clause (iii)). 

5 ‘‘(B) The amount of a job training Federal 

6 Pell Grant for an eligible student shall be deter7 mined under subsection (b)(2)(A), except 

8 that— 

9 ‘‘(i) the maximum Federal Pell Grant 

10 awarded under this subsection for an 

11 award year shall be 50 percent of the max12 imum Federal Pell Grant awarded under 

13 subsection (b) applicable to that award 

14 year; 

15 ‘‘(ii) no increase shall be calculated 

16 under subsection (b)(7)(B) for a student 

17 receiving a job training Federal Pell Grant 

18 under this subsection; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) subsection (b)(4) shall not 

20 apply. 

21 ‘‘(2) INCLUSION IN TOTAL ELIGIBILITY PE22 RIOD.—Any period during which a student receives 

23 a job training Federal Pell Grant under this sub24 section shall be included in calculating the student’s 

25 period of eligibility for Federal Pell Grants under 


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1 subsection (c), and any regulations under such sub2 section regarding students who are enrolled in an 

3 undergraduate program on less than a full-time 

4 basis shall similarly apply to students who are en5 rolled in a job training program at an eligible insti6 tution on less than a full-time basis. 

7 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the fol8 lowing definitions apply: 

9 ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE CAREER PATHWAYS PRO10 GRAM.—The term ‘eligible career pathway pro11 gram’ means a program that is part of a career 

12 pathway, as defined under section 3(7) of the 

13 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

14 U.S.C. 3102(7)), that is a combination of rig15 orous and high-quality education, training, and 

16 other services that— 

17 ‘‘(i) aligns with the skill needs of in18 dustries in the State or regional economy 

19 involved; 

20 ‘‘(ii) prepares an individual to be suc21 cessful in any of a full range of secondary 

22 or postsecondary education options, includ23 ing apprenticeships registered under the 

24 Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known 


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1 as the ‘National Apprenticeship Act’; 50 

2 Stat. 664; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.); 

3 ‘‘(iii) includes counseling to support 

4 an individual in achieving the individual’s 

5 education and career goals; 

6 ‘‘(iv) includes, as appropriate, edu7 cation offered concurrently with and in the 

8 same context as workforce preparation ac9 tivities and training for a specific occupa10 tion or occupational cluster; 

11 ‘‘(v) organizes education, training, 

12 and other services to meet the particular 

13 needs of an individual in a manner that ac14 celerates the educational and career ad15 vancement of the individual to the extent 

16 practicable; 

17 ‘‘(vi) enables an individual to attain a 

18 secondary school diploma or its recognized 

19 equivalent, and at least 1 recognized post20 secondary credential; and 

21 ‘‘(vii) helps an individual enter or ad22 vance within a specific occupation or occu23 pational cluster. 

24 ‘‘(B) JOB TRAINING PROGRAM.—The term 

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1 nical education program at an institution of 

2 higher education that— 

3 ‘‘(i) provides not less than 150 clock 

4 hours of instructional time over a period of 

5 not less than 8 weeks; 

6 ‘‘(ii) provides training aligned with 

7 the requirements of employers in the State 

8 or local area, which may include in-demand 

9 industry sectors or occupations in the 

10 State or local area, as defined under sec11 tion 3(23) of the Workforce Innovation 

12 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

13 3102(23)); 

14 ‘‘(iii) provides a student, upon comple15 tion of the program, with a recognized 

16 postsecondary credential, as defined under 

17 section 3(52) of the Workforce Innovation 

18 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

19 3102(52)), that is recognized by employers 

20 in the relevant industry, including creden21 tials recognized by industry or sector part22 nerships in the State or local area where 

23 the industry is located; 

24 ‘‘(iv) has been determined, by the in25 stitution of higher education, to provide 


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1 academic content, an amount of instruc2 tional time, and a recognized postsec3 ondary credential that are sufficient to— 

4 ‘‘(I) meet the hiring requirements 

5 of potential employers; and 

6 ‘‘(II) allow the students to apply 

7 for any licenses or certifications that 

8 may be required to be employed in the 

9 field for which the job training is of10 fered; 

11 ‘‘(v) may include integrated or basic 

12 skills courses; and 

13 ‘‘(vi) may be offered as part of an eli14 gible career pathways program.’’. 

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