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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2737 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the preparation 

of career and technical education teachers. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 24, 2018 

Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. PORTMAN, Ms. BALDWIN, and Mrs. CAPITO) 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 provide 

for the preparation of career and technical education 

teachers. 

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 ‘‘Creating Quality Tech5 nical Educators Act of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PARTNERSHIP GRANTS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 

2 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 

3 TEACHERS. 

4 Section 202 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

5 U.S.C. 1022a) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (k) 

7 as subsections (g) through (l), respectively; 

8 (2) in subsection (b)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and ca10 reer and technical education teachers’’ after 

11 ‘‘early childhood educators’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (6)(C), by striking ‘‘sub13 section (f) or (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g) 

14 or (h)’’; 

15 (3) in subsection (c)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘a pro17 gram for the preparation of career and tech18 nical education teachers under subsection (f),’’ 

19 after ‘‘subsection (e),’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub21 section (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; 

22 (4) in subsection (d)(5)(B), by inserting ‘‘career 

23 and technical education,’’ after ‘‘special education,’’; 

24 and 

25 (5) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol26 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(f) PARTNERSHIP GRANTS FOR THE PREPARATION

2 OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible partnership that 

4 receives a grant under this section to carry out a 

5 program for the preparation of career and technical 

6 education teachers shall establish an effective sec7 ondary school career and technical education teacher 

8 preparation program that shall be— 

9 ‘‘(A) available to mid-career professionals 

10 or recent graduates of an institution of higher 

11 education, who have expertise in a program 

12 area in which a skilled career and technical 

13 education teacher shortage has been identified 

14 through a needs assessment described in para15 graph (2); 

16 ‘‘(B) an opportunity for program partici17 pants to obtain initial licensure based on State 

18 requirements and the basic skills required for 

19 entry into the education profession, and the op20 tion of earning a bachelor’s degree or a mas21 ter’s degree; and 

22 ‘‘(C) an opportunity for program partici23 pants who are current educators and who do 

24 not have subject matter expertise in a career 

25 and technical education field identified through 


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1 the needs assessment under paragraph (2) to 

2 receive technical skills training to be able to ef3 fectively teach in a classroom setting the career 

4 and technical skills identified in such assess5 ment based on industry standards. 

6 ‘‘(2) NEEDS ASSESSMENT.—Each of the part7 ners in an eligible partnership that receives a grant 

8 under this section to carry out a program for the 

9 preparation of career and technical education teach10 ers shall conduct a needs assessment— 

11 ‘‘(A) with respect to the preparation, ongo12 ing training, professional development, and re13 tention of career and technical education teach14 ers in program areas linked to the education 

15 and skill needs of the local or regional economy; 

16 ‘‘(B) that takes into account any State and 

17 local career and technical education teacher 

18 shortages; and 

19 ‘‘(C) that takes into account the current 

20 needs of a State, local, or regional market, as 

21 well as trends identified in section 102(b)(1)(B) 

22 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

23 Act. 

24 ‘‘(3) PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY, APPLICATION, 

25 AND SELECTION.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.—In order 

2 to be eligible to participate in a career and 

3 technical education teacher preparation pro4 gram under this subsection, an individual— 

5 ‘‘(i) shall— 

6 ‘‘(I) have at least a bachelor’s de7 gree; 

8 ‘‘(II) have an active industry-rec9 ognized credential in a technical pro10 fession if the eligible partnership de11 termines that the program leading to 

12 the credential is of high quality, and 

13 meets the State’s minimum require14 ments for career and technical edu15 cation teachers in the field, based ei16 ther on years of related work experi17 ence or a number of specified hours in 

18 the field; or 

19 ‘‘(III) be a former member of the 

20 Armed Forces with a Department of 

21 Defense recognized active technical 

22 credential; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) may be a licensed teacher with a 

24 need for technical skills training. 

25 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION AND SELECTION.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) APPLICATION.—Each eligible in2 dividual described in subparagraph (A) 

3 who desires to participate in the career 

4 and technical education teacher prepara5 tion program under this subsection shall 

6 submit an application to the eligible part7 nership. 

8 ‘‘(ii) SELECTION.— 

9 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible 

10 partnership shall select applicants for 

11 participation in the career and tech12 nical education teacher preparation 

13 program based on the career and 

14 technical education program needs of 

15 any high-need local educational agen16 cies in the partnership. 

17 ‘‘(II) REQUIREMENT FOR VA18 CANT POSITIONS.—Any vacant career 

19 and technical educator positions or 

20 positions with a demonstrated connec21 tion to the needs assessment described 

22 in paragraph (2) within the high-need 

23 local educational agency in an eligible 

24 partnership that receives a grant 

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1 gram for the preparation of career 

2 and technical education teachers shall 

3 be filled with career and technical 

4 education teacher preparation pro5 gram participants. 

6 ‘‘(iii) RECRUITMENT.—An eligible 

7 partnership may develop and implement a 

8 teacher recruitment program to invite eligi9 ble individuals to participate in the career 

10 and technical education program. 

11 ‘‘(4) REQUIRED CLINICAL EXPERIENCE COMPO12 NENTS.—Each career and technical education teach13 er preparation program carried out under this sub14 section shall include the following program compo15 nents: 

16 ‘‘(A) Training in pedagogy, including cre17 ating inclusive and supportive classroom envi18 ronments, lesson planning (including designing 

19 applied learning opportunities), student learn20 ing methods and effective use of student data, 

21 and academic and career and technical edu22 cation content integration. 

23 ‘‘(B) Training in using empirically based 

24 practice and scientifically valid research in 

25 classroom instruction. 


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1 ‘‘(C) Necessary preparation to obtain a 

2 teaching license based on State licensing re3 quirements in the State in which the partner4 ship operates, prior to entering the classroom. 

5 ‘‘(D) Literacy training for incorporating 

6 technical texts into the classroom. 

7 ‘‘(E) At least 1 year of clinical experience 

8 concurrent with the pre-classroom training pro9 gram. 

10 ‘‘(F) Training to effectively teach technical 

11 skills to industry standards in a classroom set12 ting. 

13 ‘‘(G) For licensed teachers, technical skills 

14 and pedagogical training related to the career 

15 and technical education program they are in16 tending to teach. 

17 ‘‘(5) REQUIRED PRE-SERVICE COMPONENTS.— 

18 Each career and technical education teacher prepa19 ration program carried out under this subsection 

20 shall require— 

21 ‘‘(A) program participants, after com22 pleting pre-classroom training and who have at 

23 least State recognized provisional licensure to 

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1 tent for a period of not less than 2 years within 

2 the same school or school district, if available, 

3 and, if not available, the program shall specify 

4 how the program participant will be mentored; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(B) continuing professional development 

7 coursework for such program participants over 

8 the course of 3 years to ensure that such teach9 ers— 

10 ‘‘(i) are able to understand and imple11 ment research-based teaching practices in 

12 classroom instruction; 

13 ‘‘(ii) have knowledge of student learn14 ing methods; 

15 ‘‘(iii) are data literate to continuously, 

16 effectively, and ethically access, interpret, 

17 act on, and communicate multiple types of 

18 data from State, local, classroom, and 

19 other sources to improve outcomes for stu20 dents in a manner appropriate to edu21 cators’ professional roles and responsibil22 ities; 

23 ‘‘(iv) possess skills to analyze student 

24 academic and technical achievement data 

25 and other measures of student learning, 


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1 and use such data and measures to im2 prove classroom instruction; 

3 ‘‘(v) possess the skills to develop, im4 plement, and utilize interim and formative 

5 assessments to improve classroom instruc6 tion; 

7 ‘‘(vi) possess teaching skills and an 

8 understanding of effective instructional 

9 strategies across the technical and all ap10 plicable academic content areas that enable 

11 such teachers to— 

12 ‘‘(I) meet the specific learning 

13 needs of all students, including stu14 dents with disabilities, students who 

15 are limited English proficient, stu16 dents who are gifted and talented, and 

17 students with low literacy levels; and 

18 ‘‘(II) differentiate instruction for 

19 such students; 

20 ‘‘(vii) possess strategies for incor21 porating content from noncareer and tech22 nical education courses and standards for 

23 college and career into career and technical 

24 education courses; 


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1 ‘‘(viii) are able to effectively partici2 pate as a member of an individualized edu3 cation program team, as defined in section 

4 614(d)(1)(B) of the Individuals with Dis5 abilities Education Act; and 

6 ‘‘(ix) are able to successfully employ 

7 effective strategies for literacy instruction 

8 in technical coursework. 

9 ‘‘(6) AGREEMENT TO SERVE.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

11 subparagraph (B), each career and technical 

12 education teacher preparation program carried 

13 out under this subsection shall require program 

14 participants to serve as a full-time career and 

15 technical education teacher in a high-need local 

16 educational agency that is a part of the eligible 

17 partnership for a total of not less than 3 aca18 demic years immediately after successfully com19 pleting the pre-classroom training program 

20 component. 

21 ‘‘(B) SERVING LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN22 CIES OUTSIDE OF THE PARTNERSHIP.—If there 

23 are no full-time career and technical education 

24 teacher positions in a high-need local edu25 cational agency that is a part of the eligible 


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1 partnership, a program participant may fulfill 

2 the service requirement under subparagraph 

3 (A) through serving as a full-time career and 

4 technical education teacher in a high-need local 

5 educational agency with an identified career 

6 and technical education teacher shortage that is 

7 not a part of the eligible partnership. 

8 ‘‘(C) CERTIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT.— 

9 A program participant under this subsection 

10 shall provide the eligible partnership with cer11 tification of the employment that is required 

12 under this paragraph. 

13 ‘‘(7) STIPENDS OR SALARIES; APPLICATIONS; 

14 REPAYMENTS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) STIPENDS OR SALARIES.—A career 

16 and technical education teacher preparation 

17 program under this subsection shall provide a 

18 one-year living stipend or salary to program 

19 participants during the pre-classroom training 

20 program component. 

21 ‘‘(B) APPLICATIONS FOR STIPENDS OR

22 SALARIES.—Each career and technical edu23 cation teacher preparation program participant 

24 desiring a stipend or salary during the pre25 classroom training program component shall 


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1 submit an application to the eligible partnership 

2 at such time, and containing such information 

3 and assurances, as the eligible partnership may 

4 require. 

5 ‘‘(C) REPAYMENTS.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A grantee car7 rying out a career and technical education 

8 teacher preparation program under this 

9 subsection shall require a recipient of a sti10 pend or salary under subparagraph (A) 

11 who does not complete, or who notifies the 

12 partnership that the recipient intends not 

13 to complete, the service obligation required 

14 by paragraph (6) to repay such stipend or 

15 salary to the eligible partnership, together 

16 with interest, at a rate specified by the 

17 partnership in the agreement, and in ac18 cordance with such other terms and condi19 tions specified by the eligible partnership, 

20 as necessary. 

21 ‘‘(ii) OTHER TERMS AND CONDI22 TIONS.—Any other terms and conditions 

23 specified by the eligible partnership may 

24 include reasonable provisions for pro-rata 

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1 scribed in subparagraph (A) or for deferral 

2 of a program participant’s service obliga3 tion required by paragraph (6), on grounds 

4 of health, incapacitation, inability to secure 

5 employment as a full-time career and tech6 nical education teacher, being called to ac7 tive duty in the Armed Forces of the 

8 United States, or other extraordinary cir9 cumstances. 

10 ‘‘(iii) USE OF REPAYMENTS.—An eli11 gible partnership shall use any repayment 

12 received under this subparagraph to carry 

13 out additional activities that are consistent 

14 with the purposes of this subsection. 

15 ‘‘(8) REPORTS; PARENTS RIGHT-TO-KNOW; DE16 VELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 

17 ‘‘(A) ANNUAL REPORT.—An eligible part18 nership that receives a grant under this section 

19 to carry out a program for the preparation of 

20 career and technical education teachers shall 

21 submit to the Secretary and make publicly 

22 available, at such time and in such manner as 

23 the Secretary may require, an annual report 

24 that includes— 


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1 ‘‘(i) data on the eligible partnership’s 

2 progress on the performance measures de3 scribed in section 204(a); and 

4 ‘‘(ii) a description of the challenges 

5 the eligible partnership has faced in imple6 menting the grant and how the eligible 

7 partnership has addressed or plans to ad8 dress such challenges. 

9 ‘‘(B) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.—Each eligible 

10 partnership that receives a grant under this 

11 section to carry out a program for the prepara12 tion of career and technical education teachers 

13 shall complete and make publicly available, not 

14 later than 90 days after the grant period for 

15 such eligible partnership ends, an evaluation 

16 based on the evaluation plan described in sec17 tion 204(a). 

18 ‘‘(C) PARENTS RIGHT-TO-KNOW.—At the 

19 beginning of each school year, a high-need local 

20 educational agency that receives funds under 

21 this subsection shall— 

22 ‘‘(i) notify the parents of each student 

23 attending any school receiving funds under 

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1 ents on request (and in a timely manner), 

2 the information described in section 

3 1111(h)(6)(A) of the Elementary and Sec4 ondary Education Act of 1965; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) provide to each such parent the 

6 information and notice described in section 

7 1111(h)(6)(B) of such Act. 

8 ‘‘(D) DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE

9 MEASURES.—The Secretary shall develop per10 formance measures prior to awarding grants 

11 under this section, with input and consultation 

12 of schools of education, school administrators, 

13 teachers, professional non profit technical and 

14 career organizations, and the opportunity for a 

15 60-day public comment period. The Secretary 

16 shall ensure that such measures are made avail17 able to potential applicants prior to seeking ap18 plications for such grants.’’. 

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