II 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 830 

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 

APRIL 14, 2011 

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 2006 report by Civic Enter7 prises for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 

8 nearly one-third of all public high school students in 

9 the United States do not graduate, and in 2003, 

10 3,500,000 youth ages 16 to 25 did not have a high 

11 school diploma and were not enrolled in school. 

12 (3) According to the Congressional Research 

13 Service’s analysis of data from the National Center 

14 for Education Statistics, in 2002–2003 (the most re15 cent year for which all necessary data were reported 

16 by all States) more than 25 percent of first-year 


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1 high school students in the United States did not re2 ceive their diploma on time. By age 24, more than 

3 1 in 10 individuals do not have a high school di4 ploma or its equivalent. 

5 (4) High school dropouts have a high social 

6 cost. According to a 2006 report by Civic Enter7 prises for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 4 

8 out of 10 young adults between the ages of 16 and 

9 24 lacking a high school diploma received some type 

10 of government assistance in 2001, and the lifetime 

11 cost to the United States of a dropout who enters 

12 a life of crime or drugs ranges from $1,700,000 to 

13 $2,300,000. 

14 (5) According to the National Center for Edu15 cation Statistics, measuring economic outcomes as of 

16 2000, students completing high school in 4 years 

17 had, on average, higher wage rates and annual earn18 ings than those who took longer to complete a high 

19 school credential. High school dropouts, on average, 

20 earn about $1,000,000 less over a lifetime than col21 lege graduates. 

22 (6) By some estimates, less than half of stu23 dents who enter 9th grade graduate from high 

24 school and enter postsecondary education, and for 

25 those who do, many are not academically prepared. 


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1 Twenty-eight percent of first-time college freshman 

2 in fall 2000 took at least 1 remedial course. Forty3 two percent of first-time community college fresh4 man took at least 1 remedial course. 

5 (7) According to the Education Commission of 

6 the States, nearly 60 percent of today’s jobs require 

7 some training or education beyond high school, com8 pared to just 20 percent in the 1940s. 

9 (8) According to a 2003 report for the Edu10 cational Testing Service, the fastest-growing and 

11 best-paying jobs are those that require some college 

12 education. As baby-boomers retire, however, the 

13 shortage of workers with some college-level skills 

14 may increase to more than 14,000,000 by 2020. 

15 (9) According to the findings of a 2006 study 

16 conducted by the American College Testing Program 

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

18 to be ready to successfully enter postsecondary edu19 cation and to enter workforce training programs are 

20 comparable. The report found that high school grad21 uates need a comparable level of readiness in read22 ing and mathematics to enter college-level courses 

23 without remediation and to enter workforce training 

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1 porting wages and the potential for career advance2 ment. 

3 (10) According to a 2003 report for the Edu4 cational Testing Service, about 40 percent of Amer5 ican adults do not have skills typical of those with 

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

7 those jobs in which incumbent workers currently 

8 have skill levels reflecting at least some postsec9 ondary education. 

10 (11) Increases in a country’s overall level of 

11 educational attainment leads to increases in its over12 all rate of economic growth. According to a 2003 re13 port for the Educational Testing Service, increasing 

14 a country’s average level of schooling by only 1 year 

15 can increase economic growth by about 5 to 15 per16 cent. 

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

18 (1) to increase the graduation rate of students 

19 from high school; 

20 (2) to increase the number of high school stu21 dents prepared with 21st century skills for college22 level work and workforce development after gradua23 tion from secondary school; 

24 (3) to improve the long-term labor market pros25 pects for young people; 


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1 (4) to establish State and regional partnerships 

2 among education, business, labor, and workforce and 

3 economic development leaders for the purposes of— 

4 (A) creating or enhancing educational 

5 pathways for high school students to postsec6 ondary education, including registered appren7 ticeship programs, and to 21st century careers; 

8 (B) aligning the requirements for success9 fully exiting secondary education and entering 

10 postsecondary education and workforce develop11 ment; and 

12 (C) developing a coherent vision for com13 munity development that complements and co14 ordinates ongoing and new efforts in education 

15 and workforce and economic development; 

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

17 standards, such as those certifications developed by 

18 the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council and the 

19 National Institute for Metalworking Skills; and 

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

21 agile workers available to employers, particularly in 

22 high skill, high demand industries. 

23 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

24 In this Act: 


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

2 means a high school student who— 

3 (A) is economically disadvantaged, as de4 termined by the student being— 

5 (i) eligible for free or reduced price 

6 lunch under the Richard B. Russell Na7 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 

8 et seq.); 

9 (ii) eligible to receive medical assist10 ance under the State Medicaid program es11 tablished under title XIX of the Social Se12 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.); or 

13 (iii) a member of a family receiving 

14 assistance under the State program funded 

15 under part A of title IV of the Social Secu16 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 

17 (B) is at risk for academic failure; 

18 (C) is a student with disabilities; 

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

20 youth, as defined in section 725 of the McKin21 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 11434a); 

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

24 limited English proficiency; 

25 (F) is a youth offender; or 


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

2 foster care system. 

3 (2) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Na4 tional Academic and Career Innovation Center 

5 Board established under section 301(d). 

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

7 pathway’’ means a rigorous, engaging, and high8 quality set of courses and services that— 

9 (A) includes an articulated sequence of 

10 academic and career courses, including 21st 

11 century skills; 

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

13 high demand industries in a region or State; 

14 (C) prepares students for entry into the 

15 full range of postsecondary education options, 

16 including registered apprenticeships, and ca17 reers; 

18 (D) provides academic and career coun19 seling in student-to-counselor ratios that allow 

20 students to make informed decisions about aca21 demic and career options; 

22 (E) meets State academic standards, State 

23 requirements for secondary school graduation 

24 and is aligned with requirements for entry into 


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1 postsecondary education, and applicable indus2 try standards; and 

3 (F) leads to 2 or more credentials, includ4 ing— 

5 (i) a secondary school diploma; and 

6 (ii) a postsecondary degree, an ap7 prenticeship or other occupational certifi8 cation, a certificate, or a license. 

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

10 National Academic and Career Innovation Center es11 tablished under section 301. 

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

13 the Director of the National Academic and Career 

14 Innovation Center. 

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

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

17 provide former high school students who did not 

18 graduate from secondary school in a standard num19 ber of years with an opportunity to earn a secondary 

20 school diploma and continue onto postsecondary edu21 cation. 

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

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

24 a public secondary school— 

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


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

2 secondary school approved by a State to issue 

3 a regular diploma concurrently with a postsec4 ondary degree or with not more than 2 years’ 

5 worth of postsecondary academic credit, in 

6 grade 13. 

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

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

9 high demand industry’’ means an industry 

10 that— 

11 (i) has a significant current or poten12 tial impact on the regional economy over13 all; 

14 (ii) brings net dollars into a region or 

15 is critical to attracting and sustaining 

16 businesses within the industry; 

17 (iii) stimulates the growth of other 

18 supporting businesses, or the growth of 

19 other industries or economic sectors within 

20 the region; 

21 (iv) provides workers with competitive 

22 and family-supporting wages and benefits 

23 that increase the strength and vitality of 

24 the entire regional economy; and 


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1 (v) provides opportunities for career 

2 advancement. 

3 (B) DETERMINATION.—The determination 

4 of whether an industry is a high skill, high de5 mand industry shall be made using State or re6 gional business and labor market projections 

7 and an analysis of real time data derived from 

8 labor market transactions. 

9 (9) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

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

11 meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 

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

13 (10) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

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

15 the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec16 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

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

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

19 134(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 

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

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

22 grants’’ means the grants authorized under title I 

23 (excluding section 103) and title II. 

24 (13) POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION.—The term 

25 ‘‘postsecondary education’’ means— 


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1 (A) not less than a 1-year program of in2 struction offered by an institution of higher 

3 education that is acceptable for credit toward 

4 an associate or a baccalaureate degree; or 

5 (B) a certificate or registered apprentice6 ship program at the postsecondary level offered 

7 by an institution of higher education or a non8 profit educational institution. 

9 (14) REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘re10 gional partnership’’ means a regional pathways part11 nership receiving funds under section 103. 

12 (15) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PRO13 GRAM.—The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship pro14 gram’’ means an industry skills training program at 

15 the postsecondary level that combines technical and 

16 theoretical training through structured on-the-job 

17 learning with related instruction (in classrooms or 

18 through distance learning) while an individual is em19 ployed, working under the direction of qualified per20 sonnel or a mentor, and earning incremental wage 

21 increases aligned to enhanced job proficiency, result22 ing in the acquisition of a nationally recognized and 

23 portable certificate, under a plan approved by the 

24 Office of Apprenticeship or a State agency recog25 nized by the Department of Labor. 


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1 (16) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec2 ondary school’’ has the meaning given the term in 

3 section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu4 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

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

6 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

7 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States 

8 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the 

9 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

10 (18) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

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

12 the term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec13 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

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

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

16 public officials and public and private sector leaders 

17 that— 

18 (A) is established by a State executive 

19 order, statute, or voluntary agreement and may 

20 be regularly chaired or co-chaired by the Gov21 ernor of the State; 

22 (B) sets formal, aligned expectations for a 

23 seamless system of education from the earliest 

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1 dergarten through grade 12 system and into 

2 and through postsecondary education; 

3 (C) acts as a venue for collaboration across 

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

5 through the first 4 years of higher education 

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

7 schools (the ‘‘20’’); and 

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

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

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

11 partnership’’ means a State pathways partnership as 

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

13 (21) STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT

14 BOARD.—The term ‘‘State workforce investment 

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

16 board’’ in section 101 of the Workforce Investment 

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

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

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

20 school students, postsecondary students, or teachers 

21 that provides career knowledge, skills, and abilities, 

22 including job-shadowing and internships. 


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1 TITLE I—CAREER PATHWAYS 

2 GRANTS 

3 SEC. 101. STATE PARTNERSHIP PLANNING GRANTS. 

4 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

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

6 to award planning grants to eligible State partner7 ships for the purpose of enabling the State partner8 ships to complete comprehensive planning to carry 

9 out activities establishing career pathways. 

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

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

12 than 1 year. 

13 (3) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—A planning grant 

14 awarded under this section may not be more than 

15 $250,000. 

16 (4) NONRENEWABILITY.—The Director shall 

17 not award a State partnership more than 1 planning 

18 grant under this section. 

19 (b) ELIGIBILITY.— 

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

21 pathways partnership for purposes of this Act if the 

22 entity— 

23 (A) has been established as the State path24 ways partnership by the Governor of a State 


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1 and is composed of the members described in 

2 paragraph (3); or 

3 (B) has been appointed by the Governor of 

4 a State as the State pathways partnership 

5 under paragraph (2). 

6 (2) APPOINTMENT OF ORGANIZATION.—The 

7 Governor may appoint an existing education, work8 force, or economic development organization, such as 

9 the State workforce investment board, the State P– 

10 16 or P–20 Council, a joint labor-management part11 nership organization, or a business-education part12 nership, as the State pathways partnership for pur13 poses of this Act if the organization— 

14 (A) includes, or modifies the members of 

15 the organization to include, the representatives 

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

17 (B) establishes a subcommittee that in18 cludes such representatives and uses such sub19 committee to carry out the duties of the State 

20 partnership under this Act. 

21 (3) PARTNERS.— 

22 (A) REQUIRED PARTNERS.—A State path23 ways partnership shall include a representative 

24 from each of the following: 


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1 (i) Public secondary education, who 

2 shall be the chief State school officer. 

3 (ii) A public 2-year institution of 

4 higher education. 

5 (iii) A public 4-year institution of 

6 higher education. 

7 (iv) A business and trade organiza8 tion. 

9 (v) An economic development entity. 

10 (vi) The State workforce investment 

11 board. 

12 (vii) The State employment security 

13 agency. 

14 (viii) The recognized State federation 

15 of labor. 

16 (ix) A joint apprenticeship and train17 ing committee. 

18 (x) A labor organization that rep19 resents teachers. 

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

21 if such a council exists in the State. 

22 (B) OTHER PARTNERS.—A State pathways 

23 partnership may include other members, such 

24 as— 


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1 (i) additional representatives de2 scribed in subparagraph (A); 

3 (ii) additional representatives of pub4 lic secondary education, such as the chief 

5 State school officer responsible for career 

6 and technical education; or 

7 (iii) nontraditional participants, in8 cluding representatives from philanthropic 

9 organizations or members of regional part10 nerships. 

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

12 State receiving a planning grant under this section 

13 has the authority to appoint a fiscal and an adminis14 trative agent for the State partnership. 

15 (c) APPLICATION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State partnership de17 siring a planning grant under this section shall sub18 mit an application to the Director at such time, in 

19 such manner, and accompanied by such information 

20 as the Director may reasonably require. 

21 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

22 under this subsection shall— 

23 (A) describe the members of the State 

24 partnership; 


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1 (B) describe the activities for which assist2 ance under this section is sought, including the 

3 process by which the applicable industry stand4 ards for a career pathway supported under the 

5 grant will be identified and considered; 

6 (C) describe proposed performance bench7 marks to be used to measure progress under 

8 the planning grant; 

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

10 complete required activities in section (d); and 

11 (E) provide such additional assurances and 

12 information as the Director determines to be es13 sential to ensure compliance with the require14 ments of this section. 

15 (3) PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS.—Before a 

16 State partnership receives a planning grant under 

17 this section, the State partnership and the Director 

18 shall jointly determine the performance benchmarks 

19 that shall be established for the purposes of the 

20 planning grant. 

21 (d) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—A State partnership re22 ceiving funds under this subsection shall carry out all of 

23 the following: 


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1 (1) Analyze State labor market information in 

2 order to create career pathways and carry out the 

3 purposes of this Act. 

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

5 skill, high demand industries for the purposes of 

6 planning career pathways. 

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

8 resources for youth development and plan to lever9 age other existing Federal, State, and private re10 sources to strengthen partnerships and implementa11 tion grant activities. 

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

13 the time of the application)— 

14 (i) State academic standards for secondary 

15 school graduation and industry standards; 

16 (ii) State requirements for secondary 

17 school graduation and entry requirements for 

18 postsecondary education; 

19 (iii) State policies or models for career and 

20 guidance counseling; and 

21 (iv) career pathway-related programs and 

22 activities for secondary school students, such as 

23 programs of study under the Carl D. Perkins 

24 Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 


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1 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), or early college or 

2 dual enrollment programs. 

3 (B) A State partnership may use an already 

4 completed review of the information described in 

5 subparagraph (A) that has been completed by the 

6 State P–16 or P–20 Council, or other entity recog7 nized by the State, if the review is not more than 

8 2 years old. If the review does not contain all of the 

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

10 subparagraph (A), the State partnership shall com11 plete the missing components. 

12 (5) Plan for the alignment of State require13 ments for secondary school graduation and entry to 

14 postsecondary education. 

15 (6) Identify possible areas in which statewide 

16 teacher and administration professional development 

17 or teacher certification related to promising practices 

18 in career pathways will be needed and plan for such 

19 professional development. 

20 (7) Plan for and create a State partnership im21 plementation plan to submit to the Center. 

22 (8) Determine the criteria for selecting regional 

23 partnerships for implementation subgrants in ac24 cordance with section 102(e)(1), which— 


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1 (A) will incorporate the concepts of career 

2 pathways and high skill, high demand indus3 tries; and 

4 (B) may incorporate criteria such as low 

5 graduation rates and low academic achievement 

6 in the schools served by the regional partner7 ship. 

8 (e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each State partner9 ship receiving a planning grant under this section shall 

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

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

12 the activities supported by the grant. The matching re13 quirement under this subsection may be provided from 

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

15 sources to carry out such activities. 

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

17 year after an eligible State partnership receives a planning 

18 grant under this section, the partnership shall submit a 

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

20 activities described in subsection (d). The report shall in21 clude— 

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

23 matching funds required under subsection (e), to 

24 carry out required activities under subsection (d); 

25 and 


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

2 partnership in meeting the performance benchmarks 

3 under subsection (c)(3). 

4 SEC. 102. STATE PARTNERSHIP IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS. 

5 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

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

7 to award implementation grants, on a competitive 

8 basis, to eligible State partnerships described in sub9 section (c) to enable the State partnerships to estab10 lish or enhance career pathways. 

11 (2) GRANT PERIOD.—An implementation grant 

12 awarded under this section shall be for a period of 

13 not more than 5 years. 

14 (3) NONRENEWABILITY.— 

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

16 award a State partnership more than 1 imple17 mentation grant under this section except as 

18 provided in subparagraph (B). 

19 (B) EXCEPTION.—In cases where the Di20 rector determines that the State partnership is 

21 high performing and the activities supported by 

22 the State partnership warrant additional grant 

23 funding, the Director may continue to provide 

24 funding to a State partnership through a tran25 sition grant under section 104. 


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

2 that receives an implementation grant under this sec3 tion— 

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

5 the grant funds to carry out the activities described 

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

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

8 grant funds to make subgrants to regional partner9 ships in accordance with subsection (e)(1). 

10 (c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for an implementa11 tion grant under this section, a State partnership de12 scribed in section 101(b) shall have— 

13 (1) received a planning grant under section 101 

14 and completed all requirements of such grant; or 

15 (2) completed a satisfactory application, includ16 ing a plan to coordinate with required partners and 

17 complete the required activities described in section 

18 101(d) during the 5-year period of an implementa19 tion grant under this section. 

20 (3) STATE PARTNERSHIP AUTHORITY.—A State 

21 partnership receiving an implementation grant under 

22 this section shall appoint a fiscal and an administra23 tive agent for the implementation of such grant. 

24 (d) APPLICATION.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible State partner2 ship desiring an implementation grant under this 

3 section shall submit an application to the Director at 

4 such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 

5 such information as the Director may reasonably re6 quire. 

7 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

8 under this subsection shall include— 

9 (A) a description of the members of the 

10 State partnership; 

11 (B) a description of how the State partner12 ship completed the required activities described 

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

14 of a State partnership that has not completed 

15 such activities, a description of how the State 

16 partnership plans to complete such activities, 

17 including a description of the process by which 

18 career pathways will be selected and any appli19 cable industry standards for the career path20 ways will be identified and considered; 

21 (C) a description of the activities for which 

22 assistance under this section is sought, includ23 ing a description of the career pathways that 

24 will be supported by such activities; 


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1 (D) a description of how the State partner2 ship will coordinate with required partners and 

3 complete the required partnership activities de4 scribed in subsection (e) over the 5-year dura5 tion of an implementation grant awarded under 

6 this section; 

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

8 activities supported by the implementation 

9 grant, and a timeline for the provision of the 

10 matching funds required under subsection (f); 

11 (F) proposed performance measures in ac12 cordance with section 302 to be used to assess 

13 and evaluate the progress of the career path14 ways activities of regional partnerships; 

15 (G) a description of how the State partner16 ship will collect long-term aggregated data on 

17 students assisted under the implementation 

18 grant, in accordance with section 444 of the 

19 General Education Provisions Act (the Family 

20 Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974) 

21 (20 U.S.C. 1232g), for purposes of reporting 

22 progress in grant activities; and 

23 (H) such additional assurances as the Di24 rector determines to be essential to ensure com25 pliance with the requirements of this section. 


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1 (e) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible State part2 nership receiving an implementation grant under this sec3 tion shall— 

4 (1) award subgrants to eligible regional part5 nerships in accordance with section 103; 

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

7 sustained statewide academic and career guidance 

8 strategies linked to high skill, high demand indus9 tries; 

10 (3) collect data from regional partnerships on 

11 the performance measures selected by the partner12 ship and Director in accordance with section 302 for 

13 career pathways activities carried out by the regional 

14 partnerships; 

15 (4) convene the State partnership members on 

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

17 (5) assist regional partnerships to create coher18 ent career pathways, including the provision of tech19 nical assistance and capacity building activities, such 

20 as the dissemination of best practices and tools with21 in the State; 

22 (6) provide any necessary statewide teacher and 

23 school administrator professional development re24 lated to career pathways and coordinate with exist25 ing professional development efforts or activities; 


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1 (7) in consultation with regional partnerships, 

2 make recommendations on State and local policies to 

3 foster the development of career pathways for high 

4 school students; and 

5 (8) in coordination with regional partnerships, 

6 conduct ongoing studies to continuously improve ca7 reer pathways, including testing innovative ap8 proaches, within the State in order to achieve high 

9 level performance and to maximize coordination of 

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

11 (f) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State partnership re13 ceiving an implementation grant under this section 

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

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

16 to carry out the activities supported by the grant. 

17 The matching requirement under this subsection 

18 may be provided from funds available from other 

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

20 such activities. 

21 (2) TIMING OF MATCHING CONTRIBUTION.—An 

22 eligible State partnership may satisfy the matching 

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1 posal that is submitted in the application process 

2 and approved by the Director. 

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

4 the grant period, each eligible State partnership receiving 

5 an implementation grant under this section shall submit 

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

7 activities described in subsection (e). Each report shall in8 clude— 

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

10 matched funds, to complete required activities under 

11 subsection (d); and 

12 (2) a description of the performance of the 

13 State partnership in meeting the performance meas14 ures under section 302. 

15 SEC. 103. REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP SUBGRANTS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The administrative agent ap17 pointed under section 102(c)(3) by a State partnership re18 ceiving an implementation grant under such section shall, 

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

20 a competitive basis, to eligible regional partnerships to en21 able the eligible regional partnerships to establish or en22 hance career pathways. 

23 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR SUBGRANTS.— 

24 (1) REQUIRED PARTNERS.—In order for a re25 gional area of a State served by a State partnership 


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1 receiving an implementation grant under section 102 

2 to participate in the subgrant program under this 

3 section, the regional area shall form a regional path4 ways partnership that includes a representative from 

5 each of the following: 

6 (A) Public secondary education, who may 

7 be a representative of a local educational agen8 cy. 

9 (B) Postsecondary education, including 

10 public 2-year and 4-year postsecondary edu11 cation institutions. 

12 (C) A business or trade organization. 

13 (D) The local workforce investment board 

14 (meaning a local board, as defined in section 

15 101 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

16 (29 U.S.C. 2801)). 

17 (E) An economic development entity. 

18 (F) Local elected officials. 

19 (G) A central labor council. 

20 (H) A labor organization that represents 

21 teachers. 

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1 (J) Parents or legal guardians of high 

2 school students and postsecondary education 

3 students. 

4 (K) A community-based organization that 

5 is relevant to career pathways. 

6 (2) OTHER PARTNERS.—A regional partnership 

7 may include other members, such as additional rep8 resentatives described in paragraph (1), representa9 tives of educational service agencies, or nontradi10 tional participants, including representatives from 

11 philanthropic organizations. 

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

13 to designate an existing education, workforce, or eco14 nomic development organization such as a local 

15 workforce investment board, regional economic devel16 opment authority, joint labor management partner17 ship organization, or business-education partnership, 

18 as the regional pathways partnership for purposes of 

19 this Act if the organization— 

20 (A) includes, or modifies the members of 

21 the organization to include, the representatives 

22 required under paragraph (1); or 

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1 committee to carry out the duties of the re2 gional partnership under this Act. 

3 (c) REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP AUTHORITY.—A re4 gional partnership shall choose an entity to be the fiscal 

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

6 subgrant funds received under this section. 

7 (d) APPLICATION FOR SUBGRANT.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each regional partnership 

9 desiring a subgrant under this section shall submit 

10 an application to the State partnership at such time, 

11 in such manner, and accompanied by such informa12 tion as the State partnership may reasonably re13 quire. 

14 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

15 pursuant to this subsection shall include— 

16 (A) a description of the activities for which 

17 assistance under this section is sought, includ18 ing activities to address the needs of at-risk 

19 youth; 

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

21 including the applicable industry standards 

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1 tification assessments to be funded under sub2 section (f)(1); and 

3 (ii) information describing how the part4 nership incorporates the concepts of the career 

5 pathways and high skill, high demand indus6 tries; 

7 (C) proposed performance measures in ac8 cordance with section 302 to be used to assess 

9 and evaluate the progress of the career path10 ways activities under this section; 

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

12 the required activities in subsection (e); 

13 (E) a definition of the geographic bound14 aries of the region to be served by the career 

15 pathways initiatives, including whether the re16 gion is— 

17 (i) a local workforce investment area 

18 established under section 116 of the Work19 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

20 2831); 

21 (ii) an economic development area as 

22 defined by the State; or 

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1 (I) the alignment of labor market 

2 areas; 

3 (II) school districts and edu4 cation service agencies; 

5 (III) postsecondary educational 

6 institutions and area career and tech7 nical schools; 

8 (IV) geographic distances; or 

9 (V) regional resources that are 

10 available to effectively administer the 

11 activities carried out under this sec12 tion; 

13 (F) a description of how meetings of the 

14 regional partnership will be convened on a reg15 ular basis; 

16 (G) an assurance that employers providing 

17 student work-based experiences will provide or 

18 arrange for the necessary liability coverage as 

19 determined by the participating secondary 

20 schools; and 

21 (H) such additional assurances as the 

22 State partnership determines to be essential to 

23 ensure compliance with the requirements of this 

24 section. 

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1 (1) RESERVATION OF AMOUNTS.—Of the 

2 subgrant amount received by an eligible regional 

3 partnership under this section— 

4 (A) not less than 85 percent of the 

5 subgrant funds shall be used to carry out the 

6 activities described in subparagraphs (A) 

7 through (D) of paragraph (2); and 

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

9 the subgrant funds shall be spent to— 

10 (i) carry out the activities described in 

11 subparagraphs (E) through (G) of para12 graph (2); 

13 (ii) pay for the costs associated with 

14 the fiscal or administrative agent; or 

15 (iii) sustain the regional partnership. 

16 (2) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—A regional part17 nership receiving a subgrant under this section shall 

18 use subgrant funds to— 

19 (A) establish or enhance career pathways 

20 for high school students in high skill, high de21 mand industries; 

22 (B) establish or designate an intermediary 

23 with demonstrated experience in working with 

24 schools serving high school students, postsec25 ondary education, and the workforce delivery 


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1 system, and within the partnership area that 

2 shall under financial agreement with the re3 gional partnership— 

4 (i) coordinate career pathways activi5 ties; 

6 (ii) conduct community outreach and 

7 informational activities related to career 

8 pathways; 

9 (iii) consider the needs of individual 

10 school districts in the regional partnership 

11 area; 

12 (iv) identify academic and career 

13 counseling options and resources (such as 

14 the one-stop career center career services, 

15 including resources and services funded 

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

17 49 et seq.)) to counsel students and the 

18 students’ families in the development of ca19 reer pathways plans to ensure that stu20 dents’ course crediting and content re21 quirements for secondary school gradua22 tion and entrance into postsecondary edu23 cation are aligned and that shall have a 

24 ratio of students to counselors of not more 

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1 (v) develop work-based experiences for 

2 high school students and teachers; 

3 (C) train and provide professional develop4 ment to individuals providing academic and ca5 reer counseling options in the area served by 

6 the regional partnership, or designate the inter7 mediary described in subparagraph (B) to pro8 vide such training and professional develop9 ment; 

10 (D) develop and implement a dropout re11 covery strategy for entry into career pathways 

12 for former high school students who have 

13 dropped out of school; 

14 (E) complete a community asset map or 

15 build upon an existing analysis of resources by 

16 workforce boards or other entities to identify 

17 those existing resources that can be leveraged 

18 in a region and the gaps that need to be ad19 dressed to strengthen connections between ef20 fective education and career success; 

21 (F) coordinate with existing support serv22 ices for students; and 

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

24 regional partnership in meeting performance 

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1 (f) OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES.—A regional partnership 

2 receiving a subgrant under this section may— 

3 (1) provide funds for student fees and books 

4 and equipment fees associated with completing in5 dustry certification assessments, or examinations for 

6 Advanced Placement and International Bacca7 laureate courses, for high school students who are at 

8 or below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level 

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

10 skill, high demand industry for such students; 

11 (2) provide funds for costs associated with stu12 dent work-based experiences in high skill, high de13 mand industries, except that no such funds shall be 

14 used to pay wages; 

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

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

17 supportive adults within the region as identified by 

18 the regional partnership; 

19 (4) assist students in identifying and com20 pleting financial aid applications for postsecondary 

21 education; and 

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

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

2 the grant period, each eligible regional partnership receiv3 ing a subgrant under this section shall submit a report 

4 to the State partnership on the partnership’s performance 

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

6 shall include— 

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

8 any matched funds, to complete the required activi9 ties under subsection (e); and 

10 (2) a description of the performance of the 

11 partnership in meeting the performance measures, 

12 as described in section 302 consistent with section 

13 444 of the General Education Provisions Act. 

14 SEC. 104. STATE PARTNERSHIP TRANSITION GRANTS. 

15 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

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

17 to award transition grants, on a competitive basis, 

18 to eligible State partnerships described in subsection 

19 (b) to enable the State partnerships to continue suc20 cessful career pathways programs, while increasing 

21 State and regional investment and gradually de22 creasing Federal funds. 

23 (2) GRANT PERIOD.—A transition grant award24 ed under this section shall be for a period of not 

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1 (3) NONRENEWABILITY.—The Director shall 

2 not award a State partnership more than 1 transi3 tion grant under this section. 

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

5 grant under this section, a State partnership shall have 

6 received an implementation grant under section 102 and 

7 satisfactorily completed all requirements of such grant. 

8 (c) APPLICATION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible State partner10 ship desiring a transition grant under this section 

11 shall submit an application to the Director at such 

12 time, in such manner, and accompanied by such in13 formation as the Director may reasonably require. 

14 (2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 

15 under this subsection shall provide— 

16 (A) a description of the activities for which 

17 assistance under this section is sought; 

18 (B) a description of how the State partner19 ship has made progress on the activities de20 scribed in section 102(e); 

21 (C) description of how the State partner22 ship will coordinate with required partners and 

23 complete the required partnership activities de24 scribed in subsection (d) over the duration of a 

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

2 activities supported by the transition grant, and 

3 a timeline for the provision of the matching 

4 funds required under subsection (e); 

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

7 and evaluate the progress of the activities of 

8 State partnerships under this section; and 

9 (F) such additional assurances as the Di10 rector determines to be essential to ensure com11 pliance with the requirements of this section. 

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

13 transition grant under this section— 

14 (1) shall use grant funds to continue the activi15 ties required under section 102(e); and 

16 (2) may use grant funds to expand career ex17 ploration and guidance activities to students in 

18 grades lower than grade 9, with priority given to 

19 serving such students who are at risk of failure to 

20 graduate, based on indicators for middle school stu21 dents predictive of whether or not a student is on 

22 track to graduate from secondary school with a reg23 ular diploma. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State partnership re2 ceiving a transition grant under this section shall 

3 provide, from funds available from other Federal, 

4 State, local, or private sources to carry out the ac5 tivities supported by the transition grant— 

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

7 amount that is not less than 25 percent of the 

8 amount of the grant for such year; 

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

10 amount that is not less than 50 percent of the 

11 amount of the grant for such year; and 

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

13 amount that is not less than 75 percent of the 

14 amount of the grant for such year. 

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

16 matching funds required under paragraph (1) may 

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

18 carry out the activities supported by the transition 

19 grant under this section. 

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

21 the grant period, each eligible State partnership receiving 

22 a transition grant under this section shall submit a report 

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

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


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

2 matched funds, to complete the required activities 

3 described in subsection (d); and 

4 (2) a description of the performance of the 

5 State partnership in meeting the performance meas6 ures, as described in section 302. 

7 TITLE II—CAREER PATHWAYS 

8 PARTNERSHIP SUPPLE9 MENTAL GRANTS 

10 SEC. 201. STATE PARTNERSHIP SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS 

11 PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

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

13 (1) to enhance the capacity of States and re14 gions to offer career pathways to high school stu15 dents; 

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

17 youth to more effectively provide career exploration 

18 and guidance services to high school students and 

19 postsecondary students; and 

20 (3) to increase the number of registered ap21 prenticeship programs in high skill, high demand in22 dustries. 

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1 described in section 202 to States to enable the States 

2 to carry out the activities described in such section. 

3 (c) DURATION OF GRANT.—Each eligible State re4 ceiving a grant under this title shall use the grant funds 

5 within a 5-year period, as designated by the Director. 

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

7 receive more than 1 grant under each subsection of section 

8 202. 

9 SEC. 202. TYPES OF SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS. 

10 (a) CAREER PATHWAYS CURRICULUM DEVELOP11 MENT GRANTS.— 

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

13 this subsection are— 

14 (A) to increase the number of innovative, 

15 high quality, rigorous, engaging, and relevant 

16 career pathways curricula available for the pur17 pose of instructing high school students through 

18 the development of new, or enhancement of ex19 isting, model courses of study focused on high 

20 skill, high demand industries; 

21 (B) to support the development of career 

22 pathways curricula that develop and reinforce 

23 reading and mathematics skills for high school 

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1 (C) to establish teacher training processes 

2 that will provide effective professional develop3 ment in the application of each career pathways 

4 course sequence assisted under this subsection. 

5 (2) APPLICATIONS.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of a 

7 State, in partnership with the State partnership 

8 serving the State, may submit an application 

9 for a curriculum grant under this subsection to 

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

11 containing such information as the Director 

12 may require. 

13 (B) PEER REVIEW.—Applications for a 

14 curriculum grant under this subsection shall be 

15 peer reviewed by a panel of experts in cur16 riculum development, career pathways or career 

17 and technical education, and workforce develop18 ment and industry. 

19 (C) CONTENTS.—Each application sub20 mitted under this paragraph shall— 

21 (i) be submitted during the period 

22 that the State partnership serving the 

23 State is receiving an implementation grant 

24 under section 102; 


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1 (ii) demonstrate a need for the cur2 riculum grant; 

3 (iii) describe the activities for which 

4 assistance under this subsection is sought, 

5 including— 

6 (I) how the applicant will carry 

7 out the activities described in para8 graph (4); 

9 (II) how the applicant will in10 clude the industry standards of the 

11 relevant industries in the development 

12 of the curriculum and, in the case of 

13 an applicant using grant funds to 

14 carry out paragraph (5)(A), the in15 dustry certificates to be used; 

16 (III) how the applicant will col17 laborate with and incorporate input 

18 from representatives from the State 

19 partnership members in the develop20 ment of the curriculum; and 

21 (IV) the research or evidence 

22 that supports the key curriculum 

23 theories and activities of the proposed 

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

2 project and a time-line for the provision of 

3 the matching funds required under para4 graph (6); 

5 (v) include a description of the per6 formance benchmarks to be used to meas7 ure the development, implementation, dis8 tribution, and professional development 

9 concerning career pathways curriculum; 

10 (vi) provide an assurance that cur11 ricula and other products or materials de12 veloped under this Act will be made avail13 able to the Center for distribution; and 

14 (vii) 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.—The 

19 Governor of a State receiving a curriculum grant 

20 under this subsection shall appoint the State edu21 cational agency to serve as the fiscal agent and ad22 minister the grant funds. 

23 (4) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—A State receiving 

24 a curriculum grant under this subsection shall use 

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1 (A) to develop a curriculum with industry 

2 engagement that— 

3 (i) provides a logical sequence of inte4 grated academic and career-related 

5 coursework focused on a specific high skill, 

6 high demand industry and meets regional 

7 or national workforce needs; 

8 (ii) incorporates rigorous academic 

9 content from core academic subjects, as 

10 defined in section 9101 of the Elementary 

11 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

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

13 within each curricular sequence of study, 

14 so that a majority of courses are eligible 

15 for academic credit, and links the material 

16 in each course to State academic content 

17 standards; 

18 (iii) provides academic rigor to career 

19 pathways courses; 

20 (iv) emphasizes the development of 

21 communication skills, such as reading, 

22 writing, speaking, mathematic, and science 

23 skills across all courses and provides for 

24 the development of work readiness skills 

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1 problem solving skills, communication 

2 skills, analytic skills, time management, 

3 teamwork, and technological prowess; 

4 (v) provides knowledge of all aspects 

5 of an industry; 

6 (vi) uses best practices within cur7 riculum development theory, including rig8 orous standards, higher order thinking 

9 skills, real world applications, project-based 

10 learning, contextual learning, and other 

11 practices; 

12 (vii) incorporates opportunities for 

13 work-based experience within each career 

14 pathways course sequence; and 

15 (viii) prepares high school students 

16 for postsecondary education and skills de17 velopment programs; 

18 (B) to create curriculum materials and in19 structional resources that will support the 

20 teaching and learning of the career pathways 

21 curriculum developed under this subsection; and 

22 (C) to develop a statewide teacher profes23 sional development implementation plan that 

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1 courses that will increase the capacity of teach2 ers to effectively implement the career pathways 

3 curriculum developed under this subsection, and 

4 a description of the costs of such a program. 

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

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

7 receiving a grant under this subsection may use the 

8 grant funds— 

9 (A) to create career and technical edu10 cation course sequences that lead to an industry 

11 certificate; 

12 (B) to develop and include transitional 

13 mathematics and reading courses for students 

14 who struggle to meet the academic require15 ments necessary to enter and successfully com16 plete postsecondary education or workforce de17 velopment; or 

18 (C) to provide options for high school stu19 dents to concurrently earn college credit 

20 through establishing college course articulation 

21 agreements. 

22 (6) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each State 

23 partnership receiving a curriculum grant under this 

24 subsection shall provide an amount, in cash or in25 kind, that is not less than 25 percent of the amount 


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

2 the grant. The matching requirement under this 

3 subsection may be provided from funds available 

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

5 to carry out such activities. 

6 (7) EVALUATION AND REPORTING REQUIRE7 MENT.—Each State partnership in a State receiving 

8 a curriculum grant under this subsection shall annu9 ally report to the Director regarding— 

10 (A) the progress made on the activities de11 scribed in paragraph (4), including the progress 

12 made in the development and distribution of the 

13 career pathways curriculum assisted through 

14 the grant; 

15 (B) the data and information gathered to 

16 benchmark appropriate outcomes of the cur17 riculum development, implementation, distribu18 tion, and professional development, which may 

19 include student outcomes; 

20 (C) the use of grant funds, including 

21 matched funds, by the State; and 

22 (D) the State’s progress on the perform23 ance benchmarks described in paragraph (2)(C) 

24 that are established with the agreement of the 

25 Director. 


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

2 section shall be construed to authorize an officer or 

3 employee of the Federal Government to mandate, di4 rect, or control a State’s, local educational agency’s, 

5 or school’s specific instructional content, academic 

6 achievement standards or assessments, curriculum, 

7 or program of instruction. 

8 (b) CAREER PATHWAYS CAPACITY EXPANSION AND

9 MODERNIZATION GRANTS.— 

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

11 is to enable States to better prepare students for 

12 postsecondary education and careers in State and re13 gional high skill, high demand industries by pro14 viding eligible States with grants in order to expand, 

15 enhance, and modernize school facilities and equip16 ment to reflect the requirements of State and re17 gional high skill, high demand industries. 

18 (2) DEFINITION OF QUALIFYING REGION.—In 

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

20 a region of a State that has a regional partnership 

21 that has— 

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

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

3 youth, compared to the State average. 

4 (3) APPLICATION.— 

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

6 in partnership with the State partnership serv7 ing the State, desiring an expansion and mod8 ernization grant under this section shall submit 

9 an application to the Director at such time, in 

10 such manner, and accompanied by such infor11 mation as the Director may reasonably require. 

12 (B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub13 mitted under subparagraph (A) shall— 

14 (i) be submitted during the period 

15 that the State partnership serving the 

16 State is receiving an implementation grant 

17 under section 102; 

18 (ii) demonstrate a need for the expan19 sion, enhancement, or modernization of ex20 isting facilities or equipment as of the date 

21 of the application, in qualifying regions; 

22 (iii) describe the activities for which 

23 assistance under this subsection is sought; 

24 (iv) describe creative arrangements to 

25 maximize the use of the facilities and 


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1 equipment that are expanded, enhanced, or 

2 modernized with grant funds under this 

3 subsection, by sharing the facilities and 

4 equipment with other schools or postsec5 ondary programs; 

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

7 project and a timeline for the provision of 

8 the matching funds required under para9 graph (6); 

10 (vi) describe the performance bench11 marks to be used to measure the State’s 

12 progress in implementing a grant under 

13 this subsection; and 

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

18 (4) FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATION AGENT.—The 

19 Governor of a State receiving an expansion and 

20 modernization grant under this subsection shall ap21 point the State facilities authority or State agency 

22 responsible for school construction and renovation to 

23 serve as the fiscal agent and administer the grant 

24 funds. 


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1 (5) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—A State receiving 

2 an expansion and modernization grant under this 

3 subsection shall use the grant funds to— 

4 (A) make necessary expansions or enhance5 ments to existing facilities in qualifying regions; 

6 and 

7 (B) modernize equipment essential to in8 struction within the career pathways cur9 riculum. 

10 (6) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS MATCHING REQUIRE11 MENT.—Each State partnership receiving an expan12 sion and modernization grant under this subsection 

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

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

15 grant, to carry out the activities supported by the 

16 grant. The matching requirement under this para17 graph may be provided in cash or in-kind. 

18 (7) EVALUATION AND REPORTING REQUIRE19 MENTS.—Each State partnership in a State receiv20 ing an expansion and modernization grant under 

21 this subsection shall annually submit a report to the 

22 Director regarding— 

23 (A) the State’s progress made on the ac24 tivities described in paragraph (5); 


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

2 and 

3 (C) the State’s progress on the perform4 ance benchmarks described in paragraph (3)(B) 

5 that are established with the agreement of the 

6 Director. 

7 (c) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP GRANTS IN HIGH

8 SKILL, HIGH DEMAND INDUSTRIES.— 

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

10 is to enable States to expand or create registered ap11 prenticeship programs in high skill, high demand in12 dustries. 

13 (2) APPLICATION.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Governor, in part15 nership with the State partnership serving the 

16 State, may submit an application for an ap17 prenticeship grant under this subsection to the 

18 Director at such time, in such manner, and 

19 containing such information as the Director 

20 may require. 

21 (B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub22 mitted under subparagraph (A) shall— 

23 (i) be submitted during the period 

24 that the State partnership serving the 


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1 State is receiving an implementation grant 

2 under section 102; 

3 (ii) demonstrate a need for creation or 

4 expansion of registered apprenticeship pro5 grams in high skill, high demand indus6 tries; 

7 (iii) describe the activities for which 

8 assistance under this subsection is sought; 

9 (iv) describe the performance bench10 marks to be used to measure the develop11 ment, implementation, and distribution 

12 concerning registered apprenticeship pro13 grams; 

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

15 project and a time line for the provision of 

16 the matching funds required under para17 graph (5); and 

18 (vi) provide such additional assur19 ances as the Director determines to be es20 sential to ensure compliance with the re21 quirements of this title. 

22 (3) FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATION AGENT.—In 

23 the case of a State receiving an apprenticeship grant 

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1 (A) that has a State apprenticeship council 

2 recognized by the Department of Labor, the 

3 State apprenticeship council administrative 

4 agency shall serve as the fiscal agent and ad5 minister the grant funds; or 

6 (B) where the Office of Apprenticeship of 

7 the Department of Labor administers the reg8 istered apprenticeship program, the Governor of 

9 the State shall appoint the appropriate State 

10 agency to serve as the fiscal agent and admin11 ister the grant funds. 

12 (4) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible State 

13 receiving an apprenticeship grant under this sub14 section shall use the grant funds for activities nec15 essary to create or expand registered apprenticeship 

16 programs in high skill, high demand industries, in17 cluding— 

18 (A) developing and administering a new or 

19 enhancing an existing registered apprenticeship 

20 program in a high skill, high demand industry 

21 as identified by the State; 

22 (B) registering the apprenticeship program 

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1 (C) providing or arranging for equipment 

2 necessary for training in the registered appren3 ticeship program; 

4 (D) developing skills-based theoretical and 

5 technical classroom and on-the-job curricula; 

6 (E) identifying and training, as appro7 priate, instructors for the registered apprentice8 ship program; and 

9 (F) conducting outreach and marketing 

10 about the registered apprenticeship program to 

11 interested stakeholders, including secondary 

12 schools serving high school students. 

13 (5) PROHIBITED USE.—A State partnership re14 ceiving an apprenticeship grant under this sub15 section shall not use any Federal funds provided 

16 under the grant to pay wages or provide benefits to 

17 workers. 

18 (6) NON-FEDERAL FUNDS MATCHING REQUIRE19 MENT.—Each State partnership receiving an ap20 prenticeship grant under this subsection shall pro21 vide, from non-Federal sources, an amount that is 

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

23 to carry out the activities supported by the grant. 

24 The matching requirement under this paragraph 

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1 (7) EVALUATION AND REPORTING REQUIRE2 MENT.—Each State partnership in a State receiving 

3 an apprenticeship grant under this subsection shall 

4 annually submit a report to the Director regard5 ing— 

6 (A) the progress made on the activities de7 scribed in paragraph (4); 

8 (B) the use of grant funds, including 

9 matched funds, by the State; and 

10 (C) the State’s progress on the perform11 ance benchmarks described in paragraph (2)(B) 

12 that are established with the agreement of the 

13 Director. 

14 (d) YOUTH ONE-STOP CAREER SERVICES ENHANCE15 MENT GRANT.— 

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

17 is to enable States to make career services available 

18 through one-stop centers— 

19 (A) more welcoming and user-friendly for 

20 secondary school students; and 

21 (B) more accessible to such students while 

22 in school. 

23 (2) APPLICATION.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Governor of a 

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1 serving the State, may submit an application 

2 for a career services enhancement grant under 

3 this subsection to the Director at such time, in 

4 such manner, and containing such information 

5 as the Director may require. 

6 (B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub7 mitted under subparagraph (A) shall— 

8 (i) be submitted during the period 

9 that the State partnership serving the 

10 State is receiving an implementation grant 

11 under section 102; 

12 (ii) demonstrate a need for the en13 hancement or expansion of one-stop career 

14 guidance and exploration services for high 

15 school students; 

16 (iii) describe the activities for which 

17 assistance under this subsection is sought; 

18 (iv) describe the performance bench19 marks to be used to measure the State’s 

20 progress in implementing a grant under 

21 this subsection; 

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

23 project and a time-line for the provision of 

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1 (vi) provide such additional assur2 ances as the Director determines to be es3 sential to ensure compliance with the re4 quirements of this subsection. 

5 (3) FISCAL AND ADMINISTRATION AGENT.—The 

6 Governor of a State receiving a career services en7 hancement grant under this subsection shall appoint 

8 the State workforce investment board or the State 

9 workforce administrative entity as the fiscal agent 

10 and the entity responsible for administering the 

11 grant. The State workforce investment board shall 

12 give preference for resources available under this 

13 grant to one-stop centers in regions with regional 

14 partnerships receiving a subgrant under section 103. 

15 (4) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—A State receiving 

16 a career services enhancement grant under this sub17 section shall use the grant funds to expand or en18 hance career guidance and exploration services for 

19 students provided through one-stop centers, includ20 ing resources funded under the Wagner-Peyser Act 

21 (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.), by— 

22 (A) enhancing services for students partici23 pating in career pathways, such as enhancing— 


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1 (i) job search and placement assist2 ance and, as appropriate, career coun3 seling; 

4 (ii) the provision of employment sta5 tistics information, including the provision 

6 of accurate information related to local, re7 gional, and national labor market areas, 

8 which may include— 

9 (I) job vacancy listings in the 

10 labor market area; 

11 (II) information on the job skills 

12 necessary to obtain those jobs; and 

13 (III) information related to local 

14 occupations in demand and the earn15 ings and skill requirements of such oc16 cupations; 

17 (iii) the provision of performance in18 formation and program cost information 

19 on eligible providers of training described 

20 in section 122 of the Workforce Invest21 ment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2842); 

22 (iv) comprehensive and specialized as23 sessments of skill levels and development 

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1 (v) individual counseling and career 

2 planning; and 

3 (vi) short-term prevocational services, 

4 such as the development of learning skills, 

5 presentation skills, resume writing skills, 

6 interviewing skills, punctuality, and profes7 sional conduct, among others, to prepare 

8 individuals for unsubsidized employment; 

9 or 

10 (B) providing one-stop center career serv11 ices in proximity to high school students, sub12 ject to the requirements of section 134(c) of the 

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

14 2864(c)). 

15 (5) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Each State 

16 partnership receiving a career services enhancement 

17 grant under this subsection shall provide an amount, 

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

19 of the amount of the grant, to carry out the activi20 ties supported by the grant. The matching require21 ment under this subsection may be provided from 

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

23 private sources to carry out such activities. 

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1 receiving a career services enhancement grant under 

2 this subsection shall submit a report to the Director 

3 regarding— 

4 (A) the progress made on the activities de5 scribed in paragraph (4); 

6 (B) the use of grant funds, including 

7 matched funds, by the State partnership; and 

8 (C) the State’s progress on the perform9 ance benchmarks described in paragraph (2)(B) 

10 that are established with the agreement of the 

11 Director. 

12 TITLE III—GENERAL 

13 PROVISIONS 

14 SEC. 301. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIC 

15 AND CAREER INNOVATION CENTER. 

16 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to es17 tablish a National Academic and Career Innovation Center 

18 that— 

19 (1) encourages innovations to address the con20 stant changes in the highly competitive global econ21 omy; 

22 (2) serves as a national resource for State part23 nerships and regional partnerships in the United 

24 States by— 


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1 (A) disseminating information on research 

2 and best practices regarding the development of 

3 career pathways; 

4 (B) disseminating demonstrated curricula 

5 developed by States; and 

6 (C) supporting the efforts of State partner7 ships and regional partnerships to offer career 

8 pathways of proven effectiveness; 

9 (3) designs and conducts performance evalua10 tions of career pathways activities, to determine 

11 whether the short- and long-term goals of the activi12 ties are being met; and 

13 (4) administers, oversees, and evaluates all ca14 reer pathways grants. 

15 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Na17 tional Academic and Career Innovation Center, 

18 which shall be administered under the terms of an 

19 interagency agreement entered into by the Secretary 

20 of Education, the Secretary of Labor, and the Sec21 retary of Commerce (in this section referred to as 

22 the ‘‘Interagency Group’’). 

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

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1 cation, the Department of Labor, and the Depart2 ment of Commerce. 

3 (3) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Interagency 

4 Group shall consider the recommendations of the 

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

6 the goals of the Center and in implementing any 

7 programs to achieve such goals. 

8 (c) DUTIES.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to serve as a na10 tional resource for States and regions creating and 

11 implementing career pathways in the United States, 

12 the Center is authorized— 

13 (A) to administer and oversee grants and 

14 contracts under this Act; 

15 (B) to conduct evaluations and research in 

16 accordance with section 303 to determine the 

17 effectiveness of the career pathways initiative 

18 under this Act; 

19 (C) to make findings as to whether the 

20 goals of the career pathways initiatives under 

21 this Act have been met by the grant programs 

22 created under this Act; 

23 (D) to work with State partnerships and 

24 regional partnerships to develop performance 

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1 determine whether the short- and long-term 

2 goals of the activities being funded by the ca3 reer pathways grants described in this Act are 

4 being met; 

5 (E) to advise Congress and the Depart6 ments of Labor, Education, and Commerce on 

7 the development and continuous improvement 

8 of career pathways; 

9 (F) to communicate and coordinate with 

10 the Departments of Labor, Education, and 

11 Commerce on related activities administered by 

12 one or more of the Departments; and 

13 (G) to disseminate information, through 

14 online and other resources that are easily acces15 sible, that shall— 

16 (i) consist of— 

17 (I) model career pathways cur18 ricula developed under section 202(a); 

19 and 

20 (II) proven best practices and ca21 reer resources, including multi-media 

22 information and products identified by 

23 the Center, other entities, and reposi24 tories of information; and 


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1 (ii) facilitate the ability of secondary 

2 schools serving high school students or 

3 other educational entities to access and im4 plement model career pathways curricula if 

5 the schools or entities so choose. 

6 (2) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—The Center 

7 may award grants to, or enter into contracts or co8 operative agreements with, individuals, public or pri9 vate institutions, agencies, or organizations, to carry 

10 out the activities of the Center. 

11 (3) DISCLOSURES.—The Center shall publicly 

12 disclose, through an easily accessible website, the 

13 Center’s justification for the Center’s decision to ap14 prove or reject each application for a grant under 

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

16 approved, the amount of the grant awarded. 

17 (4) PROHIBITION ON REQUIRED USE OF A CUR18 RICULUM.—The Director shall not— 

19 (A) use online resources supported under 

20 this section to develop a national curriculum; or 

21 (B) require States to use any model career 

22 pathways curriculum included in the online re23 sources. 

24 (d) NATIONAL ACADEMIC AND CAREER INNOVATION

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1 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be a Na3 tional Academic and Career Innovation Center 

4 Board, which shall consist of 15 individuals ap5 pointed by the President with the advice and 

6 consent of the Senate. 

7 (B) COMPOSITION.—The Board shall be 

8 comprised of individuals who are not otherwise 

9 officers or employees of the Federal Govern10 ment and who are representative of— 

11 (i) public secondary education; 

12 (ii) public postsecondary education, 

13 including 2-year and 4-year institutions of 

14 higher education; 

15 (iii) businesses and trade organiza16 tions that demonstrate an interest in ca17 reer pathways; 

18 (iv) high school students or postsec19 ondary students, including at-risk youth; 

20 (v) workforce development; 

21 (vi) economic development; 

22 (vii) State and local governments; 

23 (viii) parents or legal guardians of 

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1 (2) DUTIES.—The Board shall— 

2 (A) make recommendations concerning the 

3 appointment of the Director and staff of the 

4 Center; 

5 (B) advise the Center and the Interagency 

6 Group on a vision of career pathways that— 

7 (i) create opportunities for high school 

8 students to make successful transitions to 

9 postsecondary education and employment 

10 and improve the long-term economic pros11 perity for themselves and their families; 

12 and 

13 (ii) play an integral part in the larger 

14 workforce and economic development sys15 tems; 

16 (C) provide independent advice on the op17 eration of the Center; and 

18 (D) receive reports from the Interagency 

19 Group and the Director. 

20 (3) APPOINTMENTS.— 

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

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

23 except that the initial terms for members may 

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tion in which 1 1 ⁄3 of the members are selected in 

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

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

4 be appointed for not more than 1 full term. 

5 (C) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the 

6 Board shall not affect the powers of the Board, 

7 but shall be filled in the same manner as the 

8 original appointment. 

9 (D) ELECTION OF OFFICERS.—The Board 

10 shall elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson 

11 of the Board from among the members of the 

12 Board. 

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

14 the call of the Chairperson or a majority of the 

15 members of the Board. 

16 (e) DIRECTOR.—The Board, after considering rec17 ommendations made by the Interagency Group, shall ap18 point and fix the pay of a Director. 

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

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Center may accept, ad21 minister, and use for the purposes of the Center 

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

23 whether real or personal, tangible or intangible. 

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

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1 Center in determining whether the acceptance of 

2 contributions of services, money, or property whether 

3 real or personal, tangible or intangible, would reflect 

4 unfavorably upon the ability of the Center or any 

5 employee to carry out the responsibilities of the Cen6 ter or employee, or official duties, in a fair and ob7 jective manner, or would compromise the integrity or 

8 the appearance of the integrity of the Center’s pro9 grams or any official involved in those programs. 

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

11 Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor, the Sec12 retary of Commerce, or the head of any other department 

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

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

15 provided to the Center for such purposes. 

16 SEC. 302. ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MEASURE17 MENT. 

18 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to es19 tablish an accountability system, comprised of the activi20 ties described in this section, in order to— 

21 (1) assess the effectiveness of State and re22 gional activities assisted under this Act to help high 

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1 tries by acquiring the skills and knowledge that lead 

2 to long-term career success; 

3 (2) improve the State and regional career path4 ways activities assisted under this Act; 

5 (3) assess the effectiveness of State and re6 gional career pathways activities in creating a highly 

7 skilled and agile workforce that meets 21st century 

8 skill demands; 

9 (4) maximize the return on investment of Fed10 eral funds in State and regional career pathways ac11 tivities assisted under this Act; and 

12 (5) assess the effectiveness of State and re13 gional career pathways in connecting efforts in edu14 cation, economic, and workforce development. 

15 (b) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 

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

17 and regional partnership, performance measures 

18 shall consist of the indicators of performance de19 scribed in paragraph (2) and the level of perform20 ance described in paragraph (3). 

21 (2) INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.—The indi22 cators of performance shall consist of the following: 

23 (A) INTERIM INDICATORS.— 

24 (i) Student participation in a career 

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1 (ii) Student attainment of a secondary 

2 school diploma, disaggregated by the sub3 groups described in section 

4 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II) of the Elementary 

5 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

6 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II)). 

7 (iii) Student participation in a career 

8 pathway and attainment of a secondary 

9 school diploma, disaggregated by the sub10 groups described in such section 

11 1111(b)(2)(C)(v)(II). 

12 (B) TRANSITIONAL INDICATORS.— 

13 (i) Student acquisition of a secondary 

14 school diploma and entrance into postsec15 ondary education or employment. 

16 (ii) Student acquisition of a secondary 

17 school diploma and entrance into postsec18 ondary education or employment related to 

19 a high skill, high demand industry. 

20 (iii) Attainment of 1 or more recog21 nized credentials, which may include a cer22 tificate, license, journey-status card, or as23 sociate degree or baccalaureate degree. 

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1 tificate, license, journey-status card, or as2 sociate degree or baccalaureate degree re3 lated to a high skill, high demand industry. 

4 (C) LONG-TERM INDICATORS.— 

5 (i) Employment of individuals who 

6 participated in a career pathway and at7 tained a secondary school diploma or a cre8 dential. 

9 (ii) Employment of individuals who 

10 participated in a career pathway and at11 tained a secondary school diploma or a cre12 dential related to a high skill, high demand 

13 industry. 

14 (iii) The initial wage or salary level of 

15 individuals who participated in a career 

16 pathway and attained a secondary school 

17 diploma. 

18 (iv) The initial wage or salary level of 

19 individuals who participated in a career 

20 pathway and attained a secondary school 

21 diploma and a credential. 

22 (D) ADDITIONAL INDICATORS.—A State 

23 partnership may identify in the State imple24 mentation application additional indicators that 

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1 the State partnership shall use to evaluate ca2 reer pathways activities supported by the 

3 subgrant. 

4 (3) LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE.—For each indi5 cator of performance, there shall be a level of per6 formance expressed in objective, quantifiable, and 

7 measurable form and in a way to show the progress 

8 of the State toward continuously improving perform9 ance. 

10 (4) STATE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each State partnership 

12 that receives an implementation grant under 

13 section 102 or a transition grant under section 

14 104 shall reach agreement with the Director on 

15 the performance measures for the years covered 

16 by the implementation grant or the transition 

17 grant as a condition of receiving the grant. The 

18 performance measures shall take into account 

19 the State’s economic conditions, student charac20 teristics, graduation rates, and the activities or 

21 services provided supported by the grants. 

22 (B) ADJUSTMENTS.—If unanticipated cir23 cumstances arise in a State resulting in a sig24 nificant change in the State’s economic condi25 tions, student characteristics, secondary school 


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1 graduation rates, or activities or services pro2 vided, the State partnership Governor may re3 quest that the Director adjust the level of per4 formance for the State. 

5 (5) REGIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each regional partner7 ship that receives a career pathways subgrant 

8 under section 103 shall reach agreement with 

9 the State partnership on the regional levels of 

10 performance for each core indicator and any ad11 ditional indicators that the State partnership 

12 may establish in accordance with this sub13 section for the years covered by the grant as a 

14 condition of receiving the subgrant. The per15 formance measures shall take into account the 

16 economic conditions, student characteristics, 

17 graduation rates, and activities or services pro18 vided within the region. 

19 (B) ADJUSTMENTS.—If unanticipated cir20 cumstances arise in a region, resulting in a sig21 nificant change in the economic conditions, stu22 dent characteristics, graduation rates, or activi23 ties or services provided, the regional partner24 ship may request that the State partnership ad25 just the level of performance. 


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1 (6) CALCULATION RULES.— 

2 (A) WAGE RECORDS.—In measuring 

3 progress in labor market-related core indicators, 

4 a State partnership or regional partnership 

5 shall use wage records, consistent with State 

6 law and by making arrangements through the 

7 Secretary of Labor, to ensure that the wage 

8 records of any State or region are available to 

9 any other State or region to the extent required 

10 by the other State or region to complete the an11 nual report required under this section. 

12 (B) REENTERING STUDENTS.—If a stu13 dent exits the education system at any point 

14 during secondary school or postsecondary edu15 cation, a State partnership or regional partner16 ship shall include the student in the required 

17 performance data if the student reenrolls in 

18 public education before the student attains the 

19 age of 24. 

20 (c) REPORTS.— 

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

22 receives a grant under this Act shall annually, for 

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1 plishing the performance measures or benchmarks 

2 for the State, which annual report shall include— 

3 (A) information on the progress each re4 gion receiving a career pathways subgrant made 

5 in accomplishing its performance measures; 

6 (B) the costs of the career pathways activi7 ties supported under the implementation grant 

8 under section 102 and any supplemental grants 

9 received by the State under title II, including— 

10 (i) the type of cost, such as cash, per11 sonnel, equipment, supplies, or materials, 

12 or other cost; and 

13 (ii) the sources used to pay such 

14 costs, such as funding from other Federal, 

15 State, or local public programs or private 

16 sector or philanthropic contributions, and 

17 the dollar value of the resources leveraged 

18 to cover such costs and support the activi19 ties; and 

20 (C) any fiscal and management account21 ability information required by the Center, 

22 using sound financial and management prac23 tices. 

24 (2) VALID AND RELIABLE INFORMATION.—In 

25 preparing the State reports under this subsection, 


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1 each State partnership shall establish procedures, 

2 consistent with guidelines issued by the Center, to 

3 ensure that the information contained in the reports 

4 is valid and reliable. 

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

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

7 partnership shall comply with section 444 of the General 

8 Education Provisions Act (the Family Educational Rights 

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

10 (e) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—The Director 

11 shall make the information in the State partnership re12 ports required under this section available, through publi13 cation and other appropriate methods, to— 

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

15 Education, and the Secretary of Labor; 

16 (2) the Committee on Health, Education, 

17 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Com18 mittee on Education and Labor of the House of 

19 Representatives; and 

20 (3) the public. 

21 SEC. 303. EVALUATION AND RESEARCH. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director is authorized to con23 duct evaluation and research, either directly or through 

24 grants or contracts, to determine the effectiveness of the 


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1 career pathway initiatives under this Act in meeting the 

2 purposes of this Act. Research topics may include— 

3 (1) effective activities and interventions to en4 gage high school students and help the students 

5 transition to postsecondary education and careers, 

6 including improving outcomes for at-risk youth; 

7 (2) effective improvements to data systems to 

8 better enable States and regions to measure student 

9 academic and career longitudinal outcomes; and 

10 (3) the taxpayer return on investment in the ca11 reer pathways initiative under this Act and the par12 ticipant return on investment in the career pathways 

13 initiatives under this Act. 

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

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

16 $200,000 shall be awarded only on a competitive basis, 

17 except that a noncompetitive award of more than 

18 $200,000 may be made in the case of a project that is 

19 funded jointly with other public or private entities that 

20 provide a substantial portion of assistance under the grant 

21 or contract for the project. 

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

23 review process— 


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1 (1) to review all applications for research and 

2 evaluation grants and contracts in excess of 

3 $500,000; and 

4 (2) to review and designate the exemplary and 

5 promising career pathways curricula, practices, and 

6 model approaches. 

7 (d) METHODOLOGY.—Evaluations conducted under 

8 this section shall utilize appropriate methodology and re9 search designs. 

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

11 completion of a final research or evaluation report under 

12 this subsection, the Director shall— 

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

14 and to the States; and 

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

16 recommendations of the Center, as appropriate to 

17 the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Edu18 cation, and the Secretary of Labor, and the appro19 priate committees of Congress. 

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

21 of Commerce, the Secretary of Education, and the Sec22 retary of Labor shall take the findings of the evaluation 

23 and research described in this section and the reports 

24 under section 302(f) into account. 


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1 SEC. 304. BENEFITS AND LABOR STANDARDS. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 individuals participating in programs under this Act. 

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

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

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

12 title shall be considered to be a reference to funds 

13 or a recipient of funds under this Act; 

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

15 be considered to be a reference to a requirement or 

16 violation of this Act; and 

17 (3) the Secretary of Labor shall be considered 

18 to be a reference to the Center. 

19 SEC. 305. SUNSHINE PROVISION. 

20 Each State partnership and regional partnership re21 ceiving a grant or subgrant under this Act shall make 

22 available to the public— 

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

24 (A) information about the activities of the 

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1 plan under section 101 and how to provide com2 ments prior to the State partnership’s submis3 sion of the plan; and 

4 (B) information about the membership of 

5 the State partnership or regional partnership, 

6 respectively; and 

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

8 meetings of the State partnership or regional part9 nership, respectively. 

10 SEC. 306. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND DIS11 TRIBUTION. 

12 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

13 authorized to be appropriated to the Center to carry out 

14 the activities described in this Act $930,000,000 for fiscal 

15 year 2012, and such sums as may be necessary for each 

16 of the fiscal years 2013 through 2020. 

17 (b) DISTRIBUTION.— 

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

19 under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2012, the Center 

20 shall use— 

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

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

23 sections 102, 103, and 104; 

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

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

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

3 the amounts appropriated under this section for fis4 cal year 2012 is less than the amounts required to 

5 carry out paragraph (1), the Center shall ratably re6 duce each such amount for such fiscal year. 

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