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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4371 

To authorize funding to strengthen investments in the Nation’s postsecondary 

career and technical education (CTE) programs and build connections 

across the entire education and workforce development system. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 

Mrs. TRAHAN (for herself, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, 

and Ms. FINKENAUER) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To authorize funding to strengthen investments in the Nation’s postsecondary career and technical education 

(CTE) programs and build connections across the entire 

education and workforce development system. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthen CTE in 

5 Higher Education Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING PROGRAM ALIGNMENT FOR POST2 SECONDARY PERKINS CAREER AND TECH3 NICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 

4 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

6 appropriated to carry out this section $181,000,000 

7 for fiscal year 2021 and each of the 5 succeeding fis8 cal years. 

9 (2) OUTLYING AREAS.—In addition to the 

10 amounts authorized to be appropriated under para11 graph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated 

12 $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 and each of the 5 

13 succeeding fiscal years, for the purpose of awarding 

14 funds to carry out this section to the outlying areas 

15 described in section 115(a) of the Carl D. Perkins 

16 Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

17 U.S.C. 2325(a)). 

18 (3) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED POSTSECONDARY

19 CAREER AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS.—In addi20 tion to the amounts authorized to be appropriated 

21 under paragraphs (1) and (2), there are authorized 

22 to be appropriated $10,469,000 for fiscal year 2021 

23 and each of the 5 succeeding fiscal years, for the 

24 purpose of awarding funds to carry out this section 

25 to tribally controlled postsecondary career and tech26 nical institutions described in section 117(a) of the 


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1 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 

2 Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2327(a)). 

3 (b) ALLOTMENT AND ALLOCATION.— 

4 (1) STATE ALLOTMENT.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—From the amount ap6 propriated under subsection (a)(1) for each fis7 cal year, the Secretary of Education shall allot 

8 funds to States in the same manner as allot9 ments are made to States under 111(a)(2) of 

10 the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu11 cation Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2321(a)(2)), ex12 cept that such section 111(a)(2) shall be ap13 plied by substituting ‘‘From the amount appro14 priated under subsection (a)(1),’’ for ‘‘From the 

15 remainder of the amount appropriated under 

16 section 9 and not reserved under paragraph (1) 

17 for a fiscal year,’’. 

18 (B) REALLOTMENT.—If for any fiscal year 

19 the amount appropriated for allotments under 

20 this paragraph is insufficient to satisfy the pro21 visions of subparagraph (A), the payments to 

22 all States under such subparagraph shall be 

23 ratably reduced. 

24 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE ALLOTMENT.— 

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1 graph (1) for a fiscal year, the eligible agency shall 

2 use such funds in the same manner and in the same 

3 amounts as described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of 

4 section 112(a) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 

5 Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 

6 2321(a)). 

7 (3) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT ALLOCATION.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—From the amount allot9 ted to each State under paragraph (1) and not 

10 used under paragraph (2) for a fiscal year, the 

11 eligible agency shall allocate funds to each eligi12 ble recipient within the State in the same man13 ner that funds are allocated to eligible institu14 tions or consortium of eligible institutions under 

15 section 132(a)(2) of the Carl D. Perkins Career 

16 and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

17 U.S.C. 2352(a)(2)), except that such section 

18 132(a)(2) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘the 

19 amount allotted to the State under paragraph 

20 (1) and not used under paragraph (2)’’ for ‘‘the 

21 portion of funds made available under section 

22 112(a)(1) to carry out this section’’. 

23 (B) REQUIREMENTS FOR ALLOCATION.— 

24 To receive an allocation under subparagraph 


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1 (A), an eligible recipient shall meet the fol2 lowing requirements: 

3 (i) Provide a description to the Sec4 retary, at such time and in such manner, 

5 as may be required by the Secretary of 

6 how the eligible recipient will use the allo7 cation to support and coordinate with— 

8 (I) any funds received by such el9 igible recipient under title I of the 

10 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

11 Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 

12 2321 et seq.); and 

13 (II) the activities described in the 

14 State plan of the eligible agency that 

15 distributes funds under such title to 

16 such eligible recipient, and local appli17 cation of such eligible recipient under 

18 such title. 

19 (ii) Establish partnerships with each 

20 of the following: 

21 (I) A local educational agency or 

22 a consortia of local educational agen23 cies. 

24 (II) An area career and technical 

25 education school, in a case in which 


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1 such a school is located in the State 

2 or local area of the eligible recipient. 

3 (III) A State or local workforce 

4 development system. 

5 (IV) A 4-year institution of high6 er education. 

7 (c) USES OF FUNDS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible recipient that 

9 receives an allocation under subsection (b)(2) shall 

10 use such allocation to carry out a career and tech11 nical education program of study that shall— 

12 (A) include alignment to career pathways, 

13 the use of articulation agreements, and career 

14 guidance and academic counseling; 

15 (B) combine a minimum of 2 years of sec16 ondary education (as determined under State 

17 law) with a minimum of 2 years of postsec18 ondary education in a nonduplicative, sequential 

19 course of study; 

20 (C) include work-based learning or appren21 ticeship programs; 

22 (D) be aligned with— 

23 (i) the workforce development system; 

24 and 


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1 (ii) institutions of higher education of2 fering baccalaureate or advanced degree 

3 programs; 

4 (E) offer education and training in high5 skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors 

6 and occupations to meet the regional needs and 

7 support the priorities described in the most re8 cent comprehensive local needs assessment con9 ducted by the eligible recipient under section 

10 134(c) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech11 nical Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2354(c)); and 

12 (F) carry out the requirements of subpara13 graph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of paragraph 

14 (2). 

15 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each career and tech16 nical education program of study described in para17 graph (1) shall carry out at least one of the fol18 lowing: 

19 (A) Supporting the development, delivery, 

20 or implementation of a statewide effort to scale 

21 such program of study and career pathways. 

22 (B) Establishing industry or sector part23 nerships inside or outside the State. 

24 (C) Providing equal access to, and sup25 ports for, successful completion of the career 


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1 and technical education program of study to in2 dividuals who are members of special popu3 lations, including the development of services 

4 appropriate to the needs of special populations. 

5 (D) Improving career guidance, academic 

6 counseling, and career exploration activities for 

7 prospective or participating students through 

8 the development and implementation of gradua9 tion and career plans aligned to career path10 ways. 

11 (E) Developing curriculum and supports 

12 for effective transitions between the following: 

13 (i) The transition from a secondary 

14 career and technical education program to 

15 a postsecondary career and technical edu16 cation program. 

17 (ii) The transition from postsecondary 

18 career and technical education programs to 

19 an institution of higher education offering 

20 a baccalaureate or an advanced degree pro21 gram. 

22 (iii) The transition from a workforce 

23 development system to a postsecondary ca24 reer and technical education program. 


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1 (iv) The transition from a postsec2 ondary career and technical education pro3 gram to employment. 

4 (v) The transition from a career and 

5 technical education program to an appren6 ticeship program or from an apprenticeship 

7 program to an institution of higher edu8 cation or employment. 

9 (3) RESTRICTION ON USES OF FUNDS.—Each 

10 eligible recipient that receives an allocation under 

11 subsection (b)(2) shall not use more than 5 percent 

12 of such allocation for costs associated with the ad13 ministration of activities. 

14 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.—The term 

16 ‘‘apprenticeship program’’ means an apprenticeship 

17 registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (com18 monly known as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 

19 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 

20 (2) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘eligible 

21 recipient’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

22 3(21)(B) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech23 nical Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

24 2302(21)(B)). 


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1 (3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

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

3 meaning given such term in section 101 of the High4 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

5 (4) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

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

7 such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and 

8 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

9 (5) PERKINS CTE TERMS.—The terms ‘‘articu10 lation agreement’’, ‘‘area career and technical edu11 cation school’’, ‘‘career and technical education’’, 

12 ‘‘eligible agency’’, ‘‘program of study’’, ‘‘special pop13 ulation’’, and ‘‘work-based learning’’ have the mean14 ings given the terms in section 3 of the Carl D. Per15 kins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 

16 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 

17 (6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean18 ing given the term in section 111(d) of the Carl D. 

19 Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 

20 2006. 

21 (7) WIOA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘career path22 way’’, ‘‘workforce development system’’, ‘‘in-demand 

23 industry sector or occupation’’, and ‘‘industry or sec24 tor partnership’’ have the meanings given the terms 


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1 in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor2 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3201). 

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