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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4207 

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

of Education to award job training Federal Pell Grants. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 11, 2014 

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

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to 

allow the Secretary of Education to award job training 

Federal Pell Grants. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jumpstart Our Busi5 nesses by Supporting Students Act of 2014’’ or the 

6 ‘‘JOBS Act of 2014’’. 

7 SEC. 2. JOB TRAINING FEDERAL PELL GRANTS. 

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

9 U.S.C. 1070a) is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(k) JOB TRAINING FEDERAL PELL GRANT PRO2 GRAM.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the award years begin4 ning on July 1, 2014, and ending on June 30, 2020, 

5 the Secretary shall carry out a program through 

6 which the Secretary awards job training Federal Pell 

7 Grants to students in job training programs. Each 

8 job training Federal Pell Grant awarded under this 

9 subsection shall have the same terms and conditions, 

10 and be awarded in the same manner, as a Federal 

11 Pell Grant awarded under subsection (a), except as 

12 follows: 

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

14 job training Federal Pell Grant under this sub15 section is a student who— 

16 ‘‘(i) has not yet attained a bacca17 laureate degree or postbaccalaureate de18 gree; 

19 ‘‘(ii) attends an eligible institution of 

20 higher education; 

21 ‘‘(iii) is enrolled in, or accepted for 

22 enrollment in, a job training program at 

23 such institution of higher education that 

24 does not lead to a baccalaureate degree; 

25 and 


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

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

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

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

8 that— 

9 ‘‘(i) the maximum Federal Pell Grant 

10 for purposes of an award under this sub11 section shall be $2,430; 

12 ‘‘(ii) no increase shall be calculated 

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

14 receiving a job training Federal Pell Grant 

15 under this subsection; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) the requirement of subsection 

17 (b)(4) prohibiting Federal Pell Grants of 

18 less than a certain amount shall not apply. 

19 ‘‘(2) INCLUSION IN TOTAL ELIGIBILITY PE20 RIOD.—Any period during which a student receives 

21 a job training Federal Pell Grant under this sub22 section shall be included in calculating the student’s 

23 period of eligibility for Federal Pell Grants under 

24 subsection (c), and any regulations under such sub25 section regarding students who are enrolled in an 


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1 undergraduate program on less than a full-time 

2 basis shall similarly apply to students who are en3 rolled in a job training program at an eligible insti4 tution on less than a full-time basis. 

5 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF JOB TRAINING PRO6 GRAM.—In this subsection, the term ‘job training 

7 program’ means a career and technical education 

8 program at an institution of higher education that— 

9 ‘‘(A) provides not less than 150 clock 

10 hours of instructional time over a period of not 

11 less than 8 weeks; 

12 ‘‘(B) provides training needed to meet the 

13 needs of the local or regional workforce; 

14 ‘‘(C) provides a student, upon completion 

15 of the program, with a recognized educational 

16 credential that is recognized by the relevant in17 dustry and meets the requirements of subpara18 graph (D); 

19 ‘‘(D) has been determined, by the institu20 tion of higher education, to provide academic 

21 content, an amount of instructional time, and a 

22 recognized educational credential that are suffi23 cient to— 

24 ‘‘(i) meet the hiring requirements of 

25 multiple potential employers; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) allow the students to apply for 

2 any licenses or certifications that may be 

3 required to be employed in the field for 

4 which the job training is offered; and 

5 ‘‘(E) may include integrated or basic skills 

6 courses.’’. 

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