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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5944 

To improve career and technical education by providing improved educational 

opportunities and financial assistance for career and technical educators. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 23, 2018 

Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To improve career and technical education by providing improved educational opportunities and financial assistance 

for career and technical educators. 

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 ‘‘Skilled Labor Edu5 cation Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SCHOLARSHIPS TO PREPARE CAREER AND TECH7 NICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. 

8 Part B of title II of the Higher Education Act of 

9 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.) is amended— 


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1 (1) in section 230, by inserting ‘‘, except sub2 part 6,’’ after ‘‘this part’’; and 

3 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub4 part: 

5 ‘‘Subpart 6—Scholarships to Prepare Career and 

6 Technical Education Teachers. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 259. SCHOLARSHIPS TO PREPARE CAREER AND 

8 TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. 

9 ‘‘(a) GRANTS BY SECRETARY.— 

10 ‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is au11 thorized to award grants to eligible institutions to 

12 enable such institutions to make scholarship awards 

13 to qualified teacher candidates in accordance with 

14 the provisions of this section. 

15 ‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—A scholarship under this 

16 section— 

17 ‘‘(A) for a teacher candidate pursuing a 

18 baccalaureate or master’s degree in education 

19 shall be known as a ‘Career and Technical Edu20 cator Scholarship’ or a ‘CTE Scholarship’; and 

21 ‘‘(B) for a teacher candidate pursuing an 

22 associate’s degree, certification in education, or 

23 industry-recognized certification or licensure, 

24 shall be known as a ‘Skilled Labor Educator 

25 Scholarship’ or a ‘SLE Scholarship’. 


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1 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding grants 

2 and contracts under this subsection the Secretary 

3 shall make every effort to ensure— 

4 ‘‘(A) the equitable distribution of scholar5 ship funds to teacher candidates pursuing bac6 calaureate degrees, master’s degrees, and asso7 ciate’s degrees or certifications; 

8 ‘‘(B) the equitable participation of public 

9 and private nonprofit institutions of higher edu10 cation (including community colleges); and 

11 ‘‘(C) the equitable geographic participation 

12 of such institutions. 

13 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—In this section, the 

14 term eligible institution means an institution of higher 

15 education, as defined in section 101 or section 102(c), 

16 that— 

17 ‘‘(1) offers a program of undergraduate or 

18 graduate education awarding a baccalaureate or 

19 master’s degree in education; or 

20 ‘‘(2) is a community college that offers a pro21 gram of undergraduate education awarding an asso22 ciate’s degree, certification in education, or industry23 recognized certification or licensure. 

24 ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible institution that de25 sires a grant under this section shall submit an application 


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1 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con2 taining such information as the Secretary may reasonably 

3 require. 

4 ‘‘(d) TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIPS SUPPORTED.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible institution that 

6 receives a grant under this section shall use the 

7 grant funds to provide scholarships to qualified 

8 teacher candidates who are preparing to become 

9 teachers of qualified career and technical education 

10 courses for secondary school students. 

11 ‘‘(2) TYPES OF STUDY.—A scholarship provided 

12 under this section shall support a teacher candidate 

13 in pursuing— 

14 ‘‘(A) a baccalaureate or master’s degree in 

15 education; or 

16 ‘‘(B) an associate’s degree, certification in 

17 education, or industry-recognized certification 

18 or licensure. 

19 ‘‘(e) SCHOLARSHIP TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) SELECTION OF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPI21 ENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure that an eligible 

22 institution that receives a grant under this section— 

23 ‘‘(A) shall provide scholarship awards to 

24 qualified teacher candidates who plan to pursue 


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1 a career teaching qualified career and technical 

2 education courses; 

3 ‘‘(B) shall select scholarship recipients 

4 from qualified teacher candidates based on aca5 demic merit and demonstrated financial need; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(C) may not provide a scholarship to an 

8 otherwise eligible individual— 

9 ‘‘(i) during periods in which such indi10 vidual is enrolled at an institution of high11 er education unless such individual is 

12 maintaining satisfactory academic progress 

13 in, and devoting full-time study or research 

14 to, the pursuit of the degree or certificate 

15 for which the scholarship support was pro16 vided; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) if the individual is engaged in 

18 gainful employment, other than part-time 

19 employment related to teaching, research, 

20 or a similar activity determined by the in21 stitution to be consistent with and sup22 portive of the individuals’s progress toward 

23 the degree or certificate for which the 

24 scholarship support was provided. 


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1 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS.—An 

2 eligible institution that receives a grant under this 

3 section shall award to each teacher candidate who is 

4 provided a scholarship under this section $5,000 for 

5 each academic year of the scholarship, not to exceed 

6 $10,000 in total. 

7 ‘‘(3) SCHOLARSHIP PERIOD.—The period for 

8 which a teacher candidate may receive a scholarship 

9 under this section shall be one academic year, and 

10 such scholarship may be renewed for one additional 

11 academic year. 

12 ‘‘(4) SERVICE REQUIREMENT.— 

13 ‘‘(A) TEACHING REQUIRED.—Upon com14 pletion of the program for which a teacher can15 didate receives a scholarship under this section, 

16 the teacher candidate shall, for each year of 

17 scholarship support received under this section, 

18 be employed full-time for one year as a teacher 

19 of qualified career and technical education 

20 courses. 

21 ‘‘(B) AGREEMENT REQUIRED.—Prior to 

22 receiving an initial scholarship award, and upon 

23 renewal of the scholarship award, a teacher 

24 candidate selected to receive a scholarship 


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1 under this section shall sign an agreement with 

2 the Secretary agreeing to— 

3 ‘‘(i) promptly obtain the applicable 

4 State certification and licensure require5 ments, including any requirements for cer6 tification obtained through alternative 

7 routes to certification, necessary to teach 

8 secondary school students; 

9 ‘‘(ii) serve as a full-time teacher of 

10 secondary school students in accordance 

11 with subparagraph (A); and 

12 ‘‘(iii) submit evidence of such service 

13 in the form of a certification by the chief 

14 administrative officer of the teacher’s em15 ployer upon completion of each year of 

16 such service. 

17 ‘‘(C) INSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION.—Each 

18 eligible institution that receives a grant under 

19 this section shall provide— 

20 ‘‘(i) to each teacher candidate apply21 ing for a scholarship under this section a 

22 plain-language disclosure form developed 

23 by the Secretary that clearly describes the 

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1 quirements that are the consequence of the 

2 failure to complete such service obligation; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(ii) an assurance to the Secretary 

5 that the institution has inquired of and de6 termined the decision of each teacher can7 didate who has received a scholarship to, 

8 within 2 years of completing the program 

9 for which a teacher candidate receives a 

10 scholarship under this section, begin em11 ployment as a teacher, as required by this 

12 section. 

13 ‘‘(D) FAILURE TO COMPLY.—If an indi14 vidual who receives a scholarship award under 

15 this section fails to comply with the agreement 

16 signed pursuant to subparagraph (C), the sum 

17 of the amounts of any scholarship award re18 ceived by such recipient shall, upon a deter19 mination of such a failure, be treated as a Fed20 eral Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan under 

21 part D of title IV, and shall be subject to re22 payment, together with interest thereon accru23 ing from the date of the scholarship award, in 

24 accordance with terms and conditions specified 


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1 by the Secretary in regulations under this sec2 tion. 

3 ‘‘(E) MODIFIED SERVICE REQUIREMENT.— 

4 The Secretary may waive or modify the service 

5 requirement of this paragraph in accordance 

6 with regulations promulgated by the Secretary 

7 with respect to the criteria to determine the cir8 cumstances under which compliance with such 

9 service requirement is inequitable or represents 

10 a substantial hardship. The Secretary may 

11 waive the service requirement if compliance by 

12 the scholarship recipient is determined to be in13 equitable or represent a substantial hardship— 

14 ‘‘(i) because the individual is perma15 nently and totally disabled at the time of 

16 the waiver request; 

17 ‘‘(ii) because the individual was un18 able to complete the necessary program of 

19 study due to natural disaster; or 

20 ‘‘(iii) based on documentation pre21 sented to the Secretary of substantial eco22 nomic or personal hardship. 

23 ‘‘(5) QUALIFIED EDUCATIONAL EXPENSES.— 

24 Scholarship funds available to a teacher candidate 

25 under this section may be used for tuition, fees, 


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1 books, supplies, and equipment required for the com2 pletion of the undergraduate baccalaureate or grad3 uate course of study being pursued by the teacher 

4 candidate at the institution of higher education at 

5 which the teacher candidate is in attendance. 

6 ‘‘(6) RELATION TO OTHER ASSISTANCE.— 

7 Scholarships provided under this section shall not be 

8 considered for the purpose of awarding Federal 

9 grant assistance under title IV, except that in no 

10 case shall the total amount of student financial as11 sistance awarded to a teacher candidate under this 

12 section and title IV exceed such candidate’s total 

13 cost of attendance (as defined in section 472). 

14 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 ‘‘(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘com16 munity college’ has the meaning given the term ‘jun17 ior or community college’ in section 312(f). 

18 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDU19 CATION COURSES.—The term ‘qualified career and 

20 technical education courses’ means courses offered 

21 by a secondary school or an area career and tech22 nical education school (as defined in section 3 of the 

23 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 

24 Act of 2006) that are offered as part of a career and 


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1 technical education (as defined in section 3 of such 

2 Act). 

3 ‘‘(3) QUALIFIED TEACHER CANDIDATE.—The 

4 term ‘qualified teacher candidate’ means an indi5 vidual who— 

6 ‘‘(A) is (or will be) an eligible student for 

7 purposes of section 484; 

8 ‘‘(B) has a cumulative grade point average 

9 (or the equivalent as determined under regula10 tions prescribed by the Secretary) of— 

11 ‘‘(i) 3.0, in the case of an individual 

12 who is or was enrolled in a secondary 

13 school and has not yet enrolled in an un14 dergraduate program of education; 

15 ‘‘(ii) 2.5, in the case of an individual 

16 who is or was enrolled in an undergraduate 

17 program of education and has not yet en18 rolled in a graduate program of education; 

19 or 

20 ‘‘(iii) 3.0, in the case of an individual 

21 who is or was enrolled in a graduate pro22 gram of education; and 

23 ‘‘(C) is (or will be) enrolled full-time at an 

24 eligible institution. 


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1 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and each of the 4 suc4 ceeding fiscal years.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. CANCELLATION OF FEDERAL PERKINS LOANS FOR 

6 CERTAIN PART-TIME PUBLIC SERVICE. 

7 Section 465(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

8 (20 U.S.C. 1087ee(a)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (2)— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (L), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

11 at the end of clause (ii); 

12 (B) in subparagraph (M), by striking the 

13 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

14 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (M) 

15 the following new subparagraph: 

16 ‘‘(N) described in subparagraphs (A) 

17 through (M) that is performed on a part-time 

18 basis, as determined in accordance with para19 graph (8), provided that the individual per20 forming such service is not engaging in gainful 

21 employment other than such eligible part-time 

22 service.’’; 

23 (2) in paragraph (3)(A)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 

25 (ii); 


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1 (B) by striking the period at the end of 

2 clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

3 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

4 clause: 

5 ‘‘(iv) in the case of service described 

6 in subparagraph (N) of paragraph (2), at 

7 the rate of 5 percent for the first or second 

8 year of such service, 10 percent for the 

9 third or fourth year of such service, and 15 

10 percent for the fifth year of such service.’’; 

11 and 

12 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(8) For the purpose of this section, the term 

15 ‘part-time’ means less than full-time service— 

16 ‘‘(A) for at least 20 hours per week for a 

17 complete year; or 

18 ‘‘(B) for at least 3 full days per week, or 

19 for partial days equaling at least 3 full days per 

20 week, for a complete year.’’. 

21 SEC. 4. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATOR ENHANCE22 MENT COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. 

23 Title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

24 U.S.C. 1161a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

25 the following: 


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1 ‘‘PART BB—CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATOR 

2 ENHANCEMENT 

3 ‘‘SEC. 899. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATOR ENHANCE4 MENT COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 

6 under subsection (h), the Secretary shall award competi7 tive grants to 10 eligible institutions for the purpose of 

8 improving career and technical education by developing 

9 and carrying out programs that provide ongoing training 

10 and professional development to educators who teach ca11 reer and technical education courses at the secondary and 

12 postsecondary levels. 

13 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—To be eligible to re14 ceive a grant under subsection (a), an institution shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) be an institution of higher education as de16 fined in section 101 or section 102(c); and 

17 ‘‘(2) prepare and submit to the Secretary an 

18 application, at such time, in such manner, and con19 taining such information as the Secretary may re20 quire. 

21 ‘‘(c) CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.—The Sec22 retary shall establish procedures to ensure that applica23 tions under subsection (b)(2) are rigorously reviewed and 

24 that grants are competitively awarded based on— 

25 ‘‘(1) the ability of the applicant to increase the 

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1 ers in career and technical education programs for 

2 secondary and postsecondary students; 

3 ‘‘(2) the ability of the applicant to provide 

4 training for individuals to become career and tech5 nical education teachers and teacher aids at sec6 ondary and postsecondary schools; 

7 ‘‘(3) the ability of the applicant to provide 

8 training to improve the skills of experienced career 

9 and technical education teachers and teacher aids at 

10 secondary and postsecondary schools; and 

11 ‘‘(4) any other consideration the Secretary de12 termines necessary. 

13 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received under a 

14 grant under this section— 

15 ‘‘(1) shall be used by the eligible institution to 

16 develop and operate a training and professional de17 velopment program to— 

18 ‘‘(A) prepare individuals to become teach19 ers of career and technical education courses at 

20 the secondary or postsecondary level; and 

21 ‘‘(B) enhance the knowledge and skills of 

22 individuals who are employed as teachers of ca23 reer and technical education courses at the sec24 ondary or postsecondary level; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) may be used by the eligible institution to 

2 improve facilities and equipment used to train career 

3 and technical educators, except that the eligible in4 stitution shall not use more than 30 percent of such 

5 amounts to carry out this paragraph. 

6 ‘‘(e) DURATION OF GRANT.—A grant under this sec7 tion shall be for a period of 5 years. 

8 ‘‘(f) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of 

9 a grant provided under this section to an eligible institu10 tion may not exceed $100,000 for the period of the grant. 

11 ‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘career 

12 and technical education’ has the meaning given such term 

13 in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

14 Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 

15 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

17 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and 

18 each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. Amounts appro19 priated under this subsection shall remain available until 

20 expended.’’. 

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