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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2650 

To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act 

of 1998 to strengthen programs under such Act. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 13, 2004 

Mr. BINGAMAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical 

Education Act of 1998 to strengthen programs under 

such Act. 

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 ‘‘Preparing Students for a High-Tech World Act of 

6 2004’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. References. 

Sec. 3. Purpose. 
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Sec. 4. Definitions. 

Sec. 5. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE I—CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO 

THE STATES 

Sec. 101. Career and technical education assistance to the States. 

Sec. 102. Reservations and State allotment. 

Sec. 103. Within State allocation. 

Sec. 104. Accountability. 

Sec. 105. National activities. 

Sec. 106. Assistance for the outlying areas. 

Sec. 107. Native American program. 

Sec. 108. Tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions. 

Sec. 109. Career and academic information. 

Sec. 110. State plan. 

Sec. 111. Improvement plans. 

Sec. 112. State leadership activities. 

Sec. 113. Distribution of funds to secondary school programs. 

Sec. 114. Distribution of funds for postsecondary career and technical education programs. 

Sec. 115. Special rules for career and technical education. 

Sec. 116. Local plan for career and technical education programs. 

Sec. 117. Local uses of funds. 

TITLE II—TECH-PREP EDUCATION 

Sec. 201. Short title; redesignations. 

Sec. 202. Definitions. 

Sec. 203. State allotment and application. 

Sec. 204. Tech-prep education. 

Sec. 205. Demonstration program. 

Sec. 206. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Fiscal requirements. 

Sec. 302. Voluntary selection and participation. 

Sec. 303. Limitation for certain students. 

Sec. 304. Authorization of secretary. 

Sec. 305. Participation of private school personnel. 

Sec. 306. Student assistance and other Federal programs. 

Sec. 307. Table of contents. 

1 SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 

2 Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in 

3 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 

4 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi5 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 

6 section or other provision of the Carl D. Perkins Voca-
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1 tional and Technical Education Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 

2 2301 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 

4 Section 2 (20 U.S.C. 2301) is amended to read as 

5 follows: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

7 ‘‘The purpose of this Act is to provide students with 

8 the knowledge and skills to meet the demands of a com9 petitive workforce by— 

10 ‘‘(1) increasing the academic rigor of career 

11 and technical education programs; 

12 ‘‘(2) integrating academic, career, and technical 

13 curricula and instruction; 

14 ‘‘(3) enhancing student outcomes related to sec15 ondary education, postsecondary education, and em16 ployment; 

17 ‘‘(4) developing pathways to postsecondary edu18 cation and careers; 

19 ‘‘(5) preparing students to make successful 

20 transitions to the workforce and to respond to 

21 changing workforce demands; 

22 ‘‘(6) forging alliances among secondary schools, 

23 postsecondary institutions, area career technical cen24 ters, business and industry, professional associa25 tions, community-based job-training intermediaries, 
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1 and other community groups to ensure that career 

2 and technical education programs address local and 

3 regional workforce needs; 

4 ‘‘(7) ensuring that teachers have the knowledge 

5 and skills to teach effectively in career and technical 

6 education programs; 

7 ‘‘(8) expanding career guidance and academic 

8 counseling services to ensure that all students have 

9 a career plan that specifies their educational and ca10 reer objectives; 

11 ‘‘(9) strengthening accountability for secondary 

12 and postsecondary career and technical education 

13 programs; and 

14 ‘‘(10) disseminating information about best 

15 practices and providing technical assistance that will 

16 improve career and technical education programs.’’. 

17 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

18 Section 3 (20 U.S.C. 2302) is amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

20 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

21 ‘‘VOCATIONAL’’ and inserting ‘‘CAREER’’; 

22 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

23 (A), by striking ‘‘vocational’’ and inserting ‘‘ca24 reer’’; 
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1 (C) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘vo2 cational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’; 

3 (D) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘vo4 cational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’; 

5 (E) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘vo6 cational’’ both places such term appears and in7 serting ‘‘career’’; and 

8 (F) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘vo9 cational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’; 

10 (2) by striking paragraphs (4), (5), and (6); 

11 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through 

12 (30) as paragraphs (12) through (35), respectively; 

13 (4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(4) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.— 

16 The term ‘career and technical education’ means a 

17 multiyear coherent sequence of courses that— 

18 ‘‘(A) assists students to acquire academic 

19 and technical competencies needed for postsec20 ondary education and high skill, high wage ca21 reers; 

22 ‘‘(B) integrates academic, career, and tech23 nical curricula and instruction; 
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1 ‘‘(C) organizes the curriculum around uni2 fying and integrated career themes, such as ca3 reer clusters; 

4 ‘‘(D) employs valid and reliable assessment 

5 of student academic, technical, and workplace 

6 competencies in all courses and programs; and 

7 ‘‘(E) provides students with pathways that 

8 provide seamless transitions from secondary 

9 education to postsecondary education and ca10 reers. 

11 ‘‘(5) CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGA12 NIZATION.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘career and 

14 technical student organization’ means an orga15 nization for individuals enrolled in a career and 

16 technical education program that engages in ca17 reer and technical education activities as an in18 tegral part of the instructional program. 

19 ‘‘(B) STATE AND NATIONAL UNITS.—An 

20 organization described in subparagraph (A) 

21 may have State and national units that aggre22 gate the work and purposes of instruction in ca23 reer and technical education at the local level. 

24 ‘‘(6) CAREER CLUSTERS.—The term ‘career 

25 clusters’ means a group of related occupations and 
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1 industries that offer multiple coherent, articulated 

2 sequences of rigorous academic, career, and tech3 nical courses organized around a theme that leads to 

4 success in postsecondary education and careers. 

5 ‘‘(7) CAREER GUIDANCE AND ACADEMIC COUN6 SELING.—The term ‘career guidance and academic 

7 counseling’ means a program offered by qualified 

8 school counselors who have obtained certification 

9 under an applicable State or national program that 

10 meets the needs of career and technical education 

11 students for— 

12 ‘‘(A) high-quality assessments of student 

13 interests, abilities, and skills for counseling, 

14 course placement, and regular review of student 

15 progress with students and families; 

16 ‘‘(B) a career education program that pro17 vides educational and career information to stu18 dents and families and that promotes career 

19 awareness, exploration, and skill development; 

20 ‘‘(C) academic counseling designed to en21 hance student learning skills and academic 

22 achievement and to recognize and support spe23 cial talent; 

24 ‘‘(D) links to postsecondary institutions, 

25 utilizing existing or newly developed tech-prep 
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1 agreements, and to work settings that offer col2 lege credits in secondary school, field place3 ments, certificate preparation, registered ap4 prenticeship programs, and other career-ori5 ented opportunities that can lead to high skill, 

6 high wage employment; and 

7 ‘‘(E) a career plan for all students that 

8 specifies their educational and career objectives. 

9 ‘‘(8) CAREER PLAN.—The term ‘career plan’ 

10 means a written plan for each student that— 

11 ‘‘(A) is developed in consultation with fam12 ilies not later than the first year of secondary 

13 school or upon enrollment and modified as 

14 needed; 

15 ‘‘(B) identifies 1 or more career paths that 

16 are based on objective assessment of the stu17 dent’s abilities, skills, interests, and work val18 ues; 

19 ‘‘(C) states the student’s postsecondary 

20 education and career goals; 

21 ‘‘(D) specifies the steps that will be taken 

22 to achieve these goals and the assistance that 

23 will be provided by the secondary school; and 

24 ‘‘(E) is reviewed annually by the student, 

25 family, and counselor. 
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1 ‘‘(9) CHARTER SCHOOL.—The term ‘charter 

2 school’ has the meaning given the term in section 

3 5210 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

4 Act of 1965. 

5 ‘‘(10) CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARN6 ING.—The term ‘contextual teaching and learning’ 

7 means an instructional approach that— 

8 ‘‘(A) relates subject matter learning to 

9 practical problems in diverse settings; 

10 ‘‘(B) helps students transfer knowledge 

11 and skills learned in secondary school to post12 secondary institutions and careers; 

13 ‘‘(C) promotes active learning through 

14 such strategies as integrated instructional sce15 narios and problem-based, project-based, and 

16 self-directed learning; 

17 ‘‘(D) promotes awareness of different 

18 teaching and learning styles; 

19 ‘‘(E) utilizes competency-based assessment, 

20 including performance-based, project-based, and 

21 portfolio-based assessment; 

22 ‘‘(F) expands technology-assisted instruc23 tion through use of networks, information 

24 search, online support, computer software, cal25 culators, and videos; 
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1 ‘‘(G) is designed, delivered, and assessed 

2 by highly qualified instructors; and 

3 ‘‘(H) encourages collaborative learning 

4 through group and team work, peer mentoring 

5 and tutoring, teacher coaching and mentoring, 

6 and workplace internships. 

7 ‘‘(11) COOPERATIVE EDUCATION.—The term 

8 ‘cooperative education’ means a method of instruc9 tion of education for individuals who, through writ10 ten cooperative arrangements between a school and 

11 employers, receive instruction, including required 

12 academic courses and related career and technical 

13 education instruction, by alternation of study in 

14 school with a job in any occupational field that has 

15 obvious and demonstrated potential to assist the stu16 dent in preparing for a career in the modern work17 place, which alternation shall be planned and super18 vised by the school and employer so that each con19 tributes to the education and employability of the in20 dividual, and may include an arrangement in which 

21 work periods and school attendance may be on alter22 nate half days, full days, weeks, or other periods of 

23 time in fulfilling the cooperative program.’’; 

24 (5) in paragraph (14) (as redesignated by para25 graph (3) of this section), by striking ‘‘vocational’’ 
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1 both places such term appears and inserting ‘‘ca2 reer’’; 

3 (6) in paragraph (15) (as redesignated by para4 graph (3) of this section)— 

5 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘an’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘a public or nonprofit private’’; 

7 and 

8 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘vo9 cational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’; 

10 (7) in paragraph (16) (as redesignated by para11 graph (3) of this section), by striking ‘‘vocational’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘career’’; 

13 (8) by redesignating paragraphs (25) through 

14 (35) (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this sec15 tion) as paragraphs (26) through (36), respectively; 

16 (9) by inserting after paragraph (24) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(25) RIGOROUS ACADEMIC COURSES.—The 

19 term ‘rigorous academic courses’ means secondary 

20 school courses in core academic subjects (as defined 

21 in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

22 Education Act of 1965) that prepare students for 

23 the demands of postsecondary education and the de24 mands of high skill, high wage careers.’’; 
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1 (10) in paragraph (29) (as redesignated by 

2 paragraph (8) of this section)— 

3 (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

4 ‘‘and’’; 

5 (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 

6 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

7 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(G) individuals with special abilities in 

9 technical areas.’’; 

10 (11) by redesignating paragraphs (32) through 

11 (36) (as redesignated by paragraph (8) of this sec12 tion) as paragraphs (33) through (37), respectively; 

13 (12) by inserting after paragraph (31) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(32) TEACHING SKILLS.—The term ‘teaching 

16 skills’ means skills— 

17 ‘‘(A) that are grounded in the science of 

18 teaching and learning that teachers use to cre19 ate effective instruction in subject matter con20 tent and that lead to student achievement and 

21 the ability to apply knowledge; 

22 ‘‘(B) that require an understanding of the 

23 learning process itself, including an under24 standing of— 
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1 ‘‘(i) the use of strategies specific to 

2 the subject matter; 

3 ‘‘(ii) ongoing assessment of student 

4 learning and the use of such assessment 

5 for evaluation of curriculum and instruc6 tional practices; 

7 ‘‘(iii) identification of individual dif8 ferences in ability and instructional needs; 

9 ‘‘(iv) the use of strategies that will 

10 meet the instructional needs of students 

11 with disabilities and students with limited12 English proficiency; 

13 ‘‘(v) classroom management; and 

14 ‘‘(vi) interaction with parents and oth15 ers to promote student learning; and 

16 ‘‘(C) that are uniquely important in career 

17 and technical education programs, including the 

18 ability to— 

19 ‘‘(i) use contextual teaching and 

20 learning strategies effectively; 

21 ‘‘(ii) integrate academic, career, and 

22 technical curricula and instruction; 

23 ‘‘(iii) incorporate career themes, such 

24 as career clusters, into curricula and in25 struction, as appropriate; and 
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1 ‘‘(iv) develop partnerships with post2 secondary institutions, area career tech3 nical centers, employers, labor organiza4 tions, professional associations, commu5 nity-based job-training intermediaries, 

6 other community groups, parents, and 

7 other entities as appropriate.’’; 

8 (13) by striking paragraph (33) (as redesig9 nated by paragraph (11) of this section) and insert10 ing the following: 

11 ‘‘(33) TECH-PREP PROGRAM.—The term ‘tech12 prep program’ means a program of study that— 

13 ‘‘(A) consists of an integrated, nonduplica14 tive sequence of rigorous academic courses and 

15 career and technical education courses; 

16 ‘‘(B) combines a minimum of 2 years of 

17 secondary education and 2 years of postsec18 ondary education; 

19 ‘‘(C) is carried out under a written articu20 lation agreement, approved annually by the lead 

21 administrator of the secondary and postsec22 ondary consortia members, as described in sec23 tion 203(a)(1) that may also include other par24 ties, such as employers and community groups; 
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1 ‘‘(D) incorporates an ongoing program of 

2 professional development, as described in sec3 tion 124(b)(3), to ensure that secondary and 

4 postsecondary faculty and other personnel have 

5 the knowledge and skills required for effective 

6 tech-prep programs; 

7 ‘‘(E) includes specific activities to assess 

8 the effectiveness of the program in preparing 

9 students for the modern workforce and provi10 sion to gather and use outcome data on job 

11 placement and wages of program completers; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(F) leads to an industry certificate, tech14 nical diploma, apprenticeship, associate degree, 

15 or baccalaureate degree.’’; 

16 (14) in paragraph (35) (as redesignated by 

17 paragraph (11) of this section)— 

18 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

19 ‘‘VOCATIONAL’’ and inserting ‘‘CAREER’’; 

20 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

21 (A)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘vocational’’ and in23 serting ‘‘career’’; 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’; and 
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1 (iii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (5)(A)’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(5)’’; and 

3 (C) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘vo4 cational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’; and 

5 (15) by striking paragraphs (36) and (37) (as 

6 redesignated by paragraph (11) of this section). 

7 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

8 Section 8 (20 U.S.C. 2307) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘1999 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2005 through 

10 2010’’. 

11 TITLE I—CAREER AND TECH12 NICAL EDUCATION ASSIST13 ANCE TO THE STATES 

14 SEC. 101. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ASSIST15 ANCE TO THE STATES. 

16 Title I (20 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.) is amended by strik17 ing the title heading and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘TITLE I—CAREER AND TECH19 NICAL EDUCATION ASSIST20 ANCE TO THE STATES’’. 

21 SEC. 102. RESERVATIONS AND STATE ALLOTMENT. 

22 Section 111(a)(1)(C) (20 U.S.C. 2321(a)(1)(C)) is 

23 amended by striking ‘‘2001 through 2003’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘2005 through 2010’’. 
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1 SEC. 103. WITHIN STATE ALLOCATION. 

2 Section 112 (20 U.S.C. 2322) is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a)(3)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘$250,000’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘$500,000’’; 

6 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) 

7 and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec8 tively; and 

9 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (C) 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(D) developing and supporting data sys12 tems relevant to the provisions of this Act;’’; 

13 and 

14 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘vocational’’ 

15 each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘ca16 reer’’. 

17 SEC. 104. ACCOUNTABILITY. 

18 Section 113 (20 U.S.C. 2323) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are 

22 to— 

23 ‘‘(1) ensure rigor and accountability by— 

24 ‘‘(A) aligning career and technical edu25 cation programs to the State’s academic stand26 ards and to industry standards; 
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1 ‘‘(B) requiring valid and reliable measures 

2 of educational and workplace outcomes, where 

3 available, and the regular use of this informa4 tion for program evaluation; and 

5 ‘‘(C) enhancing data systems to facilitate 

6 evaluation of and improvement in the State’s 

7 technical and career education system; and 

8 ‘‘(2) establish and support a State performance 

9 accountability system, comprised of the activities de10 scribed in this section, to assess the effectiveness of 

11 the State and its eligible recipients in achieving 

12 statewide progress in career and technical education, 

13 and to optimize the return of investment of Federal 

14 funds in career and technical education activities.’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

17 (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 

18 inserting the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) CORE INDICATORS OF PERFORM20 ANCE.— 

21 ‘‘(i) CORE INDICATORS OF PERFORM22 ANCE FOR SECONDARY CAREER AND TECH23 NICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.—Each eligi24 ble agency shall identify in the State plan 

25 core indicators of performance for sec-
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1 ondary career and technical education stu2 dents that include, at a minimum, meas3 ures of each of the following: 

4 ‘‘(I) Student attainment of chal5 lenging State established student aca6 demic achievement standards, as 

7 adopted by the State under section 

8 1111(b)(1) of the Elementary and 

9 Secondary Education Act of 1965 and 

10 as measured by— 

11 ‘‘(aa) the academic assess12 ments described in section 

13 1111(b)(3) of such Act, con14 sistent with State requirements; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(bb) participation in, and 

17 successful completion of, rigorous 

18 academic courses. 

19 ‘‘(II) Student achievement on 

20 technical assessments and attainment 

21 of career and technical skill proficien22 cies that are aligned with nationally 

23 recognized industry standards, where 

24 available. 
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1 ‘‘(III) Student graduation rates, 

2 as defined as the percentage of stu3 dents who graduate from secondary 

4 school with a regular diploma. 

5 ‘‘(IV) Student attainment of a 

6 secondary school diploma or its recog7 nized equivalent, a proficiency creden8 tial in conjunction with a secondary 

9 school diploma, or a postsecondary de10 gree or credential. 

11 ‘‘(V) Placement in postsecondary 

12 education, military service, or high 

13 wage, high skill, high demand employ14 ment. 

15 ‘‘(VI) Student participation in, 

16 and completion of, career and tech17 nical education programs that lead to 

18 employment in nontraditional fields. 

19 ‘‘(VII) Student attainment of 

20 postsecondary credits, if applicable. 

21 ‘‘(ii) CORE INDICATORS OF PERFORM22 ANCE FOR POSTSECONDARY CAREER AND

23 TECHNICAL STUDENTS.—Each eligible 

24 agency shall identify in the State plan core 

25 indicators of performance for postsec-
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1 ondary career and technical education stu2 dents that include, at a minimum, meas3 ures of each of the following: 

4 ‘‘(I) Student achievement on 

5 technical assessments and attainment 

6 of career and technical skill proficien7 cies that are aligned with nationally 

8 recognized industry standards, where 

9 available. 

10 ‘‘(II) Student attainment of a de11 gree or certificate, or retention in 

12 postsecondary education. 

13 ‘‘(III) Placement in military serv14 ice or high skill, high wage, high de15 mand employment. 

16 ‘‘(IV) Student participation in, 

17 and completion of, career and tech18 nical education programs that lead to 

19 employment in nontraditional fields. 

20 ‘‘(V) Increase in earnings.’’; 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— 

22 (I) by striking ‘‘vocational’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘career’’; and 

24 (II) by striking ‘‘the title’’ and 

25 inserting ‘‘this title’’; 
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1 (iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

2 ‘‘vocational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’; and 

3 (iv) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

4 ‘‘and from employers in high skill, high 

5 wage, high demand fields’’ before the pe6 riod at the end; and 

7 (B) in paragraph (3)(A)(i)— 

8 (i) in the matter preceding subclause 

9 (I), by striking ‘‘vocational’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘career’’; 

11 (ii) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘, 

12 and measurable’’ and inserting ‘‘, measur13 able, and able to be used regularly in 

14 multiyear trend analyses’’; and 

15 (iii) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘vo16 cational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’; and 

17 (3) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

19 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; 

20 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(2) DISAGGREGATION.—In submitting the re23 port under paragraph (1), the eligible agency shall 

24 disaggregate the data reported for each indicator of 

25 performance for each group identified in section 
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1 1111(h)(1)(C)(i) of the Elementary and Secondary 

2 Education Act of 1965.’’; and 

3 (C) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by 

4 subparagraph (A) of this paragraph), by strik5 ing ‘‘vocational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’. 

6 SEC. 105. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 

7 Section 114 (20 U.S.C. 2324) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘vocational’’ 

9 each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘ca10 reer’’; and 

11 (2) in subsection (c)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘voca13 tional’’ each place such term appears and in14 serting ‘‘career’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

16 (i) by inserting ‘‘State directors of ca17 reer and technical education,’’ after ‘‘ad18 ministrators,’’; 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘vocational’’ and in20 serting ‘‘career’’; 

21 (iii) by inserting ‘‘high tech, high 

22 wage’’ after ‘‘labor organizations,’’; and 

23 (iv) by striking ‘‘Labor and Human 

24 Resources’’ and inserting ‘‘Health, Edu25 cation, Labor, and Pensions’’; 
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1 (C) in paragraph (3)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘vocational’’ each place 

3 such term appears and inserting ‘‘career’’; 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(v)— 

5 (I) in subclause (I), by inserting 

6 ‘‘or exceed’’ after ‘‘who meet’’; and 

7 (II) in subclause (III), by insert8 ing ‘‘as determined by job placement 

9 rates in high wage, high skill, high de10 mand jobs or by postsecondary edu11 cation participation, retention, and 

12 completion rates’’ before the semi13 colon; and 

14 (iii) in subparagraph (C)— 

15 (I) by striking clause (i) and in16 serting the following: 

17 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 

18 shall submit to the Committee on Edu19 cation and the Workforce of the House of 

20 Representatives and the Committee on 

21 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 

22 the Senate an annual report summarizing 

23 all studies and analyses that relate to the 

24 assessment.’’; and 
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1 (II) in clause (ii), by striking 

2 ‘‘Labor and Human Resources’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘Health, Education, Labor, 

4 and Pensions’’; 

5 (D) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking 

6 ‘‘Labor and Human Resources’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions’’; 

8 (E) in paragraph (5)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

10 clauses (i) through (iv) and inserting the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(i) to carry out research for the pur13 pose of developing, improving, and identi14 fying the most successful methods for suc15 cessfully addressing the academic, tech16 nical, and workplace needs of career and 

17 technical education students and their pro18 spective employers in high-wage, high-tech19 oriented businesses and industries in the 

20 communities or State served by the pro21 gram in career and technical education 

22 programs, including research and evalua23 tion in such activities as— 

24 ‘‘(I) the integration of academic, 

25 career, and technical instruction, in 
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1 secondary and postsecondary institu2 tions; 

3 ‘‘(II) education technology and 

4 distance learning approaches and 

5 strategies that are effective with re6 spect to career and technical edu7 cation; 

8 ‘‘(III) State adjusted levels of 

9 performance and State levels of per10 formance that serve to improve career 

11 and technical education programs and 

12 student achievement; 

13 ‘‘(IV) academic, career, and tech14 nical knowledge and skills required for 

15 employment or participation in post16 secondary education; and 

17 ‘‘(V) whether career and tech18 nical education provides technical edu19 cation that is aligned with industry 

20 standards and that meets local and 

21 regional workforce needs; 

22 ‘‘(ii) to carry out research to increase 

23 the effectiveness and improve the imple24 mentation of career and technical edu25 cation programs, including conducting re-
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1 search and development, and studies, pro2 viding longitudinal information or forma3 tive evaluation with respect to career and 

4 technical education programs and student 

5 achievement; 

6 ‘‘(iii) to carry out research that can 

7 be used to improve teacher preparation for 

8 and student learning in career and tech9 nical education programs, including— 

10 ‘‘(I) effective inservice and 

11 preservice teacher education that as12 sists career and technical education; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(II) dissemination and training 

15 activities related to the applied re16 search and demonstration activities 

17 described in this subsection, which 

18 may also include serving as a reposi19 tory for information on career and 

20 technical education skills, State aca21 demic standards, and related mate22 rials; 

23 ‘‘(iv) to identify effective professional 

24 development strategies for educators to en25 hance their academic and technical content 
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1 knowledge, their understanding of current 

2 workforce opportunities, methods, and ex3 pectations, their teaching effectiveness with 

4 special populations, and their teaching 

5 skills; 

6 ‘‘(v) to develop, in partnership with 

7 professional associations, broad career 

8 pathways based on high-demand and grow9 ing career fields from which State and 

10 local levels can choose when crafting career 

11 and technical education programs of study; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(vi) to carry out such other research 

14 as the Secretary determines appropriate to 

15 assist State and local recipients of funds 

16 under this Act.’’; and 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

18 ‘‘Labor and Human Resources’’ and in19 serting ‘‘Health, Education, Labor, and 

20 Pensions’’; 

21 (F) in paragraph (6)— 

22 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

23 ‘‘vocational’’ each place such term appears 

24 and inserting ‘‘career’’; and 
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1 (ii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(C) DEMONSTRATION CAREER AND TECH4 NICAL EDUCATION TEACHER PREPARATION

5 GRANTS.—The Secretary is authorized to award 

6 demonstration career and technical education 

7 teacher preparation grants designed to— 

8 ‘‘(i) improve the capacity of postsec9 ondary institutions to prepare career and 

10 technical education teachers; 

11 ‘‘(ii) assist current career and tech12 nical education teachers to enhance their 

13 competencies; 

14 ‘‘(iii) encourage the articulation of 2- 

15 year technical programs with teacher prep16 aration programs at institutions of higher 

17 education; 

18 ‘‘(iv) develop or expand electronically 

19 delivered education (e-learning), online, 

20 and distance learning technologies for 

21 teacher preparation; and 

22 ‘‘(v) promote leadership development 

23 for career and technical education teach24 ers, counselors, and administrators. 
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1 ‘‘(D) DEMONSTRATION GRANTS FOR

2 SMALL LEARNING COMMUNITIES.—The Sec3 retary is authorized to award demonstration 

4 grants to allow career and technical education 

5 programs to establish small, personalized learn6 ing communities that— 

7 ‘‘(i) consist of small new schools, 

8 schools-within-schools, career academies, or 

9 other small learning environments; 

10 ‘‘(ii) incorporate not less than 2 grade 

11 levels, ending in the senior year, with ar12 ticulation in curricula and instruction 

13 across grade levels; 

14 ‘‘(iii) offer career and technical edu15 cation programs that reflect the purpose 

16 specified in section 2; 

17 ‘‘(iv) promote constructive partner18 ships between small learning communities 

19 and their host communities, and specify 

20 the roles and responsibilities of partners; 

21 ‘‘(v) have the necessary internal and 

22 external resources, including a detailed 

23 plan that describes the structure and func24 tion of the community, sufficient technical 
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1 assistance, adequate multiyear resources, 

2 and a support network; and 

3 ‘‘(vi) incorporate best career and tech4 nical education practices, including— 

5 ‘‘(I) a curriculum that is orga6 nized around unifying and integrated 

7 career themes, such as career clusters; 

8 ‘‘(II) comprehensive career guid9 ance and academic counseling; 

10 ‘‘(III) a career plan for each stu11 dent; 

12 ‘‘(IV) appropriate instructional 

13 strategies, such as contextual teaching 

14 and learning; 

15 ‘‘(V) an ongoing program of pro16 fessional development for teachers and 

17 other school personnel, as described in 

18 section 124(b)(3); and 

19 ‘‘(VI) evaluation and oversight of 

20 small learning communities. 

21 ‘‘(E) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary is 

22 authorized to disseminate best practices that in23 crease the capacity and quality of career and 

24 technical education programs, including activi25 ties such as— 
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1 ‘‘(i) identification of effective, re2 search-based career and technical edu3 cation programs; 

4 ‘‘(ii) work-based learning experiences 

5 that are directly tied to classroom learning; 

6 ‘‘(iii) models of assisting employers to 

7 provide high-quality, work-based learning 

8 opportunities; 

9 ‘‘(iv) models that integrate high aca10 demic standards and industry-valued 

11 standards; and 

12 ‘‘(v) competency-based applied learn13 ing techniques for use in instruction and 

14 curriculum development.’’; 

15 (G) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and 

16 (8) as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; 

17 (H) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(7) CURRICULA AND ASSESSMENTS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

21 award grants, contracts, or cooperative agree22 ments on a competitive basis to an institution 

23 of higher education, a public or private non24 profit organization or agency, or a consortium 

25 of such institutions, organizations, or agencies 
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1 to develop new career and technical education 

2 curricula and assessments that have a national 

3 scope or are related to labor market needs, such 

4 as efforts to— 

5 ‘‘(i) develop curriculum models, in col6 laboration with professional associations, 

7 for broad career pathways that integrate 

8 national industry skills standards; 

9 ‘‘(ii) develop valid and reliable assess10 ments of technical knowledge and skills 

11 that integrate industry certification assess12 ments, where available; 

13 ‘‘(iii) develop performance-based tech14 nical and occupational assessments that 

15 align with standardized assessments; 

16 ‘‘(iv) develop valid and reliable assess17 ments of workplace skills; and 

18 ‘‘(v) recognize and support special tal19 ent in technical areas. 

20 ‘‘(B) REPORT.—The eligible applicant 

21 shall prepare a report annually describing the 

22 curricula and assessments that have been devel23 oped to the Secretary, the Committee on Edu24 cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep-
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1 resentatives, and the Committee on Health, 

2 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. 

3 ‘‘(C) DISSEMINATION.—The eligible appli4 cant described in subparagraph (A) shall con5 duct dissemination and training activities based 

6 on the curricula and assessments described in 

7 subparagraph (A).’’; and 

8 (I) in paragraph (9) (as redesignated by 

9 subparagraph (G) of this paragraph) by strik10 ing ‘‘1999 and each of the 4’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘2005 and each of the 5’’. 

12 SEC. 106. ASSISTANCE FOR THE OUTLYING AREAS. 

13 Section 115 (20 U.S.C. 2325) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘vocational’’ each place such term appears and inserting 

15 ‘‘career’’. 

16 SEC. 107. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM. 

17 Section 116 (20 U.S.C. 2326) is amended by striking 

18 ‘‘vocational’’ each place such term appears and inserting 

19 ‘‘career’’. 

20 SEC. 108. TRIBALLY CONTROLLED POSTSECONDARY CA21 REER AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS. 

22 Section 117 (20 U.S.C. 2327) is amended— 

23 (1) by striking the section heading and insert24 ing the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 117. TRIBALLY CONTROLLED POSTSECONDARY CA2 REER AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS.’’; 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘vocational’’ each place such 

4 term appears and inserting ‘‘career’’; and 

5 (3) in subsection (i), by striking ‘‘$4,000,000’’ 

6 and all that follows through the period and inserting 

7 ‘‘$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 and such sums as 

8 may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal 

9 years.’’. 

10 SEC. 109. CAREER AND ACADEMIC INFORMATION. 

11 Section 118 (20 U.S.C. 2328) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking the section heading and insert13 ing the following: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 118. CAREER AND ACADEMIC INFORMATION.’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b)— 

16 (A) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and 

17 (3) and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(1) to provide support for a career guidance 

19 and academic counseling program that meets the 

20 needs of career and technical education students, in21 cluding in the areas of career information delivery 

22 and use; 

23 ‘‘(2) to make available to students, parents, 

24 teachers, counselors, and administrators, and to im25 prove accessibility with respect to, information and 

26 planning resources, including information about ca-
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1 reer clusters that relate educational preparation to 

2 educational and career goals and expectations; 

3 ‘‘(3) to equip teachers, counselors, and other 

4 personnel with the knowledge and skills needed to 

5 assist students in developing a career plan and to 

6 assist students and families with career exploration, 

7 educational opportunities, and education financing;’’; 

8 and 

9 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and 

10 parents’’ and inserting ‘‘, parents, and employ11 ees’’; and 

12 (3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘1999 through 

13 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2005 through 2010’’. 

14 SEC. 110. STATE PLAN. 

15 Section 122 (20 U.S.C. 2342) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘desiring 

17 assistance under this title’’ and inserting ‘‘desiring 

18 assistance under this title (including section 118) 

19 and title II’’; 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘vocational’’ each place such 

21 term appears and inserting ‘‘career’’; and 

22 (3) in subsection (c)— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

24 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

25 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 
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1 (ii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(E) how programs at the secondary level 

4 will prepare career and technical education stu5 dents, including special populations, both aca6 demically and technically, to graduate from 

7 high school with a regular diploma; and 

8 ‘‘(F) how such programs will prepare ca9 reer and technical education students, including 

10 special populations, both academically and tech11 nically, for opportunities in postsecondary edu12 cation or entry into high skill, high wage jobs 

13 in emerging or established occupations, and 

14 how such students will be made aware of such 

15 opportunities;’’; 

16 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert17 ing the following: 

18 ‘‘(2) describes how comprehensive initial prepa19 ration and professional development for career and 

20 technical education teachers, counselors, and other 

21 personnel will be provided and how such professional 

22 development will— 

23 ‘‘(A) enhance the preparation, recruitment, 

24 and retention of career and technical education 

25 teachers and other personnel; 
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1 ‘‘(B) develop or expand electronically deliv2 ered, online, and distance learning technologies 

3 for teacher preparation and professional devel4 opment; 

5 ‘‘(C) promote the development of small, 

6 personalized, and career-themed learning envi7 ronments; and 

8 ‘‘(D) assist teachers, counselors, and other 

9 personnel to use valid and reliable assess10 ments;’’; 

11 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) 

12 through (21) as paragraphs (5) through (22), 

13 respectively; 

14 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(3) describes efforts to improve the capacity of 

17 programs at postsecondary institutions to effectively 

18 prepare career and technical education personnel, in19 cluding through articulation agreements between 2- 

20 year technical programs and postsecondary edu21 cation programs;’’; 

22 (E) by redesignating paragraphs (9) 

23 through (22) (as redesignated by subparagraph 

24 (C) of this paragraph) as paragraphs (10) 

25 through (23), respectively; 
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1 (F) by inserting after paragraph (8) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(9) describes how funds will be used to develop 

4 valid and reliable assessments that measure tech5 nical and workplace knowledge and skills, are 

6 aligned with industry standards, and integrate in7 dustry certification assessments, where available;’’; 

8 (G) in paragraph (14) (as redesignated by 

9 subparagraph (E) of this paragraph), by insert10 ing ‘‘, including data relating to the core indica11 tors of performance specified in section 

12 113(b)(2)(A),’’ after ‘‘data’’; and 

13 (H) by striking paragraph (21) (as redes14 ignated by subparagraph (E) of this paragraph) 

15 and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(21) describes how funds will be used effec17 tively to link secondary and postsecondary education, 

18 including the promotion of statewide articulation 

19 agreements;’’. 

20 SEC. 111. IMPROVEMENT PLANS. 

21 Section 123(b) (20 U.S.C. 2343(b)) is amended by 

22 striking ‘‘vocational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’. 

23 SEC. 112. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 

24 Section 124 (20 U.S.C. 2344) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (b)— 
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1 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘vocational’’ and in3 serting ‘‘career’’; and 

4 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or exceed’’ after ‘‘to 

5 meet’’; 

6 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘vocational’’ each place 

8 such term appears and inserting ‘‘career’’; 

9 and 

10 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

11 ‘‘knowledge and’’ before ‘‘skills’’; 

12 (C) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and 

13 inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(3) comprehensive initial preparation and pro15 fessional development for career and technical edu16 cation teachers, counselors, and other personnel 

17 that— 

18 ‘‘(A) may include inservice and preservice 

19 training designed to enhance the competencies 

20 needed by teachers and other personnel in ca21 reer and technical education programs, includ22 ing their understanding of— 

23 ‘‘(i) programs and techniques, includ24 ing career plans, career clusters, and con25 textual teaching and learning; 
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1 ‘‘(ii) current workforce opportunities, 

2 methods, and expectations; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) effective strategies to improve 

4 parental and community involvement; and 

5 ‘‘(B) will provide opportunities for ongoing 

6 professional development for academic and tech7 nical teachers designed to enhance their general 

8 teaching competencies, including— 

9 ‘‘(i) their mastery of academic and 

10 technical content knowledge; 

11 ‘‘(ii) their repertoire of effective teach12 ing, assessment, and leadership skills; and 

13 ‘‘(iii) their teaching effectiveness with 

14 special populations; 

15 ‘‘(C) will help teachers and other personnel 

16 to assist students in meeting the State adjusted 

17 levels of performance established under section 

18 113; and 

19 ‘‘(D) is integrated with the professional de20 velopment activities that the State carries out 

21 under title II of the Elementary and Secondary 

22 Education Act of 1965 and title II of the High23 er Education Act of 1965; 

24 ‘‘(4) support for career and technical education 

25 programs that improve the academic, career, and 
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1 technical knowledge and skills of students partici2 pating in career and technical education programs 

3 by increasing the academic rigor of career and tech4 nical education programs and integrating academic, 

5 career, and technical curricula and instruction;’’; 

6 (D) by striking paragraph (6) and insert7 ing the following: 

8 ‘‘(6) supporting partnerships among secondary 

9 schools, postsecondary institutions, area career tech10 nical centers, employers, labor organizations, profes11 sional associations, community-based job-training 

12 intermediaries, other community groups, parents, 

13 and other entities as appropriate to— 

14 ‘‘(A) enable students to achieve or exceed 

15 State academic standards; 

16 ‘‘(B) provide field placements and other 

17 career-oriented experiences for students; 

18 ‘‘(C) allow students to make seamless tran19 sitions from secondary education to postsec20 ondary education and employment; and 

21 ‘‘(D) ensure that career and technical edu22 cation programs address local and regional 

23 workforce needs;’’; 

24 (E) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

25 after the semicolon; 
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1 (F) in paragraph (8), by striking the pe2 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

3 (G) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(9) collecting data about postsecondary edu5 cation and employment outcomes of program grad6 uates and using data for program improvement; and 

7 ‘‘(10) providing evaluation and oversight of ca8 reer and technical education programs.’’; and 

9 (2) in subsection (c)— 

10 (A) by striking paragraph (2); 

11 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

12 through (12) as paragraphs (10) through (19), 

13 respectively; 

14 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(2) improving career guidance and academic 

17 counseling programs that assist students in making 

18 informed decisions about postsecondary education 

19 and careers; 

20 ‘‘(3) developing and enhancing data systems to 

21 collect and analyze data on postsecondary and em22 ployment outcomes; 

23 ‘‘(4) restructuring secondary schools into small, 

24 personalized, and career-themed learning commu25 nities; 
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1 ‘‘(5) developing frameworks for career-themed 

2 programs of study that integrate local and regional 

3 workforce needs with national pathway models; 

4 ‘‘(6) developing valid and reliable assessments 

5 that measure technical and workplace knowledge and 

6 skills, are aligned with industry standards as appro7 priate, and integrate industry certification assess8 ments, where available; 

9 ‘‘(7) developing leadership in career and tech10 nical education at the State and local levels; 

11 ‘‘(8) in collaboration with secondary schools and 

12 postsecondary institutions, developing partnerships 

13 with employers at the State, regional, or local levels 

14 to support high-quality career and technical edu15 cation programs of study; 

16 ‘‘(9) in collaboration with teacher preparation 

17 programs, working with institutions of higher edu18 cation to enhance the preparation, recruitment, and 

19 retention of career and technical education teach20 ers;’’; and 

21 (D) by striking ‘‘vocational’’ each place 

22 such term appears and inserting ‘‘career’’. 

23 SEC. 113. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO SECONDARY 

24 SCHOOL PROGRAMS. 

25 Section 131 (20 U.S.C. 2351) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (d)(2)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘vo2 cational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (f)— 

4 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

5 ‘‘VOCATIONAL’’ and inserting ‘‘CAREER’’; and 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘vocational’’ each place 

7 such term appears and inserting ‘‘career’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘voca9 tional’’ both places such term appears and inserting 

10 ‘‘career’’; and 

11 (4) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘vocational’’ 

12 both places such term appears and inserting ‘‘ca13 reer’’. 

14 SEC. 114. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FOR POSTSECONDARY 

15 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PRO16 GRAMS. 

17 Section 132 (20 U.S.C. 2352) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking the section heading and insert19 ing the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 132. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FOR POSTSECONDARY 

21 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PRO22 GRAMS.’’; 

23 and 

24 (2) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end 

25 the following: ‘‘In determining the distribution for-
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1 mula for the eligible institutions or consortia of eligi2 ble institutions within the State, the eligible agency 

3 shall consult, as applicable, with the State commu4 nity college and university system agency.’’. 

5 SEC. 115. SPECIAL RULES FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL 

6 EDUCATION. 

7 Section 133 (20 U.S.C. 2353) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking the section heading and insert9 ing the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 133. SPECIAL RULES FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL 

11 EDUCATION.’’; 

12 and 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘vocational’’ each place such 

14 term appears and inserting ‘‘career’’. 

15 SEC. 116. LOCAL PLAN FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDU16 CATION PROGRAMS. 

17 Section 134 (20 U.S.C. 2354) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking the section heading and insert19 ing the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 134. LOCAL PLAN FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDU21 CATION PROGRAMS.’’; 

22 and 

23 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘vocational’’ 

24 each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘ca25 reer’’. 
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1 SEC. 117. LOCAL USES OF FUNDS. 

2 Section 135 (20 U.S.C. 2355) is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘vocational’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘career’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

7 by striking ‘‘vocational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’; 

8 and 

9 (B) by striking paragraphs (1) through (8) 

10 and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) develop, enhance, or expand a rigorous, in12 tegrated, and sequenced career and technical edu13 cation curriculum that enhances the academic, ca14 reer, and technical knowledge and skills of students 

15 and that is aligned with State academic standards 

16 and industry standards; 

17 ‘‘(2) provide students with strong experience in, 

18 and understanding of, all aspects of an industry; 

19 ‘‘(3) develop, improve, or expand the use of 

20 technology in career and technical education, which 

21 may include— 

22 ‘‘(A) training of career and technical edu23 cation personnel to use state-of-the-art tech24 nology, which may include distance learning; 

25 ‘‘(B) providing career and technical edu26 cation students with the academic, career, and 
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1 technical knowledge and skills that lead to entry 

2 into the high technology and telecommuni3 cations field; or 

4 ‘‘(C) encouraging schools to work with 

5 high technology industries to offer voluntary in6 ternships and mentoring programs; 

7 ‘‘(4) provide professional development programs 

8 to teachers, counselors, and administrators based on 

9 their need to provide high quality, academically rig10 orous, integrated curricula, and contextualized 

11 teaching and learning opportunities, consistent with 

12 industry standards, for students with diverse needs 

13 and backgrounds, including— 

14 ‘‘(A) inservice and preservice training in 

15 state-of-the-art career and technical education 

16 programs and techniques, in effective teaching 

17 skills based on research, and in effective prac18 tices to improve parental and community in19 volvement; 

20 ‘‘(B) support of education programs for 

21 teachers of career and technical education in 

22 public schools and other public school personnel 

23 who are involved in the direct delivery of edu24 cational services to career and technical edu25 cation students, to ensure that such teachers 
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1 and personnel stay current with all aspects of 

2 an industry; 

3 ‘‘(C) internship programs that provide 

4 business experience to teachers; and 

5 ‘‘(D) programs designed to train teachers 

6 specifically in the use and application of tech7 nology; 

8 ‘‘(5) develop and implement evaluations of the 

9 career and technical education programs carried out 

10 with funds under this title, including an assessment 

11 of how the needs of special populations are being 

12 met; 

13 ‘‘(6) provide services and activities that are of 

14 sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effective; 

15 ‘‘(7) link secondary career and technical edu16 cation and postsecondary career and technical edu17 cation, including implementing tech-prep programs; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(8) collect performance data and utilize such 

20 data in program evaluation.’’; and 

21 (3) in subsection (c)— 

22 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘voca23 tional’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’; and 

24 (B) by striking paragraphs (2) through 

25 (15) and inserting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(2) to establish partnerships with employers, 

2 professional associations, and community organiza3 tions that expand community-based learning oppor4 tunities for students and teachers and ensure that 

5 career and technical education programs address 

6 local and regional workforce needs; 

7 ‘‘(3) to develop pathways that provide seamless 

8 transitions from secondary education to postsec9 ondary education and careers; 

10 ‘‘(4) to provide a career guidance and academic 

11 counseling program for students participating in ca12 reer and technical education programs; 

13 ‘‘(5) to provide work-related experience, such as 

14 internships, cooperative education, school-based en15 terprises, entrepreneurship, and job shadowing that 

16 are related to career and technical education pro17 grams; 

18 ‘‘(6) to create small, personalized, and career19 themed learning communities; 

20 ‘‘(7) to utilize valid and reliable assessments 

21 that measure technical and workplace knowledge and 

22 skills, are aligned with industry standards as appro23 priate, and integrate industry certification assess24 ments, where available; 
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1 ‘‘(8) to provide programs for special popu2 lations; 

3 ‘‘(9) to assist career and technical student orga4 nizations; 

5 ‘‘(10) to provide mentoring and support serv6 ices; 

7 ‘‘(11) to lease, purchase, upgrade, or adapt 

8 equipment, including instructional aids; 

9 ‘‘(12) to enhance preparation, recruitment, and 

10 retention of career and technical education teachers, 

11 including individuals with experience in business and 

12 industry; 

13 ‘‘(13) to develop or improve career and tech14 nical education courses; 

15 ‘‘(14) to establish field placements and other 

16 career-oriented opportunities that can lead to high 

17 skill, high wage employment in emerging or estab18 lished fields; 

19 ‘‘(15) to provide career and technical education 

20 programs for adults and school dropouts to complete 

21 their secondary school education; 

22 ‘‘(16) to provide assistance to students who 

23 have participated in services and activities under 

24 this title in finding an appropriate job and con25 tinuing their education; 
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1 ‘‘(17) to support nontraditional training and 

2 employment activities; 

3 ‘‘(18) to create stronger links with other pro4 grams, including the temporary assistance for needy 

5 families program under part A of title IV of the So6 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and those 

7 programs under the Elementary and Secondary 

8 Education Act of 1965, the Individuals with Disabil9 ities Education Act, the Workforce Investment Act 

10 of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.), the Adult Edu11 cation and Family Literacy Act, and the Higher 

12 Education Act of 1965; 

13 ‘‘(19) to support the career clusters; and 

14 ‘‘(20) to support other career and technical 

15 education activities that are consistent with the pur16 pose of this Act.’’. 

17 TITLE II—TECH-PREP 

18 EDUCATION 

19 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE; REDESIGNATIONS. 

20 Title II (20 U.S.C. 2371 et seq.) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking section 201; and 

22 (2) by redesignating sections 202 through 208 

23 as sections 201 through 207, respectively. 
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1 SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 

2 Section 201(a) (as redesignated by section 201 of this 

3 title) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(1) ARTICULATION AGREEMENT.—The term 

7 ‘articulation agreement’ means a written commit8 ment approved annually by the lead administrator of 

9 the secondary and postsecondary consortia members, 

10 as described in section 203(a)(1), to a program de11 signed to provide students with a nonduplicative se12 quence of progressive achievement leading to de13 grees, certificates, or credentials in a tech-prep pro14 gram.’’; and 

15 (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(3) TECH-PREP PROGRAM.—The term ‘tech18 prep program’ means a program of study that— 

19 ‘‘(A) consists of an integrated, nonduplica20 tive sequence of rigorous academic courses and 

21 career and technical education courses; 

22 ‘‘(B) combines a minimum of 2 years of 

23 secondary education and 2 years of postsec24 ondary education; 
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1 ‘‘(C) is carried out under an articulation 

2 agreement that may also include other parties, 

3 such as employers and community groups; 

4 ‘‘(D) incorporates an ongoing program of 

5 professional development, as described in sec6 tion 124(b)(3), to ensure that secondary and 

7 postsecondary faculty and other personnel have 

8 the knowledge and skills required for effective 

9 tech-prep programs; 

10 ‘‘(E) includes specific activities to assess 

11 the effectiveness of the program in preparing 

12 students for the modern workforce and provi13 sion to gather and use outcome data on job 

14 placement and wages of program completers; 

15 ‘‘(F) leads to an industry certificate, tech16 nical diploma, apprenticeship, associate degree, 

17 or baccalaureate degree; and 

18 ‘‘(G) provides students with transferable 

19 credit between the consortium members, includ20 ing through programs that allow secondary pro21 grams to be co-located on postsecondary cam22 puses and through programs in which students 

23 are dually enrolled in the secondary and post24 secondary institutions.’’. 
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1 SEC. 203. STATE ALLOTMENT AND APPLICATION. 

2 Section 202(a) (as redesignated by section 201 of this 

3 title) is amended by striking ‘‘section 206’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘section 207’’. 

5 SEC. 204. TECH-PREP EDUCATION. 

6 Section 203 (as redesignated by section 201 of this 

7 title) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘vocational’’ both places 

10 such term appears and inserting ‘‘career’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘section 203’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘section 202’’; and 

13 (2) in subsection (c)(4)— 

14 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘vo15 cational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’; and 

16 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘for 

17 teachers’’ and inserting ‘‘for secondary and 

18 postsecondary faculty’’. 

19 SEC. 205. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 

20 Section 206 (as redesignated by section 201 of this 

21 title) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section 

23 204(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 203(a)’’; 

24 (2) in subsection (d)— 

25 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

26 by striking ‘‘sections 203, 204, 205, and 206’’ 
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1 and inserting ‘‘sections 202, 203, 204, and 

2 205’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 

4 204(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 203(a)’’; 

5 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 

6 204(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 203(c)’’; and 

7 (D) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 

8 205(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 204(d)’’; and 

9 (3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘1999 and 

10 each of the 4’’ and inserting ‘‘2005 and each of the 

11 5’’. 

12 SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

13 Section 207 (as redesignated by section 201 of this 

14 title) is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘section 207’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘section 206’’; and 

17 (2) by striking ‘‘1999 and each of the 4’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘2005 and each of the 5’’. 

19 TITLE III—GENERAL 

20 PROVISIONS 

21 SEC. 301. FISCAL REQUIREMENTS. 

22 Section 311 (20 U.S.C. 2391) is amended by striking 

23 ‘‘vocational’’ each place such term appears and inserting 

24 ‘‘career’’. 
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1 SEC. 302. VOLUNTARY SELECTION AND PARTICIPATION. 

2 Section 314(2) (20 U.S.C. 2394(2)) is amended by 

3 striking ‘‘vocational’’ both places such term appears and 

4 inserting ‘‘career’’. 

5 SEC. 303. LIMITATION FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS. 

6 Section 315 (20 U.S.C. 2395) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘vocational’’ and inserting ‘‘career’’. 

8 SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF SECRETARY. 

9 Section 317 (20 U.S.C. 2397) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘vocational’’ both places such term appears and inserting 

11 ‘‘career’’. 

12 SEC. 305. PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL PER13 SONNEL. 

14 Section 318 (20 U.S.C. 2398) is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘vocational’’ each place such term appears and inserting 

16 ‘‘career’’. 

17 SEC. 306. STUDENT ASSISTANCE AND OTHER FEDERAL 

18 PROGRAMS. 

19 Section 325(c) (20 U.S.C. 2415(c)) is amended— 

20 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘VO21 CATIONAL’’ and inserting ‘‘CAREER’’; and 

22 (2) by striking ‘‘vocational’’ both places such 

23 term appears and inserting ‘‘career’’. 

24 SEC. 307. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

25 Section 1(b) (20 U.S.C. 2301 note) is amended to 

26 read as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 

2 for this Act is as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

‘‘Sec. 2. Purpose. 

‘‘Sec. 3. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 4. Transition provisions. 

‘‘Sec. 5. Privacy. 

‘‘Sec. 6. Limitation. 

‘‘Sec. 7. Special rule. 

‘‘Sec. 8. Authorization of appropriations. 

‘‘TITLE I—CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO 

THE STATES 

‘‘PART A—ALLOTMENT AND ALLOCATION

‘‘Sec. 111. Reservations and State allotment. 

‘‘Sec. 112. Within State allocation. 

‘‘Sec. 113. Accountability. 

‘‘Sec. 114. National activities. 

‘‘Sec. 115. Assistance for the outlying areas. 

‘‘Sec. 116. Native American program. 

‘‘Sec. 117. Tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions. 

‘‘Sec. 118. Career and academic information. 

‘‘PART B—STATE PROVISIONS

‘‘Sec. 121. State administration. 

‘‘Sec. 122. State plan. 

‘‘Sec. 123. Improvement plans. 

‘‘Sec. 124. State leadership activities. 

‘‘PART C—LOCAL PROVISIONS

‘‘Sec. 131. Distribution of funds to secondary school programs. 

‘‘Sec. 132. Distribution of funds for postsecondary career and technical 

education programs. 

‘‘Sec. 133. Special rules for career and technical education. 

‘‘Sec. 134. Local plan for career and technical education programs. 

‘‘Sec. 135. Local uses of funds. 

‘‘TITLE II—TECH-PREP EDUCATION 

‘‘Sec. 201. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 202. State allotment and application. 

‘‘Sec. 203. Tech-prep education. 

‘‘Sec. 204. Consortium applications. 

‘‘Sec. 205. Report. 

‘‘Sec. 206. Demonstration program. 

‘‘Sec. 207. Authorization of appropriations. 

‘‘TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

‘‘PART A—FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
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‘‘Sec. 311. Fiscal requirements. 

‘‘Sec. 312. Authority to make payments. 

‘‘Sec. 313. Construction. 

‘‘Sec. 314. Voluntary selection and participation. 

‘‘Sec. 315. Limitation for certain students. 

‘‘Sec. 316. Federal laws guaranteeing civil rights. 

‘‘Sec. 317. Authorization of Secretary. 

‘‘Sec. 318. Participation of private school personnel. 

‘‘PART B—STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

‘‘Sec. 321. Joint funding. 

‘‘Sec. 322. Prohibition on use of funds to induce out-of-State relocation of businesses. 

‘‘Sec. 323. State administrative costs. 

‘‘Sec. 324. Limitation on Federal regulations. 

‘‘Sec. 325. Student assistance and other Federal programs.’’. 

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