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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2851 

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a technical 

school training subsidy program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 

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

Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish 

a technical school training subsidy program. 

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

3 SECTION 1. TECHNICAL SCHOOL TRAINING SUBSIDY PRO4 GRAM. 

5 Section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 

6 (29 U.S.C. 2916) is amended by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(f) TECHNICAL SCHOOL TRAINING SUBSIDY PILOT

9 PROGRAM.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNICAL SCHOOL

2 TRAINING SUBSIDY PILOT PROGRAM.—From the 

3 amounts appropriated to carry out this subsection, 

4 the Secretary shall award competitive grants to 

5 States to provide such funds to local boards for the 

6 provision of technical school training subsidies in 

7 local areas through one-stop delivery systems de8 scribed in section 134(c). 

9 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under 

10 this subsection a State shall submit to the Secretary 

11 an application in such manner, at such time, and 

12 containing such information as the Secretary may 

13 require. 

14 ‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR

15 SUBSIDY.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A technical school 

17 training subsidy for an academic year may be 

18 provided, in accordance with subparagraph (E), 

19 to a technical school on behalf of an unem20 ployed individual who is enrolled, or accepted 

21 for enrollment, at a technical school. 

22 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY.— 

23 ‘‘(i) CONSIDERATIONS.—In deter24 mining the amount of a subsidy to provide 

25 to an unemployed individual under this 


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1 subsection, a one-stop operator or one-stop 

2 partner, as appropriate, shall take into ac3 count— 

4 ‘‘(I) the cost of tuition of such 

5 individual; 

6 ‘‘(II) the expected family con7 tribution, as determined in accordance 

8 with section 474 of the Higher Edu9 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

10 1087nn), for such individual; and 

11 ‘‘(III) the estimated financial as12 sistance for such individual not re13 ceived under this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(ii) AGGREGATE AMOUNT.—The ag15 gregate amount of subsidies an individual 

16 may receive under this subsection may not 

17 exceed $2,000. 

18 ‘‘(C) NUMBER OF SUBSIDIES.—An indi19 vidual may receive subsidies under this sub20 section for not more than 2 academic years. 

21 ‘‘(D) USE OF FUNDS.—A subsidy an indi22 vidual receives under this subsection shall be 

23 used to assist the individual in paying the cost 

24 of tuition for career and technical education at 

25 a technical school. All subsidies received by an 


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1 individual under this subsection shall be used to 

2 pay the cost of tuition for career and technical 

3 education at the same technical school. 

4 ‘‘(E) PROVISION OF SUBSIDY.—Upon ap5 proving an unemployed individual for a subsidy 

6 under this subsection, a one-stop operator or 

7 one-stop partner, as appropriate, shall provide, 

8 prior to the start of an academic year, the sub9 sidy to the technical school in which the unem10 ployed individual is enrolled or accepted for en11 rollment. 

12 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

13 ‘‘(A) The term ‘career and technical edu14 cation’ has the meaning given the term in sec15 tion 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech16 nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 

17 ‘‘(B) The term ‘cost of tuition’ means— 

18 ‘‘(i) tuition and fees normally assessed 

19 a student carrying the same academic 

20 workload as determined by the technical 

21 school, and including costs for rental or 

22 purchase of any equipment, materials, or 

23 supplies required of all students in the 

24 same course of study; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) an allowance for books and sup2 plies, for a student attending the technical 

3 school on at least a half-time basis, as de4 termined by the school. 

5 ‘‘(C) The term ‘technical school’ means a 

6 ‘postsecondary vocational institution’ that pro7 vides career and technical education. 

8 ‘‘(D) The term ‘postsecondary vocational 

9 institution’ has the meaning given the term in 

10 section 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 

11 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c)). 

12 ‘‘(E) The term ‘unemployed individual’ 

13 means an unemployed individual who is a cit14 izen of the United States.’’. 

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