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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3365 

To require the Secretary of Education to disclose information about career 

and technical education and funding under the Carl D. Perkins Career 

and Technical Education Act of 2006, and require FAFSA applications 

to include a career and technical education acknowledgment. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 20, 2021 

Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Education to disclose information 

about career and technical education and funding under 

the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 

Act of 2006, and require FAFSA applications to include 

a career and technical education acknowledgment. 

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 ‘‘Student Debt Alter5 native and CTE Awareness Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Career and technical education provides in2 dividuals with a rigorous academic alternative to a 

3 costly 4-year degree, and prepares individuals with 

4 employable and occupation-specific skills. 

5 (2) Career and technical education programs— 

6 (A) offer 16 different high-skilled, high-de7 mand career fields of study; and 

8 (B) can take between 6 months and 2 

9 years to complete, compared to a traditional 4- 

10 year bachelor’s degree. 

11 (3) The average cost for a career and technical 

12 education program is $3,000 to $6,000 per year, 

13 while the average cost for an in-State, public 4-year 

14 institution is over $25,000 per year. 

15 SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE ON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

16 WEBSITE. 

17 The Secretary of Education (acting through the Of18 fice of Federal Student Aid) shall— 

19 (1) not later than 60 days after the date of en20 actment of this Act, publish on the public website of 

21 the Office of Federal Student Aid of the Department 

22 of Education information on— 

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1 gram cost, and post-graduation employment 

2 rate; and 

3 (B) opportunities in each State— 

4 (i) to pursue such programs; and 

5 (ii) for funding to pursue such pro6 grams under the Carl D. Perkins Career 

7 and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 

8 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); and 

9 (2) continuously update and maintain the infor10 mation published under paragraph (1) to ensure 

11 that such information continues to be relevant. 

12 SEC. 4. DISCLOSURE ON FAFSA APPLICATION. 

13 Section 494(a)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 

14 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1098h(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding 

15 at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(iii) career and technical education 

17 programs (as defined in section 3 of the 

18 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

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

20 are a viable alternative to a 4-year degree, 

21 and include, to ensure such individuals are 

22 made aware of such programs and related 

23 career paths at the beginning of the appli24 cation— 


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1 ‘‘(I) a one-page summary of the 

2 most recent information provided 

3 under section 3(1) of the Student 

4 Debt Alternative and CTE Awareness 

5 Act; and 

6 ‘‘(II) an acknowledgment signa7 ture box;’’. 

8 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 

9 The terms ‘‘career and technical education’’ and 

10 ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 3 

11 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 

12 Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 

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