CTE Act

To provide for the establishment of a Department of Education program to award grants to secondary schools that establish a project to encourage students in their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical education courses at a community college, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Collaboration for Today’s Education Act CTE Act 2. Establishment of grant program (a) In general From the amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary shall establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible secondary schools. (b) Eligible schools In order to be eligible, a secondary school must form a partnership with a community college to allow students in their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical education courses at such community college. (c) Application To be eligible for a grant under this section, a secondary school shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary determines appropriate, which shall include— (1) a description of the proposed project to be carried out; (2) a description of the number of students who will be able to participate; and (3) an analysis of how the project will enable students in their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical education courses at a community college. (d) Grant uses (1) In general A secondary school receiving a grant under this section shall use such grant only for a project to encourage students in their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical education courses at a community college. (2) Payment to third parties A secondary school receiving a grant under this section may use such grant to reimburse third parties, including a community college, for costs incurred as part of a project to encourage students in their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical education courses at a community college. (e) Reporting requirement (1) Recipients of grant Not later than 1 year following the date of receipt of a grant awarded under this section, a secondary school receiving such a grant shall submit to the Secretary a report analyzing the effect such grant had on encouraging students in their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical education courses at a community college. (2) Secretary Not later than 2 years following the date of receipt of a report required pursuant to paragraph (1), and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report compiling the results of the reports submitted during the previous year pursuant to paragraph (1). 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) The term career and technical education 20 U.S.C. 2302 (2) The term community college junior or community college 20 U.S.C. 1058 (3) The term secondary school 20 U.S.C. 7801 (4) The term Secretary

Summary: Collaboration for Today's Education Act or the CTE Act This bill requires the Department of Education to establish a program to award grants to secondary schools that form a partnership with a community college to allow students in their junior and senior years to experience career and technical education courses at such community college.