I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4387 
To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
2006 to increase the allocation for rural areas, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2017 
Mr. DUFFY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 2006 to increase the allocation for rural 
areas, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Providing Rural Eq-
uity, Parity, and Reinvestment in Education Act’’ or the 
‘‘PREPARE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. WITHIN STATE ALLOCATION. 
Section 112 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-
nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2322) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘10 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘1 percent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2 percent’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘State correc-
tional institutions and institutions’’ 
and inserting ‘‘State correctional in-
stitutions, juvenile justice facilities, 
and educational institutions’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘available for services’’ and inserting 
‘‘available to assist eligible recipients in 
providing services’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘a 
local plan;’’ and inserting ‘‘local applications;’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘From amounts’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘section 135’’ and all that 
follows through the end and inserting ‘‘section 
135— 
‘‘(A) in— 
‘‘(i) rural areas; 
‘‘(ii) areas with high percentages of 
CTE concentrators or CTE participants; 
and 
‘‘(iii) areas with high numbers of 
CTE concentrators or CTE participants; 
and 
‘‘(B) in order to— 
‘‘(i) foster innovation through the 
identification and promotion of promising 
and proven career and technical education 
programs, practices, and strategies, which 
may include practices and strategies that 
prepare 
individuals 
for 
nontraditional 
fields; or 
‘‘(ii) promote the development, imple-
mentation, and adoption of programs of 
study or career pathways aligned with 
State-identified in-demand occupations or 
industries.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
‘‘(A) CTE CONCENTRATORS.—The term 
‘CTE concentrator’ means— 
‘‘(i) at the secondary school level, a 
student served by an eligible recipient who 
has— 
‘‘(I) completed three or more ca-
reer and technical education courses; 
or 
‘‘(II) completed at least two 
courses in a single career and tech-
nical education program or program 
of study; or 
‘‘(ii) at the postsecondary level, a stu-
dent enrolled in an eligible recipient who 
has— 
‘‘(I) earned at least 12 cumu-
lative credits within a career and tech-
nical education program or program 
of study; or 
‘‘(II) completed such a program 
if the program encompasses fewer 
than 12 credits or the equivalent in 
total. 
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‘‘(B) CTE PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘CTE 
participant’ means an individual who completes 
not less than one course or earns not less than 
one credit in a career and technical education 
program or program of study of an eligible re-
cipient.’’. 
Æ 
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