I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. TECHNICAL SCHOOL TRAINING SUBSIDY PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 
(29 U.S.C. 2916) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(f) TECHNICAL SCHOOL TRAINING SUBSIDY PILOT 
PROGRAM.— 
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‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNICAL SCHOOL 
TRAINING
SUBSIDY
PILOT
PROGRAM.—From the 
amounts appropriated to carry out this subsection, 
the Secretary shall award competitive grants to 
States to provide such funds to local boards for the 
provision of technical school training subsidies in 
local areas through one-stop delivery systems de-
scribed in section 134(c). 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under 
this subsection a State shall submit to the Secretary 
an application in such manner, at such time, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may 
require. 
‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR 
SUBSIDY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A technical school 
training subsidy for an academic year may be 
provided, in accordance with subparagraph (E), 
to a technical school on behalf of an unem-
ployed individual who is enrolled, or accepted 
for enrollment, at a technical school. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY.— 
‘‘(i) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
deter-
mining the amount of a subsidy to provide 
to an unemployed individual under this 
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subsection, a one-stop operator or one-stop 
partner, as appropriate, shall take into ac-
count— 
‘‘(I) the cost of tuition of such 
individual; 
‘‘(II) the expected family con-
tribution, as determined in accordance 
with section 474 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087nn), for such individual; and 
‘‘(III) the estimated financial as-
sistance for such individual not re-
ceived under this subsection. 
‘‘(ii) AGGREGATE AMOUNT.—The ag-
gregate amount of subsidies an individual 
may receive under this subsection may not 
exceed $2,000. 
‘‘(C) NUMBER
OF
SUBSIDIES.—An indi-
vidual may receive subsidies under this sub-
section for not more than 2 academic years. 
‘‘(D) USE OF FUNDS.—A subsidy an indi-
vidual receives under this subsection shall be 
used to assist the individual in paying the cost 
of tuition for career and technical education at 
a technical school. All subsidies received by an 
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individual under this subsection shall be used to 
pay the cost of tuition for career and technical 
education at the same technical school. 
‘‘(E) PROVISION OF SUBSIDY.—Upon ap-
proving an unemployed individual for a subsidy 
under this subsection, a one-stop operator or 
one-stop partner, as appropriate, shall provide, 
prior to the start of an academic year, the sub-
sidy to the technical school in which the unem-
ployed individual is enrolled or accepted for en-
rollment. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) The term ‘career and technical edu-
cation’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-
nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 
‘‘(B) The term ‘cost of tuition’ means— 
‘‘(i) tuition and fees normally assessed 
a student carrying the same academic 
workload as determined by the technical 
school, and including costs for rental or 
purchase of any equipment, materials, or 
supplies required of all students in the 
same course of study; and 
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