I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2308 
To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
2006 to support maker education and makerspaces. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2017 
Mr. RYAN of Ohio (for himself, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. TAKANO, and 
Mr. STIVERS) 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 support maker education and 
makerspaces. 
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 ‘‘21st Century Strength-
ening Hands On Programs that Cultivate Learning Ap-
proaches for Successful Students Act’’ or the ‘‘SHOP 
CLASS Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-
nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(35) MAKER EDUCATION.—The term ‘maker 
education’ means a hands-on learning approach that 
encourages students to imagine, create, innovate, 
tinker, and collaborate through the process of manu-
facturing, testing, and demonstrating their ideas. 
‘‘(36) MAKERSPACE.—The term ‘makerspace’ 
means a community space that provides access to 
tools, technology and knowledge for learners and en-
trepreneurs, which result in the prototyping or cre-
ation of physical goods, and which supports the de-
velopment of educational opportunities for personal 
growth, workforce training, and early stage business 
ventures.’’. 
SEC. 3. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. 
Section 124 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-
nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2344) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)(3)(D)(iii), by inserting be-
fore the semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘and 
maker education’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (16); 
(B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’ at the end of paragraph (17); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(18) 
support 
for 
maker 
education 
and 
makerspaces.’’. 
SEC. 4. LOCAL USES OF FUNDS. 
Section 135 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-
nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2355) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)(5)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (C); 
(B) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (D); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) programs designed to train teachers 
specifically in the effective use and application 
of maker education and makerspaces;’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (19); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (20) as 
paragraph (21); and 
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