I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5944 
To improve career and technical education by providing improved educational 
opportunities and financial assistance for career and technical educators. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2018 
Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To improve career and technical education by providing im-
proved educational opportunities and financial assistance 
for career and technical educators. 
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 ‘‘Skilled Labor Edu-
cation Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. SCHOLARSHIPS TO PREPARE CAREER AND TECH-
NICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. 
Part B of title II of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.) is amended— 
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(1) in section 230, by inserting ‘‘, except sub-
part 6,’’ after ‘‘this part’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
part: 
‘‘Subpart 6—Scholarships to Prepare Career and 
Technical Education Teachers. 
‘‘SEC. 259. SCHOLARSHIPS TO PREPARE CAREER AND 
TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS BY SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to award grants to eligible institutions to 
enable such institutions to make scholarship awards 
to qualified teacher candidates in accordance with 
the provisions of this section. 
‘‘(2) DESIGNATION.—A scholarship under this 
section— 
‘‘(A) for a teacher candidate pursuing a 
baccalaureate or master’s degree in education 
shall be known as a ‘Career and Technical Edu-
cator Scholarship’ or a ‘CTE Scholarship’; and 
‘‘(B) for a teacher candidate pursuing an 
associate’s degree, certification in education, or 
industry-recognized certification or licensure, 
shall be known as a ‘Skilled Labor Educator 
Scholarship’ or a ‘SLE Scholarship’. 
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‘‘(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding grants 
and contracts under this subsection the Secretary 
shall make every effort to ensure— 
‘‘(A) the equitable distribution of scholar-
ship funds to teacher candidates pursuing bac-
calaureate degrees, master’s degrees, and asso-
ciate’s degrees or certifications; 
‘‘(B) the equitable participation of public 
and private nonprofit institutions of higher edu-
cation (including community colleges); and 
‘‘(C) the equitable geographic participation 
of such institutions. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—In this section, the 
term eligible institution means an institution of higher 
education, as defined in section 101 or section 102(c), 
that— 
‘‘(1) offers a program of undergraduate or 
graduate education awarding a baccalaureate or 
master’s degree in education; or 
‘‘(2) is a community college that offers a pro-
gram of undergraduate education awarding an asso-
ciate’s degree, certification in education, or industry- 
recognized certification or licensure. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible institution that de-
sires a grant under this section shall submit an application 
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to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
require. 
‘‘(d) TYPES OF SCHOLARSHIPS SUPPORTED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible institution that 
receives a grant under this section shall use the 
grant funds to provide scholarships to qualified 
teacher candidates who are preparing to become 
teachers of qualified career and technical education 
courses for secondary school students. 
‘‘(2) TYPES OF STUDY.—A scholarship provided 
under this section shall support a teacher candidate 
in pursuing— 
‘‘(A) a baccalaureate or master’s degree in 
education; or 
‘‘(B) an associate’s degree, certification in 
education, or industry-recognized certification 
or licensure. 
‘‘(e) SCHOLARSHIP TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SELECTION
OF
SCHOLARSHIP
RECIPI-
ENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure that an eligible 
institution that receives a grant under this section— 
‘‘(A) shall provide scholarship awards to 
qualified teacher candidates who plan to pursue 
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a career teaching qualified career and technical 
education courses; 
‘‘(B) shall select scholarship recipients 
from qualified teacher candidates based on aca-
demic merit and demonstrated financial need; 
and 
‘‘(C) may not provide a scholarship to an 
otherwise eligible individual— 
‘‘(i) during periods in which such indi-
vidual is enrolled at an institution of high-
er education unless such individual is 
maintaining satisfactory academic progress 
in, and devoting full-time study or research 
to, the pursuit of the degree or certificate 
for which the scholarship support was pro-
vided; or 
‘‘(ii) if the individual is engaged in 
gainful employment, other than part-time 
employment related to teaching, research, 
or a similar activity determined by the in-
stitution to be consistent with and sup-
portive of the individuals’s progress toward 
the degree or certificate for which the 
scholarship support was provided. 
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‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS.—An 
eligible institution that receives a grant under this 
section shall award to each teacher candidate who is 
provided a scholarship under this section $5,000 for 
each academic year of the scholarship, not to exceed 
$10,000 in total. 
‘‘(3) SCHOLARSHIP
PERIOD.—The period for 
which a teacher candidate may receive a scholarship 
under this section shall be one academic year, and 
such scholarship may be renewed for one additional 
academic year. 
‘‘(4) SERVICE REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) TEACHING
REQUIRED.—Upon com-
pletion of the program for which a teacher can-
didate receives a scholarship under this section, 
the teacher candidate shall, for each year of 
scholarship support received under this section, 
be employed full-time for one year as a teacher 
of qualified career and technical education 
courses. 
‘‘(B) AGREEMENT
REQUIRED.—Prior to 
receiving an initial scholarship award, and upon 
renewal of the scholarship award, a teacher 
candidate selected to receive a scholarship 
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under this section shall sign an agreement with 
the Secretary agreeing to— 
‘‘(i) promptly obtain the applicable 
State certification and licensure require-
ments, including any requirements for cer-
tification 
obtained 
through 
alternative 
routes to certification, necessary to teach 
secondary school students; 
‘‘(ii) serve as a full-time teacher of 
secondary school students in accordance 
with subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(iii) submit evidence of such service 
in the form of a certification by the chief 
administrative officer of the teacher’s em-
ployer upon completion of each year of 
such service. 
‘‘(C) INSTITUTIONAL
OBLIGATION.—Each 
eligible institution that receives a grant under 
this section shall provide— 
‘‘(i) to each teacher candidate apply-
ing for a scholarship under this section a 
plain-language disclosure form developed 
by the Secretary that clearly describes the 
nature of the scholarship award, the serv-
ice obligation, and the loan repayment re-
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