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‘‘(J) expanding opportunities for students to participate 
in competency-based education programs; 
‘‘(K) improving career guidance and academic coun-
seling programs that assist students in making informed 
academic and career and technical education decisions, 
including academic and financial aid counseling; 
‘‘(L) supporting the integration of employability skills 
into career and technical education programs and programs 
of study, including through family and consumer science 
programs; 
‘‘(M) supporting programs and activities that increase 
access, student engagement, and success in science, tech-
nology, engineering, and mathematics fields (including com-
puter science and architecture) for students who are mem-
bers of groups underrepresented in such subject fields; 
‘‘(N) providing career and technical education, in a 
school or other educational setting, for adults or out-of- 
school youth to complete secondary school education or 
upgrade technical skills; 
‘‘(O) supporting career and technical student organiza-
tions, including student preparation for and participation 
in technical skills competitions aligned with career and 
technical education program standards and curricula; 
‘‘(P) making all forms of instructional content widely 
available, which may include use of open educational 
resources; 
‘‘(Q) supporting the integration of arts and design 
skills, when appropriate, into career and technical edu-
cation programs and programs of study; 
‘‘(R) partnering with a qualified intermediary to 
improve training, the development of public-private part-
nerships, systems development, capacity-building, and 
scalability of the delivery of high-quality career and tech-
nical education; 
‘‘(S) support to reduce or eliminate out-of-pocket 
expenses for special populations participating in career and 
technical education, including those participating in dual 
or concurrent enrollment programs or early college high 
school programs, and supporting the costs associated with 
fees, transportation, child care, or mobility challenges for 
those special populations; or 
‘‘(T) other activities to improve career and technical 
education programs; and 
‘‘(6) develop and implement evaluations of the activities 
carried out with funds under this part, including evaluations 
necessary to complete the comprehensive needs assessment 
required under section 134(c) and the local report required 
under section 113(b)(4)(B). 
‘‘(c) POOLING FUNDS.—An eligible recipient may pool a portion 
of funds received under this Act with a portion of funds received 
under this Act available to one or more eligible recipients to support 
implementation of programs of study through the activities 
described in subsection (b)(2). 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Each eligible recipient receiving 
funds under this part shall not use more than 5 percent of such 
funds for costs associated with the administration of activities under 
this section.’’.
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TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. FEDERAL AND STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 311— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and tech prep pro-
gram activities’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), (C), or (D), in order for a State to receive its full 
allotment of funds under this Act for any fiscal year, the 
Secretary must find that the State’s fiscal effort per stu-
dent, or the aggregate expenditures of such State, with 
respect to career and technical education for the preceding 
fiscal year was not less than the fiscal effort per student, 
or the aggregate expenditures of such State, for the second 
preceding fiscal year.’’; 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘shall 
exclude capital expenditures, special 1-time project 
costs, and the cost of pilot programs.’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall, at the request of the State, exclude competi-
tive or incentive-based programs established by 
the State, capital expenditures, special one-time 
project costs, and the cost of pilot programs.’’; and 
(III) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) ESTABLISHING THE STATE BASELINE.—For purposes 
of applying subparagraph (A) for years which require the 
calculation of the State’s fiscal effort per student, or aggre-
gate expenditures of such State, with respect to career 
and technical education for the first full fiscal year fol-
lowing the date of enactment of the Strengthening Career 
and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, the 
State may determine the State’s fiscal effort per student, 
or aggregate expenditures of such State, with respect to 
career and technical education for such first full fiscal 
year by— 
‘‘(i) continuing to use the State’s fiscal effort per 
student, or aggregate expenditures of such State, with 
respect to career and technical education, as was in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment of the 
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 
21st Century Act; or 
‘‘(ii) establishing a new level of fiscal effort per 
student, or aggregate expenditures of such State, with 
respect to career and technical education, which is 
not less than 95 percent of the State’s fiscal effort 
per student, or the aggregate expenditures of such 
State, with respect to career and technical education 
for the preceding fiscal year.’’; 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) FAILURE TO MEET.—
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall reduce the 
amount of a State’s allotment of funds under this Act 
for any fiscal year in the exact proportion by which the 
State fails to meet the requirement of paragraph (1) by 
falling below the State’s fiscal effort per student or the 
State’s aggregate expenditures (using the measure most 
favorable to the State), if the State failed to meet such 
requirement (as determined using the measure most favor-
able to the State) for 1 or more of the 5 immediately 
preceding fiscal years. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULE.—No such lesser amount shall be 
used for computing the effort required under paragraph 
(1) for subsequent years. 
‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive paragraph (2) due 
to exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances affecting the 
ability of the State to meet the requirement of paragraph 
(1) such as a natural disaster or an unforeseen and precipitous 
decline in financial resources. No level of funding permitted 
under such a waiver may be used as the basis for computing 
the fiscal effort or aggregate expenditures required under this 
section for years subsequent to the year covered by such waiver. 
The fiscal effort or aggregate expenditures for the subsequent 
years shall be computed on the basis of the level of funding 
that would, but for such waiver, have been required.’’; 
(2) in section 314(1), by striking ‘‘career path or major’’ 
and inserting ‘‘career pathway or program of study’’; 
(3) in section 315— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or programs of study’’ after ‘‘career 
and technical education programs’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘seventh grade’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
middle grades (as such term is defined in section 8101 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965)’’; 
(4) in section 317(b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, including programs of study,’’ 
after ‘‘activities’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘who reside in the geographical 
area served by’’ and inserting ‘‘in areas served by’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the geographical area’’ and 
inserting ‘‘areas’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, including programs of study,’’ 
after ‘‘activities’’; 
(5) by striking title II and redesignating title III as title 
II; 
(6) by redesignating sections 311 through 318, as amended 
by this section, as sections 211 through 218, respectively; 
(7) by redesignating sections 321 through 324 as sections 
221 through 224, respectively; and 
(8) by inserting after section 218 (as so redesignated) the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 219. STUDY ON PROGRAMS OF STUDY ALIGNED TO HIGH-SKILL, 
HIGH-WAGE OCCUPATIONS. 
‘‘(a) SCOPE OF STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study to evaluate—
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‘‘(1) the strategies, components, policies, and practices used 
by eligible agencies or eligible recipients receiving funding 
under this Act to successfully assist— 
‘‘(A) all students in pursuing and completing programs 
of study aligned to high-skill, high-wage occupations; and 
‘‘(B) any special population or specific subgroup of stu-
dents 
identified 
in 
section 
1111(h)(1)(C)(ii) 
of 
the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in pur-
suing and completing programs of study aligned to high- 
skill, high-wage occupations in fields in which such special 
population or subgroup is underrepresented; and 
‘‘(2) any challenges associated with replication of such 
strategies, components, policies, and practices. 
‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the study conducted under 
subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
consult with a geographically diverse (including urban, suburban, 
and rural) representation of— 
‘‘(1) students and parents; 
‘‘(2) eligible agencies and eligible recipients; 
‘‘(3) teachers, faculty, specialized instructional support per-
sonnel, and paraprofessionals, including those with expertise 
in preparing career and technical education students for non- 
traditional fields; 
‘‘(4) Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations; 
‘‘(5) special populations; and 
‘‘(6) representatives of business and industry. 
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION.—Upon completion, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit the study conducted under sub-
section (a) to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
8(a) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
2306a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘311(b), and 323’’ and inserting 
‘‘211(b), and 223’’. 
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER 
LAWS 
SEC. 301. AMENDMENTS TO THE WAGNER-PEYSER ACT. 
Section 15(e)(2) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49l–2(e)(2)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) consult with eligible agencies (defined in section 
3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 
Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302)), State educational agencies, 
and local educational agencies concerning the provision 
of workforce and labor market information in order to— 
‘‘(i) meet the needs of secondary school and postsec-
ondary school students who seek such information; 
and 
‘‘(ii) 
annually 
inform 
the 
development 
and 
implementation of programs of study defined in section 
3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-
cation Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302), and career path-
ways;’’;
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(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon; 
(3) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(I) provide, on an annual and timely basis to each 
eligible agency (defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins 
Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 
2302)), the data and information described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of subsection (a)(1).’’. 
SEC. 302. AMENDMENTS TO THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDU-
CATION ACT OF 1965. 
(1) Section 1111(h)(1)(C)(xiv) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)(xiv)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘attaining career and technical proficien-
cies (as defined by section 113(b) of the Carl D. Perkins Career 
and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2323(b)) and 
reported by States only in a manner consistent with section 
113(c) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 2323(c))’’ and inserting ‘‘meeting 
State determined levels of performance for core indicators, as 
defined by section 113(b)(3)(A) of the Carl D. Perkins Career 
and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2323(b)(3)(A)), 
and reported by States only in a manner consistent with section 
113(b)(3)(C) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 2323(b)(3)(C))’’. 
(2) Section 6115(b)(6) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7425(b)(6)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘tech-prep education, mentoring,’’ and inserting ‘‘men-
toring’’. 
(3) Section 6304(a)(3)(K) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7544(a)(3)(K)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘tech-prep,’’. 
SEC. 303. AMENDMENT TO THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPOR-
TUNITY ACT. 
Section 134(c)(2)(A)(vii) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)(A)(vii)) is amended by striking 
‘‘school dropouts’’ and inserting ‘‘out-of-school youth’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.