I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4272 
To include community partners and intermediaries in the planning and 
delivery of education and related programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 7, 2017 
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CRIST, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 
EVANS, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. 
LEE, and Ms. MCCOLLUM) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To include community partners and intermediaries in the 
planning and delivery of education and related programs, 
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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Community Partnerships in Education Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
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TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE CARL D. PERKINS CAREER AND 
TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT OF 2006 
Sec. 101. Definitions. 
Sec. 102. Attainment of 21st century skills. 
Sec. 103. Inclusion of community partners and intermediary organizations in 
State and local plans. 
Sec. 104. Evaluations. 
TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 
1965 
Sec. 201. Definitions. 
Sec. 202. TRIO programs. 
Sec. 203. GEAR UP. 
Sec. 204. Maintenance and expansion of existing programs. 
TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE 
CARL D. PERKINS CAREER 
AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 
ACT OF 2006 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-
nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through 
(18) and paragraphs (19) through (34) as para-
graphs (10) through (19) and paragraphs (21) 
through (36), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) COMMUNITY PARTNER.—The term ‘com-
munity partner’ means a nonprofit organization that 
has expertise in the planning and delivery of edu-
cation, career training, and related programs, in 
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forging coordination and cooperation between edu-
cators and other members of the community, in 
training educators and other deliverers of edu-
cational services, or in development and implementa-
tion of data systems that measure the progress of 
students, schools and institutions of higher edu-
cation, and programs.’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (19) (as redes-
ignated by paragraph (1)) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(20) 
INTERMEDIARY
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘intermediary organization’ means a nonprofit 
organization that has expertise in training, forging 
public-private partnerships, systems development, 
capacity-building, improving scalability, and evalua-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 102. ATTAINMENT OF 21ST CENTURY SKILLS. 
(a) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Section 113(b)(2)(C) of the 
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
2006 (20 U.S.C. 2323(b)(2)(C)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘attainment of 21st century skills (such as critical think-
ing, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration) 
and’’ after ‘‘such as’’. 
(b) LOCAL AND STATE REPORTS.—Section 113 of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 2323) is further amended— 
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