‘‘PART BB—CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATOR 
ENHANCEMENT 
‘‘SEC. 899. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATOR ENHANCE-
MENT COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 
under subsection (h), the Secretary shall award competi-
tive grants to 10 eligible institutions for the purpose of 
improving career and technical education by developing 
and carrying out programs that provide ongoing training 
and professional development to educators who teach ca-
reer and technical education courses at the secondary and 
postsecondary levels. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTIONS.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under subsection (a), an institution shall— 
‘‘(1) be an institution of higher education as de-
fined in section 101 or section 102(c); and 
‘‘(2) prepare and submit to the Secretary an 
application, at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may re-
quire. 
‘‘(c) CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall establish procedures to ensure that applica-
tions under subsection (b)(2) are rigorously reviewed and 
that grants are competitively awarded based on— 
‘‘(1) the ability of the applicant to increase the 
number of qualified individuals that serve as teach-
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ers in career and technical education programs for 
secondary and postsecondary students; 
‘‘(2) the ability of the applicant to provide 
training for individuals to become career and tech-
nical education teachers and teacher aids at sec-
ondary and postsecondary schools; 
‘‘(3) the ability of the applicant to provide 
training to improve the skills of experienced career 
and technical education teachers and teacher aids at 
secondary and postsecondary schools; and 
‘‘(4) any other consideration the Secretary de-
termines necessary. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received under a 
grant under this section— 
‘‘(1) shall be used by the eligible institution to 
develop and operate a training and professional de-
velopment program to— 
‘‘(A) prepare individuals to become teach-
ers of career and technical education courses at 
the secondary or postsecondary level; and 
‘‘(B) enhance the knowledge and skills of 
individuals who are employed as teachers of ca-
reer and technical education courses at the sec-
ondary or postsecondary level; and 
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‘‘(2) may be used by the eligible institution to 
improve facilities and equipment used to train career 
and technical educators, except that the eligible in-
stitution shall not use more than 30 percent of such 
amounts to carry out this paragraph. 
‘‘(e) DURATION OF GRANT.—A grant under this sec-
tion shall be for a period of 5 years. 
‘‘(f) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of 
a grant provided under this section to an eligible institu-
tion may not exceed $100,000 for the period of the grant. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘career 
and technical education’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. Amounts appro-
priated under this subsection shall remain available until 
expended.’’. 
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