I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4263 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the preparation 
of career and technical education teachers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 16, 2015 
Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia (for himself, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. 
BERA, Mr. BLUM, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. POLIQUIN, Mr. AGUILAR, and Mr. 
MACARTHUR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide 
for the preparation of career and technical education 
teachers. 
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 ‘‘Technical Education 
and Career Help (TEACH) Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PARTNERSHIP GRANTS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 
CAREER 
AND 
TECHNICAL 
EDUCATION 
TEACHERS. 
Section 202 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1022a) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (k) 
as subsections (g) through (l), respectively; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and ca-
reer and technical education teachers’’ after 
‘‘early childhood educators’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6)(C), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (f) or (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g) 
or (h)’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘a pro-
gram for the preparation of career and tech-
nical education teachers under subsection (f),’’ 
after ‘‘subsection (e),’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’; and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) PARTNERSHIP GRANTS FOR THE PREPARATION 
OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible partnership that 
receives a grant under this section to carry out a 
program for the preparation of career and technical 
education teachers shall establish an effective sec-
ondary school career and technical education teacher 
preparation program that shall be— 
‘‘(A) available to mid-career professionals 
or recent graduates of an institution of higher 
education, who have expertise in a program 
area in which a skilled career and technical 
education teacher shortage has been identified 
through a needs assessment described in para-
graph (2); 
‘‘(B) an opportunity for program partici-
pants to obtain initial licensure based on State 
requirements and the basic skills required for 
entry into the education profession, and the op-
tion of earning a bachelor’s degree or a mas-
ter’s degree; and 
‘‘(C) an opportunity for program partici-
pants who are current educators and who do 
not have subject matter expertise in a career 
and technical education field identified through 
the needs assessment under paragraph (2) to 
receive technical skills training to be able to ef-
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fectively teach in a classroom setting the career 
and technical skills identified in such assess-
ment based on industry standards. 
‘‘(2) NEEDS ASSESSMENT.—Each of the part-
ners in an eligible partnership that receives a grant 
under this section to carry out a program for the 
preparation of career and technical education teach-
ers shall conduct a needs assessment— 
‘‘(A) with respect to the preparation, ongo-
ing training, professional development, and re-
tention of career and technical education teach-
ers in program areas linked to the education 
and skill needs of the local or regional economy; 
and 
‘‘(B) that takes into account the current 
needs of a State, local, or regional market, as 
well as trends identified in section 102(b)(1)(B) 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act. 
‘‘(3) PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY, APPLICATION, 
AND SELECTION.— 
‘‘(A) PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY.—In order 
to be eligible to participate in a career and 
technical education teacher preparation pro-
gram under this subsection, an individual— 
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‘‘(i) shall— 
‘‘(I) have at least a bachelor’s de-
gree; 
‘‘(II) have an active industry-rec-
ognized credential in a technical pro-
fession if the eligible partnership de-
termines that the program leading to 
the credential is of high quality, and 
meets the State’s minimum require-
ments for career and technical edu-
cation teachers in the field, based ei-
ther on years of related work experi-
ence or a number of specified hours in 
the field; or 
‘‘(III) be a former member of the 
Armed Forces with a Department of 
Defense recognized active technical 
credential; and 
‘‘(ii) may be a licensed teacher with a 
need for technical skills training. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION AND SELECTION.— 
‘‘(i) APPLICATION.—Each eligible in-
dividual described in subparagraph (A) 
who desires to participate in the career 
and technical education teacher prepara-
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tion program under this subsection shall 
submit an application to the eligible part-
nership. 
‘‘(ii) SELECTION.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible 
partnership shall select applicants for 
participation in the career and tech-
nical education teacher preparation 
program based on the career and 
technical education program needs of 
any high-need local educational agen-
cies in the partnership. 
‘‘(II) REQUIREMENT
FOR
VA-
CANT POSITIONS.—Any vacant career 
and technical educator positions or 
positions with a demonstrated connec-
tion to the needs assessment described 
in paragraph (2) within the high-need 
local educational agency in an eligible 
partnership that receives a grant 
under this section to carry out a pro-
gram for the preparation of career 
and technical education teachers shall 
be filled with career and technical 
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education teacher preparation pro-
gram participants. 
‘‘(iii) 
RECRUITMENT.—An 
eligible 
partnership may develop and implement a 
teacher recruitment program to invite eligi-
ble individuals to participate in the career 
and technical education program. 
‘‘(4) REQUIRED CLINICAL EXPERIENCE COMPO-
NENTS.—Each career and technical education teach-
er preparation program carried out under this sub-
section shall include the following program compo-
nents: 
‘‘(A) Training in pedagogy, including class-
room management, lesson planning, student 
learning methods, and academic and career and 
technical education content integration. 
‘‘(B) Training in using empirically based 
practice and scientifically valid research in 
classroom instruction. 
‘‘(C) Necessary preparation to obtain a 
teaching license based on State licensing re-
quirements in the State in which the partner-
ship operates, prior to entering the classroom. 
‘‘(D) Literacy training for incorporating 
technical texts into the classroom. 
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‘‘(E) At least 1 year of clinical experience 
concurrent with the pre-classroom training pro-
gram. 
‘‘(F) Training to effectively teach technical 
skills to industry standards in a classroom set-
ting. 
‘‘(G) For licensed teachers, technical skills 
and pedagogical training related to the career 
and technical education program they are in-
tending to teach. 
‘‘(5) REQUIRED PRE-SERVICE COMPONENTS.— 
Each career and technical education teacher prepa-
ration program carried out under this subsection 
shall require— 
‘‘(A) program participants, after com-
pleting pre-classroom training and who have at 
least State recognized provisional licensure to 
teach, to be paired with a mentor teacher with 
expertise in teaching the same or similar con-
tent for a period of not less than 2 years within 
the same school or school district, if available, 
and, if not available, the program shall specify 
how the program participant will be mentored; 
and 
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‘‘(B) continuing professional development 
coursework for such program participants over 
the course of 3 years to ensure that such teach-
ers— 
‘‘(i) are able to understand and imple-
ment research-based teaching practices in 
classroom instruction; 
‘‘(ii) have knowledge of student learn-
ing methods; 
‘‘(iii) are data-literate to continuously, 
effectively, and ethically access, interpret, 
act on, and communicate multiple types of 
data from State, local, classroom, and 
other sources to improve outcomes for stu-
dents in a manner appropriate to edu-
cators’ professional roles and responsibil-
ities; 
‘‘(iv) possess skills to analyze student 
academic and technical achievement data 
and other measures of student learning, 
and use such data and measures to im-
prove classroom instruction; 
‘‘(v) possess the skills to develop, im-
plement, and utilize interim and formative 
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assessments to improve classroom instruc-
tion; 
‘‘(vi) possess teaching skills and an 
understanding of effective instructional 
strategies across the technical and all ap-
plicable academic content areas that enable 
such teachers to— 
‘‘(I) meet the specific learning 
needs of all students, including stu-
dents with disabilities, students who 
are limited English proficient, stu-
dents who are gifted and talented, and 
students with low literacy levels; and 
‘‘(II) differentiate instruction for 
such students; 
‘‘(vii) possess strategies for incor-
porating content from non-career and tech-
nical education courses and standards for 
college and career into career and technical 
education courses; 
‘‘(viii) are able to effectively partici-
pate as a member of an individualized edu-
cation program team, as defined in section 
614(d)(1)(B) of the Individuals with Dis-
abilities Education Act; and 
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‘‘(ix) are able to successfully employ 
effective strategies for literacy instruction 
in technical coursework. 
‘‘(6) AGREEMENT TO SERVE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), each career and technical 
education teacher preparation program carried 
out under this subsection shall require program 
participants to serve as a full-time career and 
technical education teacher in a high-need local 
educational agency that is a part of the eligible 
partnership for a total of not less than 3 aca-
demic years immediately after successfully com-
pleting the pre-classroom training program 
component. 
‘‘(B) SERVING LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CIES OUTSIDE OF THE PARTNERSHIP.—If there 
are no full-time career and technical education 
teacher positions in a high-need local edu-
cational agency that is a part of the eligible 
partnership, a program participant may fulfill 
the service requirement under subparagraph 
(A) through serving as a full-time career and 
technical education teacher in a high-need local 
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educational agency that is not a part of the eli-
gible partnership. 
‘‘(C) CERTIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT.— 
A program participant under this subsection 
shall provide the eligible partnership with cer-
tification of the employment that is required 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(7) STIPENDS
OR
SALARIES; APPLICATIONS; 
REPAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) STIPENDS
OR
SALARIES.—A career 
and technical education teacher preparation 
program under this subsection shall provide a 
one-year living stipend or salary to program 
participants during the pre-classroom training 
program component. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATIONS
FOR
STIPENDS
OR 
SALARIES.—Each career and technical edu-
cation teacher preparation program participant 
desiring a stipend or salary during the pre- 
classroom training program component shall 
submit an application to the eligible partnership 
at such time, and containing such information 
and assurances, as the eligible partnership may 
require. 
‘‘(C) REPAYMENTS.— 
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—A grantee car-
rying out a career and technical education 
teacher preparation program under this 
subsection shall require a recipient of a sti-
pend or salary under subparagraph (A) 
who does not complete, or who notifies the 
partnership that the recipient intends not 
to complete, the service obligation required 
by paragraph (6) to repay such stipend or 
salary to the eligible partnership, together 
with interest, at a rate specified by the 
partnership in the agreement, and in ac-
cordance with such other terms and condi-
tions specified by the eligible partnership, 
as necessary. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER
TERMS
AND
CONDI-
TIONS.—Any other terms and conditions 
specified by the eligible partnership may 
include reasonable provisions for pro-rata 
repayment of the stipend or salary de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) or for deferral 
of a program participant’s service obliga-
tion required by paragraph (6), on grounds 
of health, incapacitation, inability to secure 
employment as a full-time career and tech-
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nical education teacher, being called to ac-
tive duty in the Armed Forces of the 
United States, or other extraordinary cir-
cumstances. 
‘‘(iii) USE OF REPAYMENTS.—An eli-
gible partnership shall use any repayment 
received under this subparagraph to carry 
out additional activities that are consistent 
with the purposes of this subsection. 
‘‘(8) REPORTS; PARENTS RIGHT-TO-KNOW; DE-
VELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES.— 
‘‘(A) ANNUAL REPORT.—An eligible part-
nership that receives a grant under this section 
to carry out a program for the preparation of 
career and technical education teachers shall 
submit to the Secretary and make publicly 
available, at such time and in such manner as 
the Secretary may require, an annual report 
that includes— 
‘‘(i) data on the eligible partnership’s 
progress on the performance measures de-
scribed in section 204(a); and 
‘‘(ii) a description of the challenges 
the eligible partnership has faced in imple-
menting the grant and how the eligible 
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partnership has addressed or plans to ad-
dress such challenges. 
‘‘(B) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.—Each eligible 
partnership that receives a grant under this 
section to carry out a program for the prepara-
tion of career and technical education teachers 
shall complete and make publicly available, not 
later than 90 days after the grant period for 
such eligible partnership ends, an evaluation 
based on the evaluation plan described in sec-
tion 204(a). 
‘‘(C) PARENTS
RIGHT-TO-KNOW.—At the 
beginning of each school year, a high-need local 
educational agency that receives funds under 
this subsection shall— 
‘‘(i) notify the parents of each student 
attending any school receiving funds under 
this subsection that the parents may re-
quest, and the agency will provide the par-
ents on request (and in a timely manner), 
the 
information 
described 
in 
section 
1111(h)(6)(A) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965; and 
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‘‘(ii) provide to each such parent the 
information and notice described in section 
1111(h)(6)(B) of such Act. 
‘‘(D) DEVELOPMENT
OF
PERFORMANCE 
MEASURES.—The Secretary shall develop per-
formance measures prior to awarding grants 
under this section, with input and consultation 
of schools of education, school administrators, 
teachers, professional nonprofit technical and 
career organizations, and the opportunity for a 
60-day public comment period. The Secretary 
shall ensure that such measures are made avail-
able to potential applicants prior to seeking ap-
plications for such grants.’’. 
Æ 
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