2391 
with subsection (a)(1)(A)(iii) shall include as 
part of their application a description of— 
‘‘(i) a partnership between the eligible 
entity and at least one apprenticeship pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(ii) existing partnerships with em-
ployers acting in either an advisory capac-
ity or actively participating in the pre-ap-
prenticeship program. 
‘‘(D) CREATING
OR
EXPANDING
YOUTH 
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.—An eligible enti-
ty applying to create or expand youth appren-
ticeship programs and carry out activities in ac-
cordance with subsection (a)(1)(A)(iv) shall in-
clude as part of their application a description 
of— 
‘‘(i) an existing partnership with at 
least one high school offering related in-
struction for the youth apprenticeship pro-
gram, with existing integration into the 
academic content of the high school di-
ploma requirements, or with demonstrated 
plans for integration of related instruction 
into the high school curriculum; and
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‘‘(ii) existing partnerships with em-
ployers acting in either an advisory capac-
ity or actively participating in the youth 
apprenticeship program. 
‘‘(2) ENCOURAGING
EMPLOYER
PARTICIPA-
TION.— 
‘‘(A) INDIVIDUALS WITH BARRIERS TO EM-
PLOYMENT.—An eligible entity applying to tar-
get individuals with barriers to employment for 
apprenticeship, youth apprenticeship, or pre-ap-
prenticeship programs and carry out activities 
in accordance with subsection (a)(1)(B)(i) shall 
include as part of their application a description 
of— 
‘‘(i) specific strategies to target both 
individuals with barriers to employment 
and employers for participation in the pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(ii) partnerships with organizations 
that assist program participants in access-
ing supportive services to support recruit-
ment, retention, and completion of the pro-
gram by program participants. 
‘‘(B) HIGH-NEED
SOCIAL
SERVICE-RE-
LATED INDUSTRIES.—An eligible entity apply-
2393 
ing to offer pre-apprenticeship, youth appren-
ticeship, or apprenticeship programs in high- 
need social service-related industries, sectors, or 
occupations and carry out activities in accord-
ance with subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii) shall include 
as part of their application a description of 
wages and benefits offered to program partici-
pants. 
‘‘(C) INDIVIDUALS
CURRENTLY
OR
RE-
CENTLY INCARCERATED.—An eligible entity ap-
plying to target individuals currently or recently 
incarcerated and establish or carry out pre-ap-
prenticeship programs and apprenticeship pro-
grams 
in 
accordance 
with 
subsection 
(a)(1)(B)(iii) shall include as part of their ap-
plication a description of— 
‘‘(i) a plan to assist the program par-
ticipants in obtaining the documentation 
and work authorization necessary to par-
ticipate in such program; 
‘‘(ii) partnerships with organizations 
that will assist program participants in ac-
cessing activities to improve financial lit-
eracy and supportive services;
2394 
‘‘(iii) how the assessments used to 
support the placement of potential pro-
gram participants into a program accu-
rately reflect the participants’ skills and 
competencies; 
‘‘(iv) a plan to provide information 
about resources to program participants to 
address mental health or substance abuse 
issues; 
‘‘(v) partnerships with organizations 
that support— 
‘‘(I) the transition from incarcer-
ation to re-entry, such as assistance 
with housing, transportation, child 
care, and legal services; and 
‘‘(II) successful completion of an 
apprenticeship or pre-apprenticeship 
program; 
‘‘(vi) wages and benefits offered to 
program participants that are commensu-
rate with wages for similar work in the 
State or local area, as allowable; and 
‘‘(vii) alignment and necessary sup-
ports to comply with and receive the bene-
fits of the Federal Bonding Program and
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the Prison Industry Enhancement Certifi-
cation Program for employers participating 
in apprenticeship programs. 
‘‘(D) SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED EMPLOY-
ERS.—An eligible entity applying to engage 
small- and medium-sized employers and carry 
out activities in accordance with subsection 
(a)(1)(B)(iv) shall include as part of their ap-
plication a description of demonstrated success 
in engaging small- and medium-sized employers 
and the ability to recruit new employers to par-
ticipate in related partnerships or programs, in-
cluding small businesses owned or controlled by 
women, minorities, or veterans. 
‘‘(E) INDIVIDUALS RECENTLY EMPLOYED 
IN CARBON-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES.—An eligi-
ble entity applying to target individuals recently 
employed in carbon-intensive industries and es-
tablish or carry out pre-apprenticeship pro-
grams and apprenticeship programs in accord-
ance with subsection (a)(1)(B)(v) shall include 
as part of their application a description of— 
‘‘(i) specific strategies to target indi-
viduals recently employed in carbon-inten-
2396 
sive industries for participation in the pro-
gram; 
‘‘(ii) a plan to assist the program par-
ticipants in applying the skills utilized in 
carbon-intensive industries to employment 
opportunities in other sectors; and 
‘‘(iii) wages and benefits offered to 
program participants that are commensu-
rate with wages for similar work. 
‘‘(3) INTERMEDIARY GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) SUPPORTING
NATIONAL
INDUSTRY 
AND EQUITY INTERMEDIARIES.—An eligible en-
tity applying to carry out activities in accord-
ance with subsection (a)(1)(C)(i) shall include 
as part of their application a description of the 
ability of such entity to convene a diverse group 
of industry specific stakeholders for the pur-
poses of developing or expanding programs, in-
cluding employers, workforce development orga-
nizations, industry associations, labor groups 
(including joint labor-management organiza-
tions), small businesses owned or controlled by 
women, minorities, or veterans, and education 
and training providers at a national level or 
with national reach.
2398 
with subsection (a)(1)(D) shall include as part of 
their application a description of— 
‘‘(A) a demonstration of a partnership 
with— 
‘‘(i)(I) no less than three sponsors or 
employers; or 
‘‘(II) an industry or sector partner-
ship; and 
‘‘(ii) at least 1 of the following— 
‘‘(I) an educational service agen-
cy; 
‘‘(II) a high school; 
‘‘(III) a local educational agency; 
‘‘(IV) State educational agency; 
‘‘(V) an Indian Tribe, Tribal or-
ganization, Tribal educational agency, 
Tribally controlled college or univer-
sity, or Tribally controlled postsec-
ondary career and technical institu-
tion, as applicable; 
‘‘(VI) 
a 
postsecondary 
edu-
cational institution; 
‘‘(VII) a Job Corps center (as de-
fined in section 142 of the Workforce
2399 
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
U.S.C. 3192)); or 
‘‘(VIII) a State higher education 
agency; and 
‘‘(B) a commitment to establishing or ex-
panding the alignment of the related instruction 
to— 
‘‘(i) the requirements for a high 
school diploma, which may be fulfilled 
through a dual or concurrent enrollment 
program; or 
‘‘(ii) the requirements for a recognized 
postsecondary credential, including the de-
gree requirements for an associate’s or 
bachelor’s degree. 
‘‘SEC. 202. USES OF FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) GENERAL ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity apply-
ing for any grant activity under section 201(a)(1)— 
‘‘(1) shall use at least 5 percent of the grant 
funds to provide direct financial assistance to ap-
prentices, pre-apprentices, or youth apprentices 
through emergency grants to support their financial 
needs to enter, remain enrolled in, and complete 
such program, such as support for the related costs 
of supplies and equipment, assessment or licensure
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fees, courses, transportation, child care, internet ac-
cess, and housing; and 
‘‘(2) may use funds for any of the following ac-
tivities: 
‘‘(A) To establish or expand partnerships 
with organizations that provide program partici-
pants access to financial planning, mentoring, 
and supportive services that are necessary to 
enable an individual to participate in and com-
plete a program under the national apprentice-
ship system. 
‘‘(B) To conduct outreach and recruitment 
activities, including assessments of potential 
participants for, and enrollment of participants 
in, a program under the national apprenticeship 
system. 
‘‘(C) To conduct outreach, engagement, re-
cruitment, and coordination of activities with 
employers, industry associations, labor and joint 
labor-management 
organizations, 
qualified 
intermediaries, education and training pro-
viders, State or local workforce agencies, poten-
tial sponsors, community-based organizations, 
communities with high numbers or percentages 
of nontraditional apprenticeship populations,
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small- and medium-sized businesses, or rural 
communities to establish or expand industry or 
sector partnerships and opportunities under the 
national apprenticeship system. 
‘‘(D) To carry out grant requirements, in-
cluding program evaluation and reporting re-
quirements. 
‘‘(E) To conduct any activities as described 
in the application that would advance the pur-
poses of the grant. 
‘‘(F) To support the transition to virtual 
or remote learning or training, as necessary and 
as approved by the registration agency. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL USES OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) CREATION OR EXPANSION ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM
CRE-
ATION.—An eligible entity that receives funds 
under section 201(a)(1)(A)(i) shall use such 
funding to create and implement an apprentice-
ship program, which may include— 
‘‘(i) creating and providing training 
and related instruction based on employer 
engagement; 
‘‘(ii) applying apprenticeship frame-
works as described in section 111(b)(5)(C)
2402 
to the State or local labor market and em-
ployer needs; 
‘‘(iii) aligning the new program with 
existing apprenticeship programs; or 
‘‘(iv) appropriate equipment, tech-
nology, and instructional materials aligned 
with new program needs, including ma-
chinery, testing equipment, tools, imple-
ments, hardware and software, and other 
new and emerging instructional materials. 
‘‘(B) APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM EXPAN-
SION.—An eligible entity that receives funds 
under section 201(a)(1)(A)(ii) shall use such 
funds to expand an existing apprenticeship pro-
gram, which may include— 
‘‘(i) expanding and enhancing related 
instruction; 
‘‘(ii) conducting outreach to and en-
gagement with employers for the purposes 
of program expansion, including creation 
of new or expansion of existing industry or 
sector partnerships; 
‘‘(iii) preparing additional instructors 
or mentors needed for program expansion;
2403 
‘‘(iv) building awareness of appren-
ticeship program opportunities for State or 
local workforce development, education, 
and economic development entities; and 
‘‘(v) providing commensurate wages to 
wages for on-the-job training for program 
participants during related instruction, as 
applicable. 
‘‘(C) PRE-APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAMS.— 
An eligible entity that receives funds under sec-
tion 201(a)(1)(A)(iii) shall use such funds to 
create a new pre-apprenticeship program or ex-
pand an existing pre-apprenticeship program, 
which may include— 
‘‘(i) coordinating pre-apprenticeship 
program activities with an apprenticeship 
program in a high-skill, high-wage, or in- 
demand industry sector or occupation, in-
cluding the creation or expansion of work- 
based learning opportunities, and articula-
tion agreements for those who successfully 
complete a pre-apprenticeship to earn aca-
demic credit and enroll in an apprentice-
ship program;
2404 
‘‘(ii) creating, expanding, or inte-
grating related instruction and work-based 
learning, which may include training in the 
workplace and supporting partnerships to 
create opportunities for pre-apprentices to 
earn credit at a postsecondary educational 
institution for skills and competencies ac-
quired during the pre-apprenticeship pro-
gram; 
‘‘(iii) providing participants with ca-
reer exploration and career planning activi-
ties and with exploration of postsecondary 
opportunities including apprenticeship pro-
grams; 
‘‘(iv) with respect to participants 
without a high school diploma or a gen-
erally recognized equivalent, paying the 
costs affiliated with acquiring such equiva-
lent, and the costs of any related assess-
ments of potential pre-apprentices or active 
pre-apprentices, including those that would 
verify the attainment of foundational 
knowledge and skills necessary to succeed 
in an apprenticeship program;
2406 
‘‘(ix) creating or expanding industry 
or sector partnerships to support the pre- 
apprenticeship program and to provide ad-
ditional opportunities to the pre-appren-
tices. 
‘‘(D) 
YOUTH
APPRENTICESHIP
PRO-
GRAMS.—An eligible entity that receives funds 
under section 201(a)(1)(A)(iv) shall use such 
funds to create a new youth apprenticeship pro-
gram or expand an existing youth apprentice-
ship program, which may include— 
‘‘(i) paying for the costs associated 
with curriculum development and align-
ment of that curriculum with recognized 
postsecondary credentials including indus-
try recognized credentials, high school 
graduation requirements, and related in-
struction, including curriculum develop-
ment for dual or concurrent enrollment; 
‘‘(ii) providing employers, and to the 
extent practicable, labor organizations and 
joint 
labor-management 
organizations, 
technical assistance to support the partici-
pation of youth apprentices under the age 
of 18;
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‘‘(iii) integrating work-based and aca-
demic learning, which may include training 
in the workplace; 
‘‘(iv) providing career exploration and 
career planning activities, including explo-
ration of postsecondary opportunities such 
as apprenticeship programs; 
‘‘(v) providing technical assistance to 
support the participation of small- and me-
dium-sized businesses in youth apprentice-
ship programs; 
‘‘(vi) developing or expanding partner-
ships with organizations that assist pro-
gram participants in accessing supportive 
services, which may include the 12-month 
period after the conclusion of such a youth 
apprenticeship program; or 
‘‘(vii) providing teachers, career guid-
ance and academic counselors, school lead-
ers, administrators, specialized instruc-
tional support personnel, and paraprofes-
sionals with professional development op-
portunities to build an understanding of 
apprenticeship opportunities available to
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students, including experiential opportuni-
ties like externships. 
‘‘(2) INCENTIVE FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT.—An eli-
gible entity that receives funds under section 
201(a)(1)(B)(i) shall use such funds to encour-
age employer participation in programs under 
the national apprenticeship system that target 
individuals with barriers to employment, which 
may include— 
‘‘(i) providing financial assistance to 
employers to support costs related to the 
programs, such as training incumbent 
workers for participation as mentors or 
employees supervising the on-the-job learn-
ing; 
‘‘(ii) supporting the cost of related in-
struction, assessment or licensure fees, or 
wages for program participants during re-
lated instruction; and 
‘‘(iii) establishing or expanding part-
nerships with organizations that assist pro-
gram participants in accessing supportive 
services to support recruitment, retention, 
and completion, including providing sup-
2409 
plies and equipment necessary to begin a 
program under the national apprenticeship 
system. 
‘‘(B) HIGH-NEED
SOCIAL
SERVICE-RE-
LATED INDUSTRIES.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives funds under section 201(a)(1)(B)(ii) 
shall use such funds to incentivize employer 
participation in programs under the national 
apprenticeship system in high need social serv-
ice-related industries, sectors, or occupations, 
which may include— 
‘‘(i) providing financial assistance to 
employers to support costs related to the 
program, such as training incumbent work-
ers as mentors, or employees providing on- 
the-job training; 
‘‘(ii) supporting the cost of related in-
struction, assessment or licensure fees, or 
wages for program participants during re-
lated instruction; 
‘‘(iii) establishing or expanding part-
nerships with organizations that assist pro-
gram participants in accessing supportive 
services to support recruitment, retention, 
and completion, including providing sup-
2410 
plies and equipment necessary to begin a 
program under the national apprenticeship 
system; or 
‘‘(iv) aligning such program with ca-
reer pathways and opportunities for ad-
vancement along such career pathways. 
‘‘(C) INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED BY THE JUS-
TICE SYSTEM.—An eligible entity that receives 
funds under section 201(a)(1)(B)(iii) shall use 
such funds to incentivize employer participation 
in programs under the national apprenticeship 
system that target individuals impacted by the 
criminal or juvenile justice system, which may 
include— 
‘‘(i) providing financial assistance to 
employers to support costs related to the 
program, such as training incumbent work-
ers as mentors or employees supervising 
the on-the-job learning; or 
‘‘(ii) supporting the cost of related in-
struction, assessment or licensure fees, or 
wages for program participants during re-
lated instruction. 
‘‘(D) IN-DEMAND
INDUSTRY
SECTOR
OR 
OCCUPATION
GRANTS
FOR
SMALL- AND
ME-
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DIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES.— An eligible entity 
that 
receives 
funds 
under 
section 
201(a)(1)(B)(iv) shall use such funds to en-
courage participation of small- and medium- 
sized businesses in programs under the national 
apprenticeship system, which may include— 
‘‘(i) providing financial assistance to 
employers to support costs related to the 
program, such as training incumbent work-
ers as mentors or employees supervising 
the on-the-job learning; 
‘‘(ii) supporting the cost of related in-
struction, assessment or licensure fees, or 
wages for program participants during re-
lated instruction; 
‘‘(iii) providing technical assistance to 
small- and medium-sized businesses on the 
program 
registration 
process 
and 
leveraging other available funds to support 
carrying out programs supported by this 
grant; or 
‘‘(iv) establishing or expanding part-
nerships to support program development 
or expansion, including establishing or ex-
panding industry or sector partnerships to
2412 
ensure inclusion of small- and medium- 
sized businesses. 
‘‘(3) INTERMEDIARY GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) NATIONAL
INDUSTRY
AND
EQUITY 
INTERMEDIARIES.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives funds under section 201(a)(1)(C)(i) shall 
use such funds to carry out activities at a na-
tional and regional level to support the pro-
motion and expansion of industry or equity 
intermediaries, which may include— 
‘‘(i) 
creating 
partnerships 
and 
leveraging collaborations with employers, 
workforce development organizations, in-
dustry associations, labor organizations, 
and education and training providers to 
help multiple employers make education 
and training more affordable and accel-
erate the expansion of programs under the 
national apprenticeship system nationwide; 
‘‘(ii) assisting employers in expanding 
programs, starting new programs, and 
working together to create a pipeline of 
skilled workers; 
‘‘(iii) increasing the participation and 
completion of nontraditional apprenticeship
2413 
populations in programs under the national 
apprenticeship system, which may in-
clude— 
‘‘(I) supporting the development, 
implementation, and scaling of plans 
and practices; and 
‘‘(II) identifying, developing, and 
disseminating effective program tools 
and strategies; 
‘‘(iv) providing national activities to 
increase awareness and access to pro-
grams, including strategic marketing and 
outreach, technology improvements, and 
innovations that make it easier for employ-
ers to start programs and for individuals 
to connect with program opportunities; 
‘‘(v) developing and disseminating 
training or related instruction associated 
with the program or for curriculum im-
provements that align with the require-
ments of the program and learning assess-
ments; or 
‘‘(vi) providing industry employees or 
potential employees with a clear under-
standing of future career paths and the
2414 
skills needed to succeed, along with cost ef-
fective ways of acquiring those skills 
through youth apprenticeship, pre-appren-
ticeship, or apprenticeship programs. 
‘‘(B) LOCAL INTERMEDIARIES.—An eligi-
ble entity that receives funds under section 
201(a)(1)(C)(ii) may use such funds to carry 
out activities at a local or regional level to sup-
port the promotion and expansion of programs 
under the national apprenticeship system, which 
may include— 
‘‘(i) providing training or related in-
struction associated with the programs or 
for curriculum improvements that align 
with the requirements of the programs and 
learning assessments; 
‘‘(ii) engaging with local education 
and training providers to support related 
instruction aligned with the needs of high- 
skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry 
sectors and occupations, and to the extent 
practicable, support the provision of aca-
demic credit for related instruction; 
‘‘(iii) providing services, including 
business engagement, classroom instruc-
2415 
tion, and development of partnerships with 
organizations that assist program partici-
pants in accessing supportive services 
(which may include the 12-month period 
after the conclusion of the other activities 
in the youth apprenticeship and pre-ap-
prenticeship programs involved); 
‘‘(iv) providing technical assistance on 
the registration process for a sponsor of a 
youth apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, 
or apprenticeship program; 
‘‘(v) connecting businesses, labor or-
ganizations, or joint labor-management or-
ganizations with education and training 
providers to develop related instruction to 
complement the on-the-job learning portion 
of a youth apprenticeship, pre-apprentice-
ship, or apprenticeship program; 
‘‘(vi) providing training to employees 
to serve as on-the-job trainers or mentors 
to program participants; and 
‘‘(vii) providing career exposure, ca-
reer planning, and career awareness activi-
ties.
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‘‘(4) EDUCATIONAL ALIGNMENT GRANTS.—An 
eligible entity that receives funds under section 
201(a)(1)(D) shall use such funds to strengthen 
alignment between programs under the national ap-
prenticeship system and education and training pro-
viders with secondary and postsecondary education 
systems, including degree and credential require-
ments, which may include— 
‘‘(A) creating and aligning the related in-
struction to requirements for a high school di-
ploma or an associate’s or bachelor’s degree, in-
cluding through— 
‘‘(i) dual enrollment and credit articu-
lation for youth apprenticeship programs; 
‘‘(ii) articulation agreements; or 
‘‘(iii) credit transfer agreements; 
‘‘(B) creating or expanding career path-
ways aligned with pre-apprenticeship, youth ap-
prenticeship, or apprenticeship programs; 
‘‘(C) providing professional development 
for teachers, career guidance and academic 
counselors, school leaders, administrators, spe-
cialized instructional support personnel, and 
paraprofessionals to build an understanding of 
opportunities in the national apprenticeship sys-
2417 
tem available to students and to incorporate 
such opportunities into academic content and 
offerings; 
‘‘(D) offering prior learning assessments, 
which may include credit for prior learning to 
grant advanced standing in a program under 
the national apprenticeship system and credit 
towards an associate’s or bachelor’s degree; 
‘‘(E) maintaining a connection between a 
pre-apprenticeship or youth apprenticeship pro-
gram and an apprenticeship program; and 
‘‘(F) providing training for instructors or 
mentors. 
‘‘SEC. 203. GRANT EVALUATIONS. 
‘‘(a) RECIPIENT REPORTS.—Each recipient of a 
grant under this section shall— 
‘‘(1) provide for an independent evaluation of 
the activities carried out under this title during the 
grant period; 
‘‘(2) provide for an annual report and for a 
final report at the conclusion of the grant period, 
which include— 
‘‘(A) a description of how the funds re-
ceived through the grant were used and how the
2418 
uses of funds aligned with the description in the 
application specified in section 201(e)(5)(C); 
‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible entity that 
is required to report data under section 
131(b)(1), the data collected under such section 
on a quarterly basis; 
‘‘(C) the total number of active program 
participants served by each of the grant pro-
grams; 
‘‘(D) the total number that obtained un-
subsidized employment in a field related to the 
occupation suitable for apprenticeship; 
‘‘(E) the total number of program partici-
pants that completed the program in which they 
were enrolled; 
‘‘(F) the average time to completion for 
each program as compared to the program 
standards description under paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of section 123(b); 
‘‘(G) the average cost per participant dur-
ing the most recent program year and the 3 
preceding program years; 
‘‘(H) the percentage of participants who 
received support services; and
2419 
‘‘(I) the disaggregation of performance 
data described in subparagraphs (A) through 
(H)— 
‘‘(i) by the program type (apprentice-
ship, youth apprenticeship, or pre-appren-
ticeship program) involved; and 
‘‘(ii) by race, ethnicity, sex, age, and 
membership in a population specified in 
section 3(24) of the Workforce Innovation 
and 
Opportunity 
Act 
(29 
U.S.C. 
3102(24)); and 
‘‘(3) submit each report under paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(A) to the registration agency; and 
‘‘(B) to the Administrator. 
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATOR EVALUATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator shall 
prepare— 
‘‘(A) not later than 36 months after the 
date of enactment of the National Apprentice-
ship Act of 2022, an interim evaluation on the 
activities carried out under grants, contracts, or 
cooperative agreements awarded under this sec-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 60 months after the 
date of enactment of the National Apprentice-
2420 
ship Act of 2022, a final evaluation containing 
the results of the grant activities. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Such evaluations shall ad-
dress, for the activities carried out under each grant 
awarded under this section, the general effectiveness 
of the activities in relation to their cost, including 
the extent to which the activities— 
‘‘(A) improve the participation in, reten-
tion in, and completion of youth apprenticeship, 
pre-apprenticeship, and apprenticeship pro-
grams by nontraditional apprenticeship popu-
lations; 
‘‘(B) to the extent feasible, increase the 
levels of total employment, of attainment of rec-
ognized postsecondary credentials, and of meas-
urable skills, above the levels that would have 
existed in the absence of such activities; 
‘‘(C) respond to the needs reflected in 
State, regional, or local labor market data; 
‘‘(D) align with high-skill, high-wage, or 
in-demand industries or occupations; and 
‘‘(E) reach a wide variety of industry sec-
tors and occupations; 
‘‘(3) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
60 days after the completion of the interim evalua-
2421 
tion and the final evaluation described in this sec-
tion, the Administrator shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report 
summarizing the findings of the interim evaluations 
and a report summarizing the final evaluations. 
‘‘(4) PUBLIC ACCESS.—The Administrator shall 
make the interim and final reports available on a 
publicly accessible website not later than 60 days 
after the completion of the interim report and the 
final report. 
‘‘SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
GRANTS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title: 
‘‘(1) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
‘‘(2) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
‘‘(3) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
‘‘(4) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and 
‘‘(5) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2027.’’. 
SEC. 90104. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS AND WORKFORCE 
IMPROVEMENT ACT
OF 1998.—Section 414(c) of the
2422 
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement 
Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) is repealed. 
(b) IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.—Section 
286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FOR
JOB 
TRAINING’’ and inserting ‘‘FOR PROGRAMS UNDER 
THE NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘for demonstration programs 
and projects described in section 414(c) of the 
American Competitiveness and Workforce Improve-
ment Act of 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘to carry out title 
II of the National Apprenticeship Act’’. 
TITLE II—ELEMENTARY AND 
SECONDARY EDUCATION 
SEC. 90201. POSTSECONDARY STEM PATHWAYS GRANTS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to sup-
port equitable access to postsecondary STEM pathways 
to increase the number of students exposed to high-quality 
STEM advanced coursework, support students in reducing 
college costs, improve postsecondary credit transfers, and 
increase postsecondary completion. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADVANCED COURSEWORK.—The term ‘‘ad-
vanced coursework’’ means coursework designed for
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students to earn postsecondary credit upon its suc-
cessful completion while still in high school, includ-
ing coursework or assessments associated with Ad-
vanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, a 
dual or concurrent enrollment program, or an early 
college high school program. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a partnership that— 
(A) shall include— 
(i) the State educational agency; 
(ii) one or more local educational 
agencies, including charter schools oper-
ating as a local educational agency, located 
in the State, which may include an edu-
cational service agency; and 
(iii) either— 
(I) the State public higher edu-
cation system inclusive of all 2-year 
and 4-year public institutions of high-
er education in the State; or 
(II) a consortium of the State’s 
public higher education institutions or 
systems that, together, is inclusive of 
all 2-year and 4-year public institu-
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tions of higher education in the State; 
and 
(B) may include 1 or more businesses, as-
sociations, or nonprofit organizations rep-
resenting businesses, an industry or sector part-
nership, private nonprofit institutions of higher 
education, nonprofit organizations, a State 
workforce agency, or a State board. 
(3) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘dual or 
concurrent enrollment program’’, ‘‘early college high 
school’’, ‘‘educational service agency’’ ‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘English learner’’, ‘‘evidence-based’’, ‘‘high 
school’’, ‘‘institution of higher education’’, ‘‘local 
educational agency’’, ‘‘middle grades’’, ‘‘other staff’’, 
‘‘professional development’’, ‘‘regular high school di-
ploma’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, ‘‘State educational agency’’, 
and ‘‘technology’’ have the meanings given the terms 
in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(4) FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT.— 
The term ‘‘first-generation college student’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 402A(h) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a– 
11(h)).
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(5) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 
the chief executive officer of a State. 
(6) OUTLYING
AREA.—The term ‘‘outlying 
area’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
8101(36)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(36)(A)). 
(7) HISTORICALLY
BLACK
COLLEGE
OR
UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘‘historically Black college or 
university’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘part B 
institution’’ in section 322 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 
(8) 
MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘minority-serving institution’’ a means a His-
panic-serving institution, Alaska Native-serving in-
stitution and Native Hawaiian-serving institution, 
Predominantly Black Institution, Asian American 
and Native American Pacific Islander-serving insti-
tution, or Native American-serving nontribal institu-
tion, as defined in section 371 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 
(9) PERKINS DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘career 
and technical education’’ and ‘‘work-based learning’’ 
have the meanings given the terms in section 3 of 
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 
Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302).
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(10) POSTSECONDARY
STEM
PATHWAY.—The 
term ‘‘postsecondary STEM pathway’’ means a se-
quence of courses focused on STEM education, in-
cluding advanced coursework approved by the eligi-
ble entity taken at any point during high school, 
that— 
(A) when taken together, provide at least 
12 credit hours or the equivalent coursework to-
ward an associate degree or baccalaureate de-
gree, or, in the case of postsecondary credit in 
career and technical education earned through 
such sequence of courses, credit toward a recog-
nized postsecondary credential for a high-skill, 
high-wage, or in-demand industry sector or oc-
cupation; 
(B) if completed successfully, results in 
credit that— 
(i) counts as credit toward the State’s 
regular high school diploma; and 
(ii) is a part of the statewide articula-
tion agreement described in subsection 
(d)(2)(B); and 
(C) may include work-based learning in a 
STEM 
field 
aligned 
with 
the 
academic
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coursework offered in a postsecondary STEM 
pathway. 
(11) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto 
Rico. 
(12) STEM EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘STEM 
education’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 2 of the STEM Education Act of 2015 (42 
U.S.C. 6621 note). 
(13) STUDENTS FROM A FAMILY WITH A LOW 
INCOME.—The term ‘‘students from a family with a 
low income’’ means any students who are identified 
by any of the measures described in section 
1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)). 
(14) SUBGROUP
OF
STUDENTS.—The term 
‘‘subgroup of students’’ means— 
(A) each subgroup of students described in 
subclauses 
(I) 
through 
(IV) 
of 
section 
1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)); 
(B) homeless children and youths, as de-
fined in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a);
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(C) students who are in foster care or are 
aging out of the foster care system; and 
(D) first-generation college students. 
(15) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘‘Tribal College or University’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 316 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c). 
(16) WIOA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘in-de-
mand industry sector or occupation’’, ‘‘industry or 
sector partnership,’’ ‘‘local board’’, ‘‘recognized post-
secondary credential’’, and ‘‘State board’’ have the 
meanings given the terms in section 3 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3102). 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-
priated under subsection (j) and not reserved under 
paragraph (2), the Secretary shall award grants, on 
a competitive basis, to eligible entities to enable 
those eligible entities to implement activities de-
scribed under subsection (e). 
(2) RESERVATIONS.—From the total amount 
appropriated under subsection (j) for a fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall reserve—
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(A) 1 percent for the Bureau of Indian 
Education to improve access to postsecondary 
STEM pathways; 
(B) 1 percent for allotments for payments 
to the outlying areas, to be distributed among 
those outlying areas on the basis of their rel-
ative need, as determined by the Secretary, to 
improve access to postsecondary STEM path-
ways; 
(C) 2 percent to conduct the evaluation de-
scribed under subsection (g); and 
(D) 2 percent for technical assistance and 
dissemination, which may include— 
(i) providing, directly or through 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments, technical assistance on using evi-
dence-based practices to improve the out-
comes of activities funded under this sec-
tion; and 
(ii) disseminating information on evi-
dence-based practices that are successful in 
improving the quality of activities funded 
under this section.
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(3) DURATION.—A grant awarded under this 
section shall be for a period of not more than 5 
years. 
(4) RENEWAL.—The Secretary may renew a 
grant awarded under this section for 1 additional 2- 
year period for programs that meet the goals speci-
fied in subsection (d)(4)(B). 
(5) DIVERSITY
OF
PROJECTS.—In awarding 
grants under this section, the Secretary shall ensure 
that, to the extent practicable, grants are distributed 
among eligible entities that will serve geographically 
diverse areas, including urban, suburban, and rural 
areas. 
(6) SUFFICIENT SIZE AND SCOPE.—Each grant 
awarded under this section shall be of sufficient size 
and scope to allow the eligible entity to carry out the 
purposes of this section. 
(7) PRIORITIES.—In awarding grants under 
this section, the Secretary shall give priority to ap-
plications that— 
(A) prioritize evidence-based strategies to 
increase the access of all subgroups of students 
served by the eligible entity to postsecondary 
STEM pathways; and
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(B) are submitted by eligible entities that 
include local educational agencies who are in 
the highest quartile of local educational agen-
cies, in a ranking of all qualified local edu-
cational agencies in the State, ranked in de-
scending order by the number or percentage of 
children in each agency counted under section 
1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)). 
(d) ELIGIBLE ENTITY APPLICATION.—In order to re-
ceive a grant under subsection (c)(1), the eligible entity 
shall submit an application to the Secretary, at such time, 
and in such manner as the Secretary may reasonably re-
quire. Such application shall include— 
(1) signatures from the Governor, chief State 
school officer, and the State higher education execu-
tive officer (or, in the case of a State without such 
an officer, a representative of an entity described in 
subsection (b)(2)(A)(iii) within such eligible entity) 
verifying that the eligible entity shall meet the re-
quirements described in paragraph (2) within the 
specified timeframe; 
(2) a description of how the eligible entity will, 
not later than 2 years after the date of the initial 
receipt of funds under this section—
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(A) ensure STEM postsecondary pathways 
are aligned with entrance requirements for 
credit-bearing coursework at the State’s public 
institutions of higher education; and 
(B) develop or expand a formal, universal 
statewide articulation agreement among all pub-
lic institutions of higher education or systems 
in the State— 
(i) to guarantee that— 
(I) all advanced coursework suc-
cessfully completed as part of a post-
secondary STEM pathway results in 
credit that— 
(aa) counts as credit for a 
regular high school diploma; 
(bb) is fully acceptable in 
transfer and is credited toward 
meeting related degree or certifi-
cate requirements by all public 
institutions of higher education 
in the State; and 
(II) if a student earns an asso-
ciate degree (including an associate 
degree in applied science) as part of a 
postsecondary STEM pathway, such
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associate degree, awarded by a par-
ticipating institution of higher edu-
cation in the State, shall be fully ac-
ceptable in transfer and credited as 
the first 2 years of a related bacca-
laureate program at a public institu-
tion of higher education in such State 
and, as applicable, other institutions 
of higher education participating in an 
articulation agreement described in 
subparagraph (C); and 
(ii) to facilitate the seamless transfer 
of credit earned in the postsecondary 
STEM pathway, and at the discretion of 
the eligible entity, any other advanced 
coursework made available in the State, 
among such institutions of higher edu-
cation, including between 2-year and 4- 
year public institutions of higher education 
and other institutions of higher education 
participating in an articulation agreement 
described in subparagraph (C), by using 
methods such as— 
(I) common course numbering;
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(II) a general education core cur-
riculum; and 
(III) management systems re-
garding course equivalency, transfer 
of credit, and articulation; and 
(C) in the case of one or more public insti-
tutions of higher education in another State, or 
one or more private, nonprofit institutions of 
higher education (including public institutions 
in another State and private, nonprofit institu-
tions that are historically Black colleges and 
universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, 
and minority-serving institutions), which seek 
to participate in a postsecondary STEM path-
way supported by the eligible entity, enable 
such institutions to participate in such postsec-
ondary STEM pathway by developing one or 
more separate articulation agreements with 
such institutions that are aligned with the re-
quirements of the articulation agreement de-
scribed in subparagraph (B); 
(3) a description of how the eligible entity will 
disseminate information at a minimum to all sub-
groups of students in the middle grades and high 
school served by the eligible entity, including their
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families, about the opportunity to participate in a 
postsecondary STEM pathway and the benefits of 
participation; 
(4) a description of how the eligible entity will 
implement postsecondary STEM pathways in all 
local educational agencies participating in the eligi-
ble entity, including— 
(A) the timeline and plan to provide, by 
the end of the grant period, a substantial num-
ber of students in the local educational agencies 
within the eligible entity the opportunity to par-
ticipate in a postsecondary STEM pathway; and 
(B) annual goals for participation in ad-
vanced coursework and postsecondary STEM 
pathways among all subgroups of students such 
that, if the goals are met— 
(i) significant progress will be made 
toward increasing equity in access to and 
participation in advanced coursework and 
postsecondary STEM pathways for sub-
groups of students across the local edu-
cational agencies within the eligible entity; 
and 
(ii) the demographics of students par-
ticipating in advanced coursework and
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postsecondary STEM pathways will be 
similar to the demographics of total stu-
dent enrollment in the State the eligible 
entity is located in by the end of the grant 
period; 
(5) a description of how the eligible entity has, 
or will, ensure that postsecondary STEM pathways 
are aligned with recognized postsecondary creden-
tials in high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand indus-
tries or occupations and provide students, where ap-
propriate, with opportunities for work-based learn-
ing; 
(6) a description of how the eligible entity con-
sulted with stakeholders in development of its appli-
cation and how the eligible entity will continue to en-
gage, collaborate, and solicit feedback with stake-
holders to improve implementation of the application 
requirements described in this subsection and uses 
of funds described in subsection (e), including— 
(A) the State board of education (if the 
State has a State board of education); 
(B) the State higher education governing 
or coordinating entity (if the State has such an 
entity);
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(C) the State board and relevant local 
boards; 
(D) the State agency responsible for the 
administration of career and technical edu-
cation in the State or for the supervision of the 
administration of career and technical edu-
cation in the State (if the State has such an en-
tity); 
(E) institutions of higher education in the 
State; 
(F) local educational agencies, including 
those located in rural areas and with the high-
est enrollments of students from low income 
families, as described in subsection (c)(7)(B); 
(G) representatives of Indian Tribes lo-
cated in the State; 
(H) charter school leaders (if the State has 
charter schools); 
(I) civil rights organizations in the State; 
(J) business leaders or their representa-
tives in the State; 
(K) teachers, principals, and other school 
leaders; and 
(L) parents and students;
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(7) an assurance that the eligible entity will 
provide postsecondary STEM pathways at no cost to 
students and their families, including that students 
and their parents shall not be required to pay the 
cost of tuition, fees (including examination fees asso-
ciated with Advanced Placement, International Bac-
calaureate, and similar examinations), books, and 
supplies necessary to successfully complete postsec-
ondary STEM pathways; 
(8) an assurance that not less than half of 
grant funds received by the eligible entity will be 
used to support all subgroups of students in access-
ing and completing postsecondary STEM pathways; 
(9) an assurance that the State will comply 
with the supplement, not supplant requirement de-
scribed under subsection (h); and 
(10) a description of how the eligible entity will 
sustain the activities assisted under the grant after 
the end of the grant period. 
(e) USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) REQUIRED USES.—An eligible entity receiv-
ing a grant under this section shall use grant funds 
to carry out the following: 
(A) Activities to implement the alignment 
requirements pursuant to subsection (d)(2) for
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a period of time not to exceed the first 2 fiscal 
years for which the grant is provided. 
(B) Supporting the development and im-
plementation of postsecondary STEM pathways 
consistent with the timeline, plan, and goals 
specified in subsection (d)(4) in order to in-
crease the number of students accessing and 
completing postsecondary STEM pathways in 
the State, which may include— 
(i) expanding advanced coursework of-
fered to students served by the eligible en-
tity to increase the availability of postsec-
ondary STEM pathways; 
(ii) covering tuition, fees (including 
examination fees associated with Advanced 
Placement, International Baccalaureate, 
and similar examinations), books, and sup-
plies for students participating in postsec-
ondary STEM pathways, in accordance 
with subsection (d)(7); and 
(iii) covering transportation and tech-
nology infrastructure (including computers 
devices and internet connectivity) costs 
necessary for full participation in postsec-
2440 
ondary STEM pathways for students from 
a family with a low income. 
(C) Implementing programs and activities 
to improve student preparation for, and partici-
pation in postsecondary STEM pathways, with 
a priority for students enrolled in local edu-
cational 
agencies 
described 
in 
subsection 
(c)(7)(B) and subgroups of students, which 
may include— 
(i) using data from evidence-based 
early warning indicator systems; 
(ii) providing supplemental advising or 
counseling activities that are voluntary to 
students, including information on choos-
ing postsecondary options, applying for fi-
nancial aid, completing applications to in-
stitutions of higher education, and career 
counseling and advising, beginning as early 
as the middle grades; and 
(iii) other evidence-based activities to 
support the successful implementation of 
postsecondary STEM pathways and stu-
dents’ transition from high school to post-
secondary education.
2441 
(D) Conducting outreach and commu-
nicating with subgroups of students, including 
their families, to build awareness about the op-
portunity to participate in a postsecondary 
STEM pathway and the benefits of participa-
tion. 
(2) PERMITTED USES.—An eligible entity re-
ceiving a grant under this section may also use 
grant funds to— 
(A) provide professional development or re-
cruitment for educators employed by the local 
educational agencies within the eligible entity 
and for faculty who teach courses that are in-
cluded in a postsecondary STEM pathway, in-
cluding increasing the number of educators 
qualified to teach dual or concurrent enrollment 
programs in STEM courses, to improve access 
and completion of such pathways, particularly 
for subgroups of students; and 
(B) carry out capacity-building efforts to 
improve the coordination between the elemen-
tary and secondary education system and the 
higher education system, including through 
stakeholder engagement and monitoring.
2442 
(3) TRANSPORTATION CAP.—An eligible entity 
may use not more than 10 percent of grant funds 
to cover transportation costs authorized under para-
graph (1)(B)(iii). 
(4) TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE CAP.—An 
eligible entity may use not more than 10 percent of 
grant funds for purchasing technology as authorized 
under paragraph (1)(B)(iii). 
(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY REPORTING.—Not later 
than 1 year after receipt of a grant under this sec-
tion and every year until the grant period ends, the 
eligible entity shall provide a report to the Secretary 
that includes— 
(A) information on the progress of the eli-
gible entity in establishing the policies and com-
pleting the required activities as specified in 
subsection (d)(2); 
(B) the number and percentage of local 
educational agencies and institutions of higher 
education in the State offering a postsecondary 
STEM pathway, including changes year-over- 
year, and the extent to which the eligible entity 
was meeting its timeline, plan, and goals speci-
fied in subsection (d)(4);
2443 
(C) the eligible entity’s progress in meeting 
the goals established by the eligible entity for 
the participation of subgroups of students in 
postsecondary STEM pathways as specified in 
subsection (d)(4); 
(D) evidence demonstrating how the eligi-
ble entity certified each such pathway meets all 
the requirements of this section; 
(E) the number and percentage of students 
in the State, including disaggregated by each 
subgroup of students, who— 
(i) participate in a postsecondary 
STEM pathway; and 
(ii) participate in a postsecondary 
STEM pathway and— 
(I) successfully complete a post-
secondary STEM pathway; 
(II) enroll in an institution of 
higher education and receive credit, in 
accordance with the alignment re-
quirements described in subsection 
(d)(2); 
(III) receive credit toward a rec-
ognized postsecondary credential for a
2444 
high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand in-
dustry sector or occupation; and 
(IV) earn a postsecondary cre-
dential; and 
(2) SECRETARY’S REPORT.—Not later than 6 
months after receiving the initial report described in 
paragraph (1) and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 
the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives that includes a summary 
of reports submitted by eligible entities and identi-
fies best practices related to improving access to 
STEM education and postsecondary education, par-
ticularly for subgroups of students, through the im-
plementation of postsecondary STEM pathways. 
(g) EVALUATION.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, shall con-
duct an independent evaluation after the initial award of 
grants under this section, of the policies and services pro-
vided under this section, including at a minimum, the im-
pact of such policies and services on outcomes for all stu-
dents, and particularly for subgroups of students, with re-
gard to each of the following:
2445 
(1) Enrollment in and completion of advanced 
coursework during high school, including the number 
of courses students take and the number of credits 
students earn. 
(2) Postsecondary enrollment, remediation, 
first-year credit attainment, persistence, and comple-
tion, including the number of students who enrolled 
in a STEM field, and the number of students who 
received a credential in a STEM field. 
(3) The rate at which credits earned through 
postsecondary STEM pathways are recognized for 
credit by public institutions of higher education in-
stitutions. 
(4) Postsecondary degree attainment, including 
completion of an associate degree, baccalaureate de-
gree, or recognized postsecondary credential, and the 
time it takes students to earn a degree. 
(5) Changes in access and rigor of STEM edu-
cation offered to students served by local educational 
agencies in eligible entities. 
(6) To the extent practicable, analysis of stu-
dent outcomes described in paragraphs (1) through 
(5) by STEM field. 
(h) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Federal funds 
provided under this section shall be used to supplement,
2446 
not supplant, other Federal, State, or local funds available 
to carry out activities described in this section. 
(i) DISAGGREGATION OF DATA.—Disaggregation of 
data required under this section shall not be required 
when the number of students in a subgroup is insufficient 
to yield statistically reliable information or the results 
would reveal personally identifiable information about an 
individual student. 
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. 
SEC. 90202. IMPROVING ACCESS TO ELEMENTARY AND SEC-
ONDARY COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to im-
prove the United States’ global competitiveness by improv-
ing access to computer science education and computa-
tional thinking skills for students enrolled in elementary 
schools and secondary schools operated by local edu-
cational agencies, particularly for students from groups 
who are underrepresented in computer science fields. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMPUTATIONAL THINKING SKILLS.—The 
term ‘‘computational thinking skills’’ means critical 
thinking skills that include—
2447 
(A) knowledge of how problems and solu-
tions can be expressed in such a way that allow 
them to be modeled or solved using a computer 
or machine; 
(B) the use of strategies related to problem 
decomposition, pattern matching, abstractions, 
modularity, and algorithm design; and 
(C) that involve creative problem solving 
skills and are applicable across a wide-range of 
disciplines and careers. 
(2) COMPUTER
SCIENCE
EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘computer science education’’ means instruc-
tion or learning regarding the study of computers 
and algorithmic processes and the study of com-
puting principles and theories, as defined by a State, 
and may include instruction or learning on— 
(A) computer programming or coding as a 
tool to— 
(i) create software, such as applica-
tions, games, and websites; and 
(ii) process, manage, analyze, or ma-
nipulate data; 
(B) development and management of com-
puter hardware related to sharing, processing,
2448 
representing, securing, and using digital infor-
mation; and 
(C) computational thinking skills and 
interdisciplinary problem-solving to equip stu-
dents with the skills and abilities necessary to 
apply computational thinking in the digital 
world. 
(3) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘dual or 
concurrent 
enrollment 
program’’, 
‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘educational service agency’’, ‘‘English 
learner’’, ‘‘evidence-based’’, ‘‘local educational agen-
cy’’, ‘‘middle grades’’, ‘‘professional development’’, 
‘‘secondary school’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, ‘‘State educational 
agency’’, and ‘‘technology’’ have the meanings given 
the terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(4) OUTLYING
AREA.—The term ‘‘outlying 
area’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
8101(36)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(36)(A)). 
(5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto 
Rico. 
(6) SUBGROUP OF STUDENTS.—The term ‘‘sub-
groups of students’’ means—
2449 
(A) each subgroup of students described in 
section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi); 
(B) homeless children and youth as defined 
in section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a); and 
(C) children and youth in foster care. 
(7) 
TECHNOLOGY
INFRASTRUCTURE.—The 
term ‘‘technology infrastructure’’ means computer 
devices and internet connectivity. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-
priated under subsection (l), after making the res-
ervations described in paragraph (2), the Secretary 
shall award computer science education program 
grants, on a competitive basis, to State educational 
agencies (which may include consortia of State edu-
cational agencies) that have submitted applications 
described in subsection (d) to increase access to 
computer science education and increase the develop-
ment of computational thinking skills in elementary 
and secondary education, particularly for subgroups 
of students , in order to increase American competi-
tiveness, in accordance with this section.
2450 
(2) RESERVATIONS.—From the total amount 
appropriated under subsection (l) for a fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall reserve— 
(A) 1 percent for the Bureau of Indian 
Education for the purpose of this section; 
(B) 1 percent for allotments for payments 
to the outlying areas, to be distributed among 
those outlying areas on the basis of their rel-
ative need, as determined by the Secretary, for 
the purposes of this section; 
(C) 2 percent for technical assistance and 
administration; and 
(D) 2 percent for evaluation, in accordance 
with subsection (h). 
(3) STATE GRANTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A State educational 
agency receiving a grant under paragraph (1) 
shall use not less than 90 percent of the grant 
funds to award competitive subgrants to local 
educational agencies, including charter schools 
operating as a local educational agency, and 
educational service agencies. 
(B) STATE RESERVATIONS.—A State edu-
cational agency receiving a grant under para-
graph (1) shall reserve not more than 10 per-
2451 
cent of the total grant amount received by the 
State for State level activities described in sub-
section (f)(1), of which not more than 2 percent 
of the total grant amount received by the State 
shall be used to provide technical assistance or 
for administrative purposes. 
(C) SUFFICIENT SIZE AND SCOPE.—Grants 
awarded by the Secretary under this section 
shall be of sufficient size and scope to allow 
State educational agencies to carry out the pur-
pose of this section. 
(D) 
DURATION; 
RENEWAL.—A 
grant 
awarded under this section shall be for a period 
of not more than 5 years. The Secretary may 
renew a grant awarded under this section for 1 
additional 2-year period for programs that meet 
the outcomes described in the data-driven plan 
required under subsection (d)(1). 
(4) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall co-
ordinate with the Director of the National Science 
Foundation to support the effective implementation 
of the grant program under this section. 
(d) STATE APPLICATION.—In order to receive a 
grant under this section, a State educational agency shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such time and
2453 
data aligned with the State educational agen-
cy’s plan. 
(2) A description of the factors the State edu-
cational agency will take into account when review-
ing applications submitted by agencies under sub-
section (e) and making subgrants under this section, 
including how such State educational agency shall— 
(A) take into consideration the need among 
agencies, including the number of students 
served by such agencies who are from families 
with low incomes, in accordance with paragraph 
(3)(A)(i); and 
(B) consider the agency’s capacity and 
commitment, including the agencies’ previous 
work to address achievement gaps, to— 
(i) close equity gaps in access to and 
enrollment in computer science education 
coursework particularly for subgroups of 
students; and 
(ii) provide access to high-quality in-
struction to improve the development of 
computational thinking skills in elementary 
and secondary education, particularly for 
students in elementary school and in the 
middle grades.
2454 
(3) An assurance that the State educational 
agency— 
(A) shall give priority in subgrant awards 
to local educational agencies that— 
(i) are in the highest quartile of local 
educational agencies, in a ranking of all 
local educational agencies in the State, 
ranked in descending order by the number 
or percentage of children in each agency 
counted under section 1124(c) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)); or 
(ii) will partner or collaborate with a 
Historically Black College or University 
(within the meaning of the term ‘‘part B 
institution’’ under section 322 of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1061)) or other institution described in 
section 371(a) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)), that is 
located within the State, to carry out ac-
tivities under the subgrant, in accordance 
with subsection (f)(2);
2455 
(B) will distribute subgrant awards among 
geographically diverse areas, including urban, 
suburban, and rural areas; and 
(C) in operating the local competitive 
subgrant 
process 
described 
in 
subsection 
(c)(3)(A), shall conduct outreach to local edu-
cational agencies described in subparagraph 
(A)(i) to make the agencies aware of the 
subgrant availability under this section, and 
provide technical assistance and support to such 
agencies in submitting an application under 
subsection (e). 
(4) A description of the State educational agen-
cy’s strategy to increase the number of educators 
prepared to teach computer science education, in-
cluding by— 
(A) recruiting educators or individuals with 
backgrounds in computer science to teach com-
puter science, diversifying the computer science 
educator pipeline, providing evidence-based pro-
fessional development for current educators, or 
providing evidence-based training for current 
educators seeking to transition from other con-
tent areas to computer science; and
2456 
(B) working with public institutions of 
higher education in the State to examine the 
State’s policies regarding educator preparation 
and licensure to support increased access and 
enrollment for candidates enrolled in educator 
preparation programs and current educators in 
computer science education. 
(5) A description of the policies and practices of 
the State educational agency intended to support in-
creased access and enrollment in computer science 
and support the development of computational 
thinking skills for elementary school and secondary 
school students, including— 
(A) the State educational agency’s efforts 
to assist local educational agencies to— 
(i) offer computer science education in 
secondary schools, which may include Ad-
vanced Placement or International Bacca-
laureate computer science courses, com-
puter science courses in dual or concurrent 
enrollment programs, in-demand industry 
credentials, or high-quality distance edu-
cation, particularly for subgroups of stu-
dents across the State as measured by the 
data collected under paragraph (1)(A); and
2457 
(ii) support the development of oppor-
tunities for youth to access extracurricular 
opportunities, career exploration and expo-
sure activities, career information and ad-
vising, and high-quality work-based learn-
ing opportunities (such as internships) to 
increase exposure to computer science edu-
cation and career pathways, and support 
the development of computational thinking 
skills, particularly for subgroups of stu-
dents; 
(B) how the State educational agency sup-
ports rigorous instruction in computer science 
education and the development of computa-
tional thinking skills, particularly for students 
enrolled in elementary school or in the middle 
grades; and 
(C) how the State educational agency’s 
plan described in paragraph (1) and grant 
funds provided under subsection (c) will be used 
to inform and change such policies and prac-
tices to increase access to instruction in com-
puter science education and the development of 
computational thinking skills for all students, 
and particularly for subgroups of students.
2458 
(e) SUBGRANT APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—In order to receive a 
subgrant under this section, a local educational 
agency (which may include a consortium of local 
educational agencies) or an educational service agen-
cy shall submit an application to the State edu-
cational agency at such time, in such manner, and 
including such information as the State educational 
agency may reasonably require. At a minimum, such 
application shall include the following: 
(A) A description of how the local edu-
cational agency or educational service agency 
will— 
(i) develop and implement the plan 
described in subsection (f)(2)(A); and 
(ii) diversify and support its computer 
science educators, including through re-
cruitment and retention activities, ana-
lyzing disparities among its educators by 
race, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, 
age, disability status, and language ability, 
and addressing such disparities, in align-
ment with the State educational agency’s 
strategy described in subsection (d)(4).
2459 
(B) A description of the existing computer 
science education coursework offered in sec-
ondary schools operated by the local educational 
agency or educational service agency, including 
the number of students who enroll and complete 
such courses disaggregated by each subgroup of 
students. 
(C) A description of how the local edu-
cational agency or educational service agency 
will use subgrant funds to implement evidence- 
based practices to improve the quality of in-
struction in computer science and the develop-
ment of computational thinking skills, includ-
ing— 
(i) providing evidence-based profes-
sional development for educators who teach 
computer science or are seeking to transi-
tion to teaching computer science; and 
(ii) improving instruction in the devel-
opment of computational thinking skills for 
students in elementary schools and sec-
ondary schools, particularly for students in 
elementary schools and middle grades. 
(D) A description regarding whether and 
how the local educational agency or educational
2460 
service agency may partner or collaborate, to 
carry out activities with the subgrant, in ac-
cordance with subsection (f)(2), with at least 1 
of the following entities, to the extent prac-
ticable if such entities are located within the 
State: 
(i) A Historically Black College or 
University (within the meaning of the term 
‘‘part B institution’’ under section 322 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1061)) or other institution de-
scribed in section 371(a) of the Higher 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1067q(a)). 
(ii) A computer science industry, insti-
tution of higher education, nonprofit orga-
nization, library, community learning cen-
ter (as defined in section 4201(b) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171(b))), State work-
force agency, or the State workforce devel-
opment board established under section 
101 of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111).
2461 
(E) An assurance that the local edu-
cational agency or educational service agency 
will meet the requirements under paragraph 
(2). 
(2) TARGETING
OF
FUNDS
TO
HIGH-NEEDS 
SCHOOLS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A local educational 
agency or educational service agency that re-
ceives a subgrant under this section shall use 
not less than 50 percent of such funds to sup-
port elementary schools and secondary schools 
that meet one of the following criteria: 
(i) Using any of the measures of pov-
erty in section 1113(a)(5) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)), elementary schools 
and secondary schools that have a higher 
percentage of students from families with 
low incomes than the average of the per-
centage of students from families with low 
incomes across all elementary schools and 
secondary schools served by the local edu-
cational agency or educational service 
agency.
2462 
(ii) Using any of the measures of pov-
erty in section 1113(a)(5) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)), elementary schools 
and secondary schools by grade-span 
grouping that have a higher percentage of 
students from families with low incomes 
than the average of the percentage of stu-
dents from families with low incomes 
across all elementary schools and sec-
ondary schools serving students in such 
grade-span grouping in the local edu-
cational agency or educational service 
agency. 
(B) SECONDARY SCHOOLS.—In identifying 
schools under subparagraph (A), percentages of 
students from families with low incomes in sec-
ondary schools may be calculated using com-
parable data from the schools that feed into 
such secondary school. 
(f) USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) STATE
USE
OF
FUNDS.—A State edu-
cational agency shall use amounts reserved under 
subsection (c)(3)(B) for 1 or more of the following:
2463 
(A) Implementing the plan described in 
subsection (d)(1), including through the provi-
sion of technical assistance, data collection and 
analysis, and capacity building supports to all 
local educational agencies within the State, to 
expand access to rigorous computer science edu-
cation and increase the development of com-
putational thinking skills for elementary school 
and secondary school students, particularly for 
subgroups of students. 
(B) Implementing the State educational 
agency’s strategy to support computer science 
educators described in subsection (d)(4) by di-
versifying and increasing the number of edu-
cators adequately prepared to deliver rigorous 
instruction in computer science, through re-
cruitment, evidence-based professional develop-
ment for educators, or evidence-based training 
for current educators seeking to transition from 
other subjects to computer science. 
(C) Identifying and supporting the imple-
mentation and scaling of evidence-based in-
structional strategies in computer science edu-
cation and instruction on how to develop com-
2464 
putational thinking skills in students that are 
supported by strong or moderate evidence. 
(D) Supporting the development of oppor-
tunities for youth to access extracurricular op-
portunities, career exploration and exposure ac-
tivities, career information and advising, and 
high-quality work-based learning opportunities 
(such as internships), to develop computational 
thinking skills and increase exposure to com-
puter science education and career pathways 
particularly for subgroups of students. 
(2) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY’S
USE
OF 
FUNDS.—A local educational agency or educational 
service agency that receives a subgrant under this 
section shall use funds for the following activities: 
(A) Developing and implementing a plan 
(in alignment with the State educational agen-
cy’s plan described in subsection (d)(1)) that— 
(i) regularly measures, analyzes, and 
addresses gaps in access to and enrollment 
in computer science education and in the 
development of computational thinking 
skills for subgroups of students;
2465 
(ii) establishes goals and specifies ac-
tivities supported by subgrant funds to 
meet those goals by— 
(I) increasing access to computer 
science education coursework in ele-
mentary 
schools 
and 
secondary 
schools that do not offer such courses; 
(II) addressing challenges faced 
by subgroups of students in enrolling 
and succeeding in computer science 
education coursework in elementary 
schools and secondary schools that do 
offer such courses; and 
(III) providing high-quality in-
struction to support the development 
of computational thinking skills for 
students in elementary schools and 
secondary schools, particularly for 
students in elementary schools and 
middle grades; and 
(iii) prioritizes using subgrant funds 
to support schools with significant enroll-
ments of students from families with low 
incomes as described in subsection (e)(2).
2466 
(B) Carrying out 1 or more of the fol-
lowing: 
(i) Expanding access to rigorous com-
puter science education and improve the 
development of computational thinking 
skills for all students especially subgroups 
of students, including through— 
(I) increasing access to computer 
science 
education 
in 
elementary 
schools and secondary schools, includ-
ing through expanded course offerings 
such as Advanced Placement or Inter-
national Baccalaureate courses, dual 
or concurrent enrollment programs, 
in-demand industry recognized creden-
tials, or distance education; and 
(II) improving the development 
of computational thinking skills for 
students in elementary schools and 
secondary schools, particularly ele-
mentary schools and in the middle 
grades, including through instruc-
tional materials technology infrastruc-
ture, and evidence-based professional 
development, with the goal of more ef-
2467 
fectively preparing such students for 
success in computer science education, 
such 
as 
enrollment 
in 
computer 
science education coursework in sec-
ondary school, receiving a postsec-
ondary degree or credential in com-
puter science, and attaining a career 
in computer science or a related field. 
(ii) Diversifying, supporting, and in-
creasing the number of educators ade-
quately prepared to deliver rigorous in-
struction in computer science education, 
by— 
(I) providing evidence-based pro-
fessional development for educators 
who, at the time that the local edu-
cational 
agency 
receives 
the 
subgrant— 
(aa) teach computer science; 
or 
(bb) are seeking to transi-
tion 
to 
teaching 
computer 
science; 
(II) recruiting and retaining edu-
cators described in subclause (I); and
2468 
(III) 
analyzing 
disparities 
amongst computer science educators 
by race, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic 
status, age, disability status, and lan-
guage ability, and addressing such 
disparities. 
(iii) 
Implementing 
evidence-based 
practices to improve the quality of instruc-
tion regarding computer science and the 
development of computational thinking 
skills. 
(iv) Supporting student mastery of 
the development of problem-solving skills 
and other key prerequisites for computer 
science education coursework, including al-
gebra and statistics, to promote success in 
computer science education coursework. 
(v) Establishing robust regional col-
laborations with relevant local entities to 
improve work-based learning opportunities 
and career exploration and exposure in 
computer science, for elementary school 
and secondary school students, that may 
include collaborating with computer science 
industry, institutions of higher education,
2469 
nonprofit organizations, community learn-
ing centers (as defined in section 4201(b) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171(b)), a 
State workforce agency, or a State work-
force development board established under 
section 101 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111). 
(vi) Supporting the development of 
opportunities for youth to access extra-
curricular opportunities, career exploration 
and exposure activities, career information 
and advising, and high-quality work-based 
learning opportunities (such as intern-
ships), to develop computational thinking 
skills and increase exposure to computer 
science education and career pathways. 
(3) RESTRICTION.—A local educational agency 
or educational service agency that receive a subgrant 
under this section shall not use more than 15 per-
cent of subgrant funds for purchasing technology in-
frastructure as described in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II). 
(g) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) LOCAL REPORTING.—Each local educational 
agency and educational service agency that receives
2470 
a subgrant under this section shall submit a report 
to the State educational agency on an annual basis 
that contains any information required by the State 
educational agency and, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The number of students enrolled in 
computer science education coursework in the 
schools served by such local educational agency 
or educational service agency, and an update on 
the progress in addressing the equity gaps iden-
tified under subsection (f)(2)(A). 
(B) A description of actions and changes 
in policies and practice by the local educational 
agency or educational service agency to improve 
access and increase enrollment and success in 
computer science education and increase the de-
velopment of computational thinking skills for 
elementary school and secondary school stu-
dents, particularly for students in elementary 
schools and middle grades. 
(C) Data on the number and diversity of 
educators providing instruction in computer 
science education. 
(2) STATE REPORTING.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this section and annu-
2472 
(2) CONTENTS.—The evaluation under para-
graph (1) shall measure— 
(A) the effectiveness of the program in ex-
panding access to computer science education 
and the development of computational thinking 
skills for all students, particularly for sub-
groups of students; 
(B) the extent to which the program im-
proved the development of computational think-
ing skills for elementary schools and secondary 
school students, particularly in elementary 
schools and middle grades; and 
(C) the effectiveness of the program in di-
versifying, supporting, and increasing the num-
ber of educators adequately prepared to deliver 
rigorous instruction in computer science edu-
cation and how to develop computational think-
ing skills in students. 
(i) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The Secretary shall 
comply with the requirements of section 8526A of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7906a) in carrying out activities under this section. 
(j) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Federal funds 
provided under this section shall be used to supplement, 
and not supplant, other Federal, State, or local funds
2473 
available to carry out the activities described in this sec-
tion. 
(k) DISAGGREGATION OF DATA.—Disaggregation of 
data required under this section shall not be required 
when the number of students in a subgroup is insufficient 
to yield statistically reliable information or the results 
would reveal personally identifiable information about an 
individual student. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026. 
TITLE III—HIGHER EDUCATION 
SEC. 90301. REAUTHORIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL EDU-
CATION PROGRAMS UNDER TITLE VI OF THE 
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. 
(a) GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE LANGUAGE 
AND
AREA
CENTERS
AND
PROGRAMS.—Section 
602(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1122(b)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended— 
(1) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(2) in subclause (IV), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following:
2474 
‘‘(V) the beginning, intermediate, or 
advanced study of a foreign language re-
lated to the area of specialization.’’. 
(b) INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.— 
Section 605 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1125) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 605. INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND INNOVATION. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 
support essential international and foreign language edu-
cation research and innovation projects with the goal of 
assessing and strengthening international education ca-
pacity, coordination, delivery, and outcomes to meet na-
tional needs. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amount provided 
to carry out this section, the Secretary shall carry 
out the following activities: 
‘‘(A) Conduct research and studies that 
contribute to the purpose described in sub-
section (a) and include research to provide a 
systematic understanding of the United States’ 
international and foreign language education 
capacity, structures, and effectiveness in meet-
ing growing demands by education, government,
2475 
and the private sector (including business and 
other professions). 
‘‘(B) Create innovative paradigms or en-
hance or scale up proven strategies and prac-
tices that address systemic challenges to devel-
oping and delivering international and foreign 
language education resources and expertise 
across educational disciplines and institutions, 
and for employers and other stakeholders. 
‘‘(C) Develop and manage a national 
standardized 
database 
that 
includes 
the 
strengths, gaps, and trends in the international 
and foreign language education capacity of the 
United States, and document the outcomes of 
programs funded under this title for every 
grant cycle. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS OR CONTRACTS.—The Secretary 
shall carry out activities to achieve the outcomes de-
scribed in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) directly; or 
‘‘(B) through grants awarded under sub-
section (d) or (e). 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘eligible entity’ means— 
‘‘(1) an institution of higher education;
2476 
‘‘(2) a public or private nonprofit library; 
‘‘(3) a nonprofit educational organization; 
‘‘(4) an entity that— 
‘‘(A) received a grant under this title for 
a preceding fiscal year and successfully met the 
goals and requirements of the grant; or 
‘‘(B) as of the date of application for a 
grant under this section, is receiving a grant 
under this title and is demonstrating that the 
entity is successfully meeting the goals and re-
quirements of such grant under this title; or 
‘‘(5) a partnership of two or more entities de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (4). 
‘‘(d) RESEARCH GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM
AUTHORIZED.—For any fiscal 
year for which the Secretary carries out activities to 
achieve the outcomes described in subsection (b)(1) 
through research grants under this subsection, the 
Secretary shall award such grants, on a competitive 
basis, to eligible entities. 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 
that receives a grant under this subsection shall use 
the grant funds to pay for the Federal share of the 
costs of the systematic development, collection, anal-
2477 
ysis, publication, and dissemination of data, and 
other information resources, in a manner that— 
‘‘(A) is easily understandable, made pub-
licly available, and contributes to achieving the 
purpose of subsection (a); and 
‘‘(B) achieves at least 1 of the outcomes 
described in subsection (b)(1)(A) or (C). 
‘‘(3) DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITIES.—An eligible 
entity that receives a grant under this subsection 
may use the grant to carry out any of the following 
activities: 
‘‘(A) Assess and document international 
and foreign language education capacity and 
supply through studies or surveys that— 
‘‘(i) determine the number of foreign 
language courses, programs, and enroll-
ments at all levels of education and in all 
languages, including a determination of 
gaps in those languages deemed critical to 
the national interest; 
‘‘(ii) measure the number and types of 
degrees or certificates awarded in area 
studies, global studies, foreign language 
studies, and international business and 
professional studies, including identifica-
2478 
tion of gaps in those studies deemed crit-
ical to the national interest; 
‘‘(iii) measure the number of foreign 
language or area or international studies 
faculty, including international business 
faculty, and to the extent practicable, ele-
mentary school and secondary school for-
eign language teachers; or 
‘‘(iv) measure the number of under-
graduate and graduate students engaging 
in international education programs. 
‘‘(B) Assess the demands for, and out-
comes of, international and foreign language 
education and their alignment, through studies, 
surveys, and conferences to— 
‘‘(i) determine demands for increased 
or improved instruction in foreign lan-
guage, area or global studies, or other 
international fields, and the demand for 
employees with such skills and knowledge 
in the education, government, and private 
sectors (including business and other pro-
fessions); 
‘‘(ii) assess the employment or utiliza-
tion of graduates of programs supported
2479 
under this title by educational, govern-
mental, and private sector organizations 
(including business and other professions); 
or 
‘‘(iii) assess standardized outcomes 
and effectiveness and benchmarking of 
programs supported under this title. 
‘‘(C) Develop and publish specialized mate-
rials for use in foreign language, area, global, 
or other international studies, including in 
international business or other professional edu-
cation or technical training, as appropriate. 
‘‘(D) Conduct studies or surveys that iden-
tify and document challenges in higher edu-
cation and elementary school and secondary 
school systems in increasing the availability of 
international and foreign language education to 
students, including challenges in current evalua-
tion standards, entrance and graduation re-
quirements, program accreditation, student de-
gree requirements, or teacher and faculty legal 
workplace barriers to education and research 
abroad. 
‘‘(E) With respect to underrepresented in-
stitutions of higher education (including minor-
2480 
ity-serving institutions or community colleges), 
carry out studies or surveys that identify and 
document— 
‘‘(i) systemic challenges and changes 
and incentives and partnerships needed to 
comprehensively and sustainably inter-
nationalize educational programming; or 
‘‘(ii) short- and long-term outcomes of 
successful internationalization strategies 
and funding models. 
‘‘(F) Evaluate the extent to which pro-
grams assisted under this title reflect diverse 
perspectives and a wide range of views and gen-
erate debate on world regions and international 
affairs. 
‘‘(e) INNOVATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM
AUTHORIZED.—For any fiscal 
year for which the Secretary carries out activities to 
achieve the outcomes described in subsection (b)(1) 
through innovation grants under this subsection, the 
Secretary shall award such grants, on a competitive 
basis, to eligible entities. 
‘‘(2) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that 
receives an innovation grant under this subsection 
shall use the grant funds to pay the Federal share
2481 
of projects consistent with the purpose described in 
subsection (a) that establish and conduct innovative 
strategies, or scale up proven strategies, and that 
achieve at least 1 of the outcomes described in sub-
section (b)(1). Such projects may include one or 
more of the following: 
‘‘(A) Innovative paradigms to improve 
communication, sharing, and delivery of re-
sources that further the purpose described in 
subsection (a), including the following: 
‘‘(i) Networking structures and sys-
tems to more effectively match graduates 
with international and foreign language 
education skills with employment needs. 
‘‘(ii) Sharing international specialist 
expertise across institutions of higher edu-
cation or in the workforce to pursue spe-
cialization or learning opportunities not 
available at any single institution of higher 
education, such as shared courses for 
studying less commonly taught languages, 
world areas or regions, international busi-
ness or other professional areas, or special-
ized research topics of national strategic 
interest.
2482 
‘‘(iii) 
Producing, 
collecting, 
orga-
nizing, preserving, and widely dissemi-
nating international and foreign language 
education expertise, resources, courses, and 
other information through the use of elec-
tronic technologies and other techniques. 
‘‘(iv) Collaborative initiatives to iden-
tify, capture, and provide consistent access 
to, and creation of, digital global library 
resources that are beyond the capacity of 
any single eligible entity receiving a grant 
under this section or any single institution 
of higher education, including the profes-
sional development of library staff. 
‘‘(v) Utilization of technology to cre-
ate open-source resources in international, 
area, global, and foreign language studies 
that are adaptable to multiple educational 
settings 
and 
promote 
interdisciplinary 
partnerships between technologists, cur-
riculum designers, international and for-
eign language education experts, language 
teachers, and librarians. 
‘‘(B) Innovative curriculum, teaching, and 
learning strategies, including the following:
2483 
‘‘(i) New initiatives for collaborations 
of disciplinary programs with foreign lan-
guage, area, global, and international stud-
ies, and education abroad programs that 
address the internationalization of such 
disciplinary studies with the purpose of 
producing globally competent graduates. 
‘‘(ii) Innovative collaborations between 
established centers of international and 
foreign language education excellence and 
underrepresented institutions and popu-
lations seeking to further their goals for 
strengthening international, area, global, 
and foreign language studies, including at 
minority-serving institutions or community 
colleges. 
‘‘(iii) Teaching and learning collabora-
tions among foreign language, area, global, 
or other international studies with diaspora 
communities, including heritage students. 
‘‘(iv) New approaches and methods to 
teaching emerging global issues, cross-re-
gional interactions, and underrepresented 
regions or countries, such as project- and 
team-based learning.
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‘‘(C) Innovative assessment and outcome 
tools and techniques that further the purpose 
described in subsection (a), including the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) International and foreign lan-
guage education assessment techniques 
that are coupled with outcome-focused 
learning modules, such as certificates or 
badges, immersion learning, or e-portfolio 
systems. 
‘‘(ii) Effective and easily accessible 
methods of assessing professionally useful 
levels of proficiency in foreign languages or 
competencies in area, culture, and global 
knowledge or other international fields in 
programs under this title, which may in-
clude use of open access online and other 
cost-effective tools for students and edu-
cators at all educational levels and in the 
workplace. 
‘‘(f) APPLICATION.—Each eligible entity desiring a 
grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary an 
application at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary shall require, includ-
ing—
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‘‘(1) a description of each proposed project the 
eligible entity plans to carry out under this section 
and how such project meets the purpose described in 
subsection (a); 
‘‘(2) if applicable, a demonstration of why the 
entity needs a waiver or reduction of the matching 
requirement under subsection (g); and 
‘‘(3) an assurance that each such proposed 
project will be self-sustainable after the project is 
completed. 
‘‘(g) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
total cost for carrying out a project supported by a 
grant under this section shall be not more than 50 
percent. 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
The non-Federal share of such cost shall be no less 
than 50 percent and may be provided either in-kind 
or in cash, from institutional and non-institutional 
funds, including contributions from State or private 
sector corporations, nonprofit entities, or founda-
tions. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL
RULE.—Notwithstanding para-
graphs (1) and (2), the Secretary may waive or re-
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duce the non-Federal share required under para-
graph (2) for eligible entities that— 
‘‘(A) are minority-serving institutions or 
are community colleges; or 
‘‘(B) have submitted a grant application as 
required by subsection (f) that demonstrates a 
need for such a waiver or reduction. 
‘‘(h) DATABASE AND REPORTING.—The Secretary 
shall directly, or through grants or contracts with an eligi-
ble grant recipient— 
‘‘(1) establish, curate, maintain, and update at 
least every grant cycle a web-based site which shall 
showcase the results of this section and serve as a 
user-friendly repository of the information, re-
sources, and best practices generated through activi-
ties conducted under this section; and 
‘‘(2) prepare, publish, and disseminate to Con-
gress and the public at least once every 2 years, a 
report that summarizes key findings and policy 
issues from the activities conducted under this sec-
tion, especially as such activities relate to inter-
national and foreign language education and out-
comes.’’. 
(c) DISCONTINUATION OF FOREIGN INFORMATION 
ACCESS PROGRAM.—Part A of title VI of the Higher Edu-
2487 
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1121 et seq.) is further 
amended— 
(1) by striking sections 606 and 610; and 
(2) redesignating sections 607, 608, and 609 as 
sections 606, 607, and 608, respectively. 
(d) FINDINGS AND PURPOSE FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS 
AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Section 
611 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1130) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(1) the future welfare of the United States will 
depend substantially on increasing international and 
global skills in business, educational, and other pro-
fessional communities and creating an awareness 
among the American public of the internationaliza-
tion of our economy and numerous other profes-
sional areas important to the national interest in the 
21st century;’’; 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) concerted efforts are necessary to engage 
business and other professional or technical edu-
cation programs, language, area, and global study
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programs, professional international affairs edu-
cation programs, public and private sector organiza-
tions, and United States business in a mutually pro-
ductive relationship which benefits the Nation’s fu-
ture economic and security interests;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and the 
international’’ and inserting ‘‘and other profes-
sional fields and the international and global’’; 
and 
(D) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, as well as other 
professional organizations,’’ after ‘‘depart-
ments of commerce’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or other professions’’ 
after ‘‘business’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and economic enter-
prise’’ and inserting ‘‘, economic enter-
prise, and security’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and other profes-
sional’’ before ‘‘personnel’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘to pros-
per in an international’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
other professional fields to prosper in a global’’.
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(e) PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR 
GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS.—Section 613 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1130a) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 613. PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 
FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 
support innovative strategies that provide undergraduate 
and graduate students with the global professional com-
petencies, perspectives, and skills needed to strengthen 
and enrich global engagement and competitiveness in a 
wide variety of professional and technical fields important 
to the national interest in the 21st century. 
‘‘(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall 
make grants to, or enter into contracts with, eligible enti-
ties to pay the Federal share of the cost of programs de-
signed to— 
‘‘(1) establish an interdisciplinary global focus 
in the undergraduate and graduate curricula of busi-
ness, science, technology, engineering, and other pro-
fessional or technical education programs to be de-
termined by the Secretary based on national needs; 
‘‘(2) produce graduates with proficiencies in 
both the global aspects of their professional or tech-
2490 
nical education fields and international, cross-cul-
tural, and foreign language skills; and 
‘‘(3) provide appropriate services to or partner-
ships with the corporate, government, and nonprofit 
communities in order to expand knowledge and ca-
pacity for global engagement and competitiveness 
and provide internship or employment opportunities 
for students and graduates with international skills. 
‘‘(c) MANDATORY ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 
that receives a grant or contract under this section shall 
use the grant or contract to carry out the following: 
‘‘(1) With respect to undergraduate or graduate 
professional and technical education curricula, incor-
porating— 
‘‘(A) foreign language programs that lead 
to proficiency, including immersion opportuni-
ties; 
‘‘(B) international, area, or global studies 
programs; 
‘‘(C) education, internships, or other inno-
vative or technological linkages abroad; and 
‘‘(D) global business, economic, and trade 
studies, where appropriate. 
‘‘(2) Innovating and improving international, 
global, and foreign language education curricula to
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serve the needs of business and other professional 
and nonprofit communities, including development of 
new programs for nontraditional, mid-career, or 
part-time students. 
‘‘(3) Establishing education or internship 
abroad programs, domestic globally-focused intern-
ships, or other innovative approaches to enable un-
dergraduate or graduate students in professional or 
technical education to develop foreign language skills 
and knowledge of foreign cultures, societies, and 
global dimensions of their professional fields. 
‘‘(4) Developing collaborations between institu-
tions of higher education and corporations or non- 
profit organizations in order to strengthen engage-
ment and competitiveness in global business, trade, 
or other global professional activities. 
‘‘(d) DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 
that receives a grant or contract under this section may 
use the grant or contract to carry out the following: 
‘‘(1) Developing specialized teaching materials 
and courses, including foreign language and area or 
global studies materials, and innovative technological 
delivery systems appropriate for professionally-ori-
ented students.
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‘‘(2) Establishing student fellowships or other 
innovative support opportunities, including for 
underrepresented populations, first generation col-
lege students (defined in section 402A), and heritage 
learners, for education in global professional develop-
ment activities. 
‘‘(3) Developing opportunities or fellowships for 
faculty or junior faculty of professional or technical 
education (including the faculty of minority-serving 
institutions or community colleges) to acquire or 
strengthen international and global skills and per-
spectives. 
‘‘(4) Establishing international linkages or part-
nerships with institutions of higher education, cor-
porations, or organizations that contribute to the ob-
jectives of this section. 
‘‘(5) Establishing trade education programs 
through agreements with regional, national, global, 
bilateral, or multilateral trade centers, councils, or 
associations. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION.—Each eligible entity desiring a 
grant or contract under this section shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
including such information as the Secretary may reason-
ably require, including assurances that—
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‘‘(1) each proposed project have reasonable and 
demonstrable 
plans 
for 
sustainability 
and 
replicability upon completion of the project; 
‘‘(2) the institution of higher education will use 
the assistance provided under this section to supple-
ment and not supplant other activities described in 
subsection (b) that are conducted by the institution 
of higher education as of the day before the date of 
the grant or contract; 
‘‘(3) in the case of eligible entities that are con-
sortia of institutions of higher education, or partner-
ship described in subsection (g)(1)(C), a copy of 
their partnership agreement that demonstrates com-
pliance with subsection (b) will be provided to the 
Secretary; 
‘‘(4) the activities funded by the grant or con-
tract will reflect diverse perspectives and a wide 
range of views of world regions and international af-
fairs where applicable; and 
‘‘(5) if applicable, a demonstration of why the 
eligible entity needs a waiver or reduction of the 
matching requirement under subsection (f). 
‘‘(f) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
total cost for carrying out a program supported by
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a grant under this section shall be not more than 50 
percent. 
‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
The non-Federal share of such cost shall be not less 
than 50 percent and may be provided either in-kind 
or in cash, from institutional and non-institutional 
funds, including contributions from State and pri-
vate sector corporations, nonprofit entities, or foun-
dations. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL
RULE.—Notwithstanding para-
graphs (1) and (2), the Secretary may waive or re-
duce the non-Federal share required under para-
graph (2) for eligible entities that— 
‘‘(A) are minority-serving institutions or 
are community colleges; or 
‘‘(B) have submitted a grant application as 
required by subsection (e) that demonstrates a 
need for such a waiver or reduction. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) an institution of higher education; 
‘‘(B) a consortia of such institutions; or 
‘‘(C) a partnership between—
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‘‘(i) an institution of higher education 
or a consortia of such institutions; and 
‘‘(ii) at least one corporate or non-
profit entity. 
‘‘(2) PROFESSIONAL
AND
TECHNICAL
EDU-
CATION.—The term ‘professional and technical edu-
cation’ means a program at an institution of higher 
education that offers undergraduate, graduate, or 
post-graduate level education in a professional or 
technical field that is determined by the Secretary as 
meeting a national need for global or international 
competency (which may include business, science, 
technology, engineering, law, health, energy, environ-
ment, agriculture, transportation, or education).’’. 
(f) DISCONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS 
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Part B of title VI of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1130 et seq.) is further 
amended by striking section 614. 
(g) REPEAL
OF INSTITUTE
FOR INTERNATIONAL 
PUBLIC POLICY.—Title VI of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking part C; and 
(2) by redesignating part D as part C. 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—Section 631(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1132(a)) is amended—
2496 
(1) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) the term ‘community college’ means— 
‘‘(A) a degree-granting public institution of 
higher education (as defined in section 101 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965) at which— 
‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 
associate degree; or 
‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 
frequently awarded degree; 
‘‘(B) a 2-year Tribal College or University 
(as defined in section 316(b)(3) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965); 
‘‘(C) a degree-granting Tribal College or 
University (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965) at which— 
‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 
associate degree; or 
‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 
frequently awarded degree; or 
‘‘(D) a branch campus of a 4-year public 
institution of higher education (as defined in 
section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965), if, at such branch campus— 
‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 
associate degree; or
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‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 
frequently awarded degree; 
‘‘(12) the term ‘heritage student’ means a post-
secondary student who— 
‘‘(A) was born in the United States to im-
migrant parents or immigrated to the United 
States at an early age; 
‘‘(B) is proficient in English, but raised in 
a family primarily speaking 1 or more lan-
guages of the country of origin; and 
‘‘(C) maintains a close affinity with the 
family’s culture and language of origin; 
‘‘(13) the term ‘minority-serving institution’ 
means an institution of higher education that is eli-
gible to receive a grant under part A or B of title 
III or title V.’’; and 
(2) by reordering paragraphs (1) through (10) 
and the paragraphs added by paragraph (3) of this 
subsection in alphabetical order, and renumbering 
such paragraphs as so reordered. 
(i) PRIORITY
TO
MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITU-
TIONS.—Part C of title VI of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1132 et seq.), as redesignated by sub-
section (g)(2), is further amended— 
(1) by striking sections 637 and 638; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 637. PRIORITY TO MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS. 
‘‘(a) PRIORITY.—In seeking applications and award-
ing grants under this title, the Secretary, may give priority 
to— 
‘‘(1) minority-serving institutions; or 
‘‘(2) institutions of higher education that apply 
for such grants that propose significant and sus-
tained collaborative activities with one or more mi-
nority-serving institutions. 
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 
provide technical assistance to minority-serving institu-
tions to ensure maximum distribution of grants to eligible 
minority-serving institutions and among each category of 
such institutions.’’. 
(j) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Part C of title 
VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1132 
et seq.), as redesignated by subsection (g)(2), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 638. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this title $208,059,000 for fiscal 
year 2022 and such sums as may be necessary for each 
of the 5 succeeding fiscal years.’’.
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SEC. 90302. CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Confucius Institute’’ means a cul-
tural institute established as a partnership between 
a United States institution of higher education and 
a Chinese institution of higher education to promote 
and teach Chinese language and culture that is 
funded, directly or indirectly, by the Government of 
the People’s Republic of China; and 
(2) the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 102 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1002). 
(b) RESTRICTIONS OF CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.—Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (e), an institution of higher 
education that maintains a contract or agreement between 
the institution and a Confucius Institute shall not be eligi-
ble to receive Federal funds provided under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), except 
funds provided under title IV of such Act, unless the insti-
tution satisfies the requirements and conditions of sub-
section (c) or (d). 
(c) EVALUATION OF CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE CON-
TRACTS OR AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education, 
in consultation with the National Academies of
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Science, Engineering, and Medicine, shall evaluate 
any contract or agreement between an institution of 
higher education and a Confucius Institute, and 
publish such evaluation on the website of the De-
partment of Education, to confirm that any such 
contract or agreement includes clear provisions 
that— 
(A) protect academic freedom at the insti-
tution; 
(B) prohibit the application of any foreign 
law on any campus of the institution; and 
(C) grant full managerial authority of the 
Confucius Institute to the institution, including 
full control over what is being taught, the ac-
tivities carried out, the research grants that are 
made, and who is employed at the Confucius 
Institute. 
(2) FAILURE TO SATISFY CONDITIONS.—If the 
Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Na-
tional Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medi-
cine, cannot confirm that the contract or agreement 
includes the clear provisions in accordance with 
paragraph (1), the conditions under such paragraph 
shall not be considered to be satisfied for the pur-
poses of subsection (b).
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(d) PUBLIC INSPECTION REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary of Education shall ensure that each institution of 
higher education that maintains a contract or agreement 
between the institution and a Confucius Institute makes 
available for public inspection— 
(1) a true copy of the contract or agreement be-
tween the institution and the Confucius Institute; 
and 
(2) a translation in English of the contract or 
agreement between the institution and the Confucius 
Institute that is certified by a third party translator. 
(e) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this section, this section shall not apply to an 
institution of higher education if that institution has ful-
filled the requirements for a waiver from the Department 
of Defense as described under section 1062 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
(Public Law 116–283) and made the documents available 
for public inspection in accordance with subsection (d). 
(f) SUNSET.—This section shall cease to be effective 
on September 30, 2027. 
SEC. 90303. SUSTAINING THE TRUMAN FOUNDATION AND 
THE MADISON FOUNDATION. 
(a) TRUMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 10(b) of Public Law 
93–642 (20 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(b)(1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the 
Treasury to invest in full the amounts appropriated to the 
fund. 
‘‘(2) Investments of amounts appropriated to the 
fund shall be made in public debt securities of the United 
States with maturities suitable to the fund. For such pur-
pose, such obligations may be acquired— 
‘‘(A) on original issue at the issue price; or 
‘‘(B) by purchase of outstanding obligations at 
the market price. 
‘‘(3) The purposes for which obligations of the United 
States may be issued under chapter 31 of title 31, United 
States Code, are hereby extended to authorize the issuance 
at par of special obligations exclusively to the fund. Such 
special obligations shall bear interest at a rate equal to 
the average rate of interest, computed as to the end of 
the calendar month next preceding the date of such issue, 
borne by all marketable interest-bearing obligations of the 
United States then forming a part of the public debt, ex-
cept that where such average rate is not a multiple of 1⁄8 
of 1 percent, the rate of interest of such special obligations 
shall be the multiple of 1⁄8 of 1 percent next lower than
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such average rate. Such special obligations shall be issued 
only if the Secretary determines that the purchases of 
other interest-bearing obligations of the United States, or 
of obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest 
by the United States or original issue or at the market 
price, is not in the public interest.’’. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Section 14 of Public Law 93–642 (20 U.S.C. 2013) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$30,000,000 to the fund’’ 
and inserting ‘‘to the Harry S. Truman Memorial 
Scholarship Trust Fund such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal year 2022 and each succeeding fis-
cal year.’’. 
(b) JAMES
MADISON
MEMORIAL
FELLOWSHIP 
TRUST FUND.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 
811 of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Act 
(20 U.S.C. 4510) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b)(1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the 
Treasury to invest in full the amounts appropriated to the 
fund. 
‘‘(2) Subject to paragraph (3), investments of 
amounts appropriated to the fund shall be made in public 
debt securities of the United States with maturities suit-
2504 
able to the fund. For such purpose, such obligations may 
be acquired— 
‘‘(A) on original issue at the issue price; or 
‘‘(B) by purchase of outstanding obligations at 
the market price. The purposes for which obligations 
of the United States may be issued under chapter 31 
of title 31, United States Code, are hereby extended 
to authorize the issuance at par of special obliga-
tions exclusively to the fund. Such special obligations 
shall bear interest at a rate equal to the average 
rate of interest, computed as to the end of the cal-
endar month next preceding the date of such issue, 
borne by all marketable interest-bearing obligations 
of the United States then forming a part of the pub-
lic debt, except that where such average rate is not 
a multiple of 1⁄8 of 1 percent, the rate of interest of 
such special obligations shall be the multiple of 1⁄8 
of 1 percent next lower than such average rate. Such 
special obligations shall be issued only if the Sec-
retary determines that the purchases of other inter-
est-bearing obligations of the United States, or of 
obligations guaranteed as to both principal and in-
terest by the United States or original issue or at 
the market price, is not in the public interest.’’.
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(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Section 816 of the James Madison Memorial Fellow-
ship Act (20 U.S.C. 4515) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 816. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
James Madison Memorial Trust Fund such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out the provisions of this title for 
fiscal year 2022 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 90304. DISCLOSURES OF FOREIGN GIFTS AND CON-
TRACTS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION. 
(a) DISCLOSURES OF FOREIGN GIFTS.—Section 117 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011f) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 117. DISCLOSURES OF FOREIGN GIFTS. 
‘‘(a) DISCLOSURE REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) AGGREGATE GIFTS AND CONTRACT DIS-
CLOSURES.—An institution shall file a disclosure re-
port described in subsection (b) with the Secretary 
not later than March 31 immediately following any 
calendar year in which— 
‘‘(A) the institution receives a gift from, or 
enters into a contract with, a foreign source, 
the value of which is $100,000 or more, consid-
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ered alone or in combination with all other gifts 
from, or contracts with, that foreign source 
within the calendar year; or 
‘‘(B) the institution receives a gift from, or 
enters into a contract with, a foreign source, 
the value of which totals $250,000 or more, 
considered alone or in combination with all 
other gifts from, or contracts with, that foreign 
source over the previous 3 calendar years. 
‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE OF CONTRACTS WITH UNDE-
TERMINED MONETARY VALUE.—An institution shall 
file a disclosure report described in subsection (b) 
with the Secretary not later than March 31 imme-
diately following any calendar year in which the in-
stitution enters into a contract with a foreign source 
that has an undetermined monetary value. 
‘‘(3) FOREIGN
SOURCE
OWNERSHIP
OR
CON-
TROL DISCLOSURES.—In the case of an institution 
that is owned or controlled by a foreign source, the 
institution shall file a disclosure report described in 
subsection (b) with the Secretary not later than 
March 31 of every year. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report to the 
Secretary required by subsection (a) shall contain the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(1)(A) In the case of an institution required to 
file a report under paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-
section (a)— 
‘‘(i) for gifts received from or contracts en-
tered into with a foreign government, the aggre-
gate amount of such gifts and contracts re-
ceived from each foreign government; and 
‘‘(ii) for gifts received from or contracts 
entered into with a foreign source other than a 
foreign 
government, 
the 
aggregate 
dollar 
amount of such gifts and contracts attributable 
to a particular country and the legal or formal 
name of the foreign source. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the coun-
try to which a gift is attributable is— 
‘‘(i) the country of citizenship, or if un-
known, the principal residence, for a foreign 
source who is a natural person; or 
‘‘(ii) the country of incorporation, or if un-
known, the principal place of business, for a 
foreign source which is a legal entity. 
‘‘(2) In the case of an institution required to 
file a report under subsection (a)(3)—
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‘‘(A) the information described in para-
graph (1)(A) (without regard to any gift or con-
tract threshold described in subsection (a)(1)); 
‘‘(B) the identity of the foreign source that 
owns or controls the institution; 
‘‘(C) the date on which the foreign source 
assumed ownership or control; and 
‘‘(D) any changes in program or structure 
resulting from the change in ownership or con-
trol. 
‘‘(3) An assurance that the institution will 
maintain a true copy of each gift or contract agree-
ment subject to the disclosure requirements under 
this section, until the latest of— 
‘‘(A) the date that is 4 years after the date 
of the agreement; 
‘‘(B) the date on which the agreement ter-
minates; or 
‘‘(C) the last day of any period that appli-
cable State public record law requires a true 
copy of such agreement to be maintained. 
‘‘(4) An assurance that the institution will 
produce true copies of gift and contract agreements 
subject to the disclosure requirements under this 
section upon request of the Secretary during a com-
2509 
pliance audit or other institutional investigation and 
shall ensure all gifts and contracts from the foreign 
source are translated into English by a third party 
unaffiliated with the foreign source or institution for 
this purpose. 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES FOR RESTRICTED 
AND CONDITIONAL GIFTS
AND CONTRACTS.—Notwith-
standing the provisions of subsection (b), whenever any 
institution receives a restricted or conditional gift or con-
tract from a foreign source, the institution shall disclose 
the following to the Department translated into English 
by a third party unaffiliated with the foreign source or 
institution: 
‘‘(1) For such gifts received from or contracts 
entered into with a foreign source other than a for-
eign government, the amount, the date, and a de-
scription of such conditions or restrictions. The re-
port shall also disclose the country of citizenship, or 
if unknown, the principal residence for a foreign 
source which is a natural person, and the country of 
incorporation, or if unknown, the principal place of 
business for a foreign source which is a legal entity. 
‘‘(2) For gifts received from or contracts en-
tered into with a foreign government, the amount,
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the date, a description of such conditions or restric-
tions, and the name of the foreign government. 
‘‘(d) RELATION TO OTHER REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) STATE REQUIREMENTS.—If an institution 
that is required to file a disclosure report under sub-
section (a) is within a State which has enacted re-
quirements for public disclosure of gifts from or con-
tracts with a foreign source that includes all infor-
mation required under this section for the same or 
an equivalent time period, a copy of the disclosure 
report filed with the State may be filed with the Sec-
retary in lieu of the report required under such sub-
section. The State in which the institution is located 
shall provide to the Secretary such assurances as the 
Secretary may require to establish that the institu-
tion has met the requirements for public disclosure 
under State law if the State report is filed. 
‘‘(2) USE OF OTHER FEDERAL REPORTS.—If an 
institution receives a gift from, or enters into a con-
tract with, a foreign source, where any other depart-
ment, agency, or bureau of the executive branch re-
quires a report containing all the information re-
quired under this section for the same or an equiva-
lent time period, a copy of the report may be filed
2511 
with the Secretary in lieu of a report required under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND MODIFICATION OF 
REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after receiving a disclosure report under this section, 
the Secretary shall make such report electronically 
available to the public for downloading on a search-
able database under which institutions can be indi-
vidually identified and compared. 
‘‘(2) MODIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall in-
corporate a process permitting institutions to revise 
and update previously filed disclosure reports under 
this section to ensure accuracy, compliance, and abil-
ity to cure. 
‘‘(f) SANCTIONS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—As a sanction for non-
compliance with the requirements under this section, 
the Secretary may impose a fine on an institution 
that in any year knowingly or willfully violates this 
section, that is— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a failure to disclose a 
gift or contract with a foreign source as re-
quired under this section or to comply with the 
requirements of subsection (b)(4), in an amount
2512 
that is not less than $250 but not more than 
50 percent of the amount of the gift or contract 
with the foreign source; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of any violation of the re-
quirements of subsection (a)(3), in an amount 
that is not more than 25 percent of the total 
amount of funding received by the institution 
under this Act. 
‘‘(2) REPEATED FAILURES.— 
‘‘(A) 
KNOWING
AND
WILLFUL
FAIL-
URES.—In addition to a fine for a violation in 
any year in accordance with paragraph (1) and 
subject to subsection (e)(2), the Secretary shall 
impose a fine on an institution that knowingly 
and willfully fails in 3 consecutive years to com-
ply with the requirements of this section, that 
is— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a failure to disclose 
a gift or contract with a foreign source as 
required under this section or to comply 
with the requirements of subsection (b)(4), 
in an amount that is not less than 
$100,000 but not more than the amount of 
the gift or contract with the foreign source; 
or
2513 
‘‘(ii) in the case of any violation of the 
requirements of subsection (a)(3), in an 
amount that is not more than 25 percent 
of the total amount of funding received by 
the institution under this Act. 
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE
FAILURES.—The 
Secretary shall impose a fine on an institution 
that fails to comply with the requirements of 
this section in 3 consecutive years, in an 
amount that is not less than $250 but not more 
than 50 percent of the amount of the gift or 
contract with the foreign source. 
‘‘(C) COMPLIANCE PLAN REQUIREMENT.— 
An institution that fails to file a disclosure re-
port for a receipt of a gift from or contract with 
a foreign source in 2 consecutive years, shall be 
required to submit a compliance plan to Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(g) COMPLIANCE OFFICER.—Any institution that is 
required to report a gift or contract under this section 
shall designate and maintain a compliance officer who— 
‘‘(1) shall be a current employee or legally au-
thorized agent of such institution; and 
‘‘(2) shall be responsible, on behalf of the insti-
tution, for compliance with the foreign gift reporting
2514 
requirement under this section and section 124, if 
applicable. 
‘‘(h) SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT.—The Secretary 
shall maintain a single point of contact to— 
‘‘(1) receive and respond to inquiries and re-
quests for technical assistance from institutions of 
higher education regarding compliance with the re-
quirements of this section; and 
‘‘(2) coordinate the disclosure of information on 
the searchable database, and process for modifica-
tions of disclosures and ability to cure, as described 
in subsection (e). 
‘‘(i) TREATMENT
OF
CERTAIN
PAYMENTS
AND 
GIFTS.— 
‘‘(1) EXCLUSIONS.—The following shall not be 
considered a gift from a foreign source under this 
section: 
‘‘(A) Any payment of one or more elements 
of a student’s cost of attendance (as defined in 
section 472) to an institution by, or scholarship 
from, a foreign source who is a natural person, 
acting in their individual capacity and not as an 
agent for, at the request or direction of, or on 
behalf of, any person or entity (except the stu-
dent), made on behalf of no more than 15 stu-
2515 
dents that is not made under contract with 
such foreign source, except for the agreement 
between the institution and such student cov-
ering one or more elements of such student’s 
cost of attendance. 
‘‘(B) Assignment or license of registered 
industrial and intellectual property rights, such 
as patents, utility models, trademarks, or copy- 
rights, or technical assistance, that are not 
identified as being associated with a national 
security risk or concern. 
‘‘(C) Any payment from a foreign source 
that is solely for the purpose of conducting one 
or more clinical trials. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSIONS.—Any gift to, or contract 
with, an entity or organization, such as a research 
foundation, that operates substantially for the ben-
efit or under the auspices of an institution shall be 
considered a gift to or with respectively, such insti-
tution. 
‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘clinical trial’ means a research 
study in which one or more human subjects are pro-
spectively assigned to one or more interventions to
2516 
evaluate the effects of those interventions on health- 
related biomedical or behavioral outcomes; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘contract’— 
‘‘(A) means any— 
‘‘(i) agreement for the acquisition by 
purchase, lease, or barter of property or 
services by the foreign source, for the di-
rect benefit or use of either of the parties, 
except as provided in subparagraph (B); or 
‘‘(ii) affiliation, agreement, or similar 
transaction with a foreign source that is 
based on the use or exchange of an institu-
tion’s name, likeness, time, services, or re-
sources, except as provided in subpara-
graph (B); and 
‘‘(B) does not include any agreement made 
by an institution located in the United States 
for the acquisition, by purchase, lease, or bar-
ter, of property or services from a foreign 
source; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘foreign source’ means— 
‘‘(A) a foreign government, including an 
agency of a foreign government;
2517 
‘‘(B) a legal entity, governmental or other-
wise, created under the laws of a foreign state 
or states; 
‘‘(C) an individual who is not a citizen or 
a national of the United States or a trust terri-
tory or protectorate thereof; and 
‘‘(D) an agent, including a subsidiary or 
affiliate of a foreign legal entity, acting on be-
half of a foreign source; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘gift’ means any gift of money, 
property, resources, staff, or services; 
‘‘(5) the term ‘institution’ means an institution 
of higher education, as defined in section 102, or, if 
a multicampus institution, any single campus of 
such institution, in any State; and 
‘‘(6) the term ‘restricted or conditional gift or 
contract’ means any endowment, gift, grant, con-
tract, award, present, or property of any kind which 
includes provisions regarding— 
‘‘(A) the employment, assignment, or ter-
mination of faculty; 
‘‘(B) the establishment of departments, 
centers, institutes, instructional programs, re-
search or lecture programs, or new faculty posi-
tions;
2518 
‘‘(C) the selection or admission of stu-
dents; or 
‘‘(D) the award of grants, loans, scholar-
ships, fellowships, or other forms of financial 
aid restricted to students of a specified country, 
religion, sex, ethnic origin, or political opin-
ion.’’. 
(b) POLICY REGARDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 
FROM FOREIGN GIFTS AND CONTRACTS.—Part B of title 
I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 124. INSTITUTIONAL POLICY REGARDING FOREIGN 
GIFTS AND CONTRACTS TO FACULTY AND 
STAFF. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT
TO
MAINTAIN
POLICY
AND 
DATABASE.—Each institution of higher education de-
scribed in subsection (b) shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain a policy requiring faculty, profes-
sional staff, and other staff engaged in research and 
development (as determined by the institution) em-
ployed at such institution to disclose to such institu-
tion any gifts received from, or contracts entered 
into with, a foreign source the value of which is 
$50,000 or more;
2519 
‘‘(2) maintain a searchable database of infor-
mation disclosed in paragraph (1) for the previous 
five years, except an institution shall not be required 
to include in the database gifts or contracts received 
or entered into before the date on which regulations 
are issued with respect to carrying out this section; 
and 
‘‘(3) maintain a plan to effectively identify and 
manage potential information gathering by foreign 
sources through espionage targeting faculty, profes-
sional staff, and other staff engaged in research and 
development (as determined by the institution) that 
may arise from gifts received from, or contracts en-
tered into with, a foreign source, including through 
the use of periodic communications and enforcement 
of the policy described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) INSTITUTIONS.—An institution of higher edu-
cation shall be subject to the requirements of this section 
if such institution— 
‘‘(1) is an institution of higher education as de-
fined under section 102; and 
‘‘(2) had more than $50,000,000 in Federal 
science and engineering funding in any of the pre-
vious five years. 
‘‘(c) SANCTIONS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—
2520 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—As a sanction for non-
compliance with the requirements under this section, 
the Secretary may impose a fine on an institution 
that in any year knowingly or willfully violates this 
section, in an amount that is not less than $250 but 
not more than $1,000. 
‘‘(2) SECOND FAILURE.—In addition to a fine 
for a violation in accordance with paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall impose a fine on an institution that 
knowingly, willfully, and repeatedly fails to comply 
with the requirements of this section in a second 
consecutive year in an amount that is not less than 
$1,000 but not more than $25,000. 
‘‘(3) THIRD AND ADDITIONAL FAILURES.—In 
addition to a fine for a violation in accordance with 
paragraph (1) or (2), the Secretary shall impose a 
fine on an institution that knowingly, willfully, and 
repeatedly fails to comply with the requirements of 
this section in a third consecutive year, or any con-
secutive year thereafter, in an amount that is not 
less than $25,000 but not more than $50,000. 
‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATIVE
FAILURES.—The Sec-
retary shall impose a fine on an institution that fails 
in 3 consecutive years to comply with the require-
2521 
ments of this section in an amount that is not less 
than $250 but not more than $25,000. 
‘‘(5) COMPLIANCE
PLAN
REQUIREMENT.—An 
institution that fails to comply with the require-
ments under this section for 2 consecutive years 
shall be required to submit a compliance plan to the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘contract’ means any— 
‘‘(A) agreement for the acquisition by pur-
chase, lease, or barter of property or services by 
the foreign source, for the direct benefit or use 
of either of the parties; or 
‘‘(B) affiliation, agreement, or similar 
transaction with a foreign source based on the 
use or exchange of the name, likeness, time 
services, or resources of faculty, professional 
staff, and other staff engaged in research and 
development (as determined by the institution); 
‘‘(2) the terms ‘foreign source’ and ‘gift’ have 
the meaning given the terms in section 117; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘professional staff’ means profes-
sional employees, as defined in section 3 of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203).
2522 
‘‘(e) MODIFICATIONS AND SINGLE POINT OF CON-
TACT.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain a single point of contact to— 
‘‘(A) receive and respond to inquiries and 
requests for technical assistance from institu-
tions of higher education regarding compliance 
with the requirements of this section; and 
‘‘(B) coordinate— 
‘‘(i) the disclosure of information on 
the searchable databases of institutions; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the process for modifications of 
disclosures and ability to cure as described 
in paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(2) incorporate a process permitting institu-
tions to revise and update the database required 
under this section to ensure accuracy, compliance, 
and ability to cure.’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Education shall begin the negotiated rulemaking 
process under section 492 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1098a) to carry out the 
amendments made by subsections (a) and (b).
2523 
(2) ISSUES.—Regulations issued pursuant to 
paragraph (1) to carry out the amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall, at a minimum, address the fol-
lowing issues: 
(A) Instructions on reporting structured 
gifts and contracts. 
(B) The inclusion in institutional reports 
of gifts received from, and contracts entered 
into with, foreign sources by entities and orga-
nizations, such as research foundations, that 
operate substantially for the benefit or under 
the auspices of the institution. 
(C) Procedures to protect confidential or 
proprietary information included in gifts and 
contracts. 
(D) The alignment of such regulations 
with the reporting and disclosure of foreign 
gifts or contracts required by other Federal 
agencies. 
(E) The treatment of foreign gifts or con-
tracts involving research or technologies identi-
fied as being associated with a national security 
risk or concern. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on the
2524 
date on which the regulations issued under para-
graph (1) take effect. 
SEC. 90305. ELIMINATING SHORT-TERM EDUCATION LOAN 
PROGRAMS; JOB TRAINING FEDERAL PELL 
GRANTS; TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) ELIMINATING SHORT-TERM EDUCATION LOAN 
PROGRAMS.—Section 481(b) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(b)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(5) The Secretary shall eliminate the short- 
term education loan program, as authorized under 
paragraph (2), on the date that is 120 days after 
the date the Secretary establishes the application for 
Job Training Federal Pell Grants under section 
401(k).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Section 481(d) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(d)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘under section 12301(a), 12301(g), 12302, 
12304, or 12306 of title 10, United States 
Code, or any retired member of an Armed 
Force ordered to active duty under section 688 
of such title,’’ and inserting ‘‘, or any retired
2525 
member of an Armed Force ordered to active 
duty,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘an 
Armed Force’’ and inserting ‘‘a Uniformed 
Service’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and sup-
ported by Federal funds’’. 
(c) JOB TRAINING FEDERAL PELL GRANT PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 401 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a), as 
amended by section 703 of the FAFSA Simplifica-
tion Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law 
116–260), is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(k) JOB TRAINING FEDERAL PELL GRANT PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) 
CAREER
AND
TECHNICAL
EDU-
CATION.—The term ‘career and technical edu-
cation’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-
nical Education Act. 
‘‘(B) 
ELIGIBLE
JOB
TRAINING
PRO-
GRAM.—
2526 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 
job training program’ means a career and 
technical education program at an eligible 
institution of higher education that— 
‘‘(I) provides not less than 150, 
and not more than 600, clock hours of 
instructional time over a period of not 
less than 8 weeks and not more than 
15 weeks; 
‘‘(II) provides training aligned 
with the requirements of high-skill, 
high-wage, or in-demand industry sec-
tors or occupations in the State or 
local area in which the job training 
program is provided, as determined 
by— 
‘‘(aa) a State board or local 
board; 
‘‘(bb) a State plan, as de-
scribed in section 122(d)(13)(C) 
of the Carl D. Perkins Career 
and Technical Education Act of 
2006; or 
‘‘(cc) a comprehensive local 
needs assessment, as described in
2527 
section 134(c) of the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006; 
‘‘(III) is a program— 
‘‘(aa) provided through an 
eligible training provider, as de-
scribed under section 122(d) of 
the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act; and 
‘‘(bb) subject to the report-
ing 
requirements 
of 
section 
116(d)(4) of the Workforce Inno-
vation and Opportunity Act, or 
would be subject to such require-
ments except for a waiver issued 
to a State under section 189(i) of 
the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act; 
‘‘(IV) provides a student, upon 
completion of the program, with a rec-
ognized postsecondary credential that 
is stackable and portable across mul-
tiple 
employers 
and 
geographical 
areas;
2528 
‘‘(V) not later than 1 year after 
the date the program has been ap-
proved as an eligible job training pro-
gram under this subsection, has dem-
onstrated that students who complete 
the program receive a median increase 
of 20 percent of total earnings as 
compared to total earnings of such 
students prior to enrolling in such 
program, in accordance with para-
graph (2); 
‘‘(VI) publishes prominently on 
the website of the institution, and pro-
vides a written disclosure to each pro-
spective student prior to entering into 
an enrollment agreement for such pro-
gram (which each such student shall 
confirm receiving through a written 
affirmation prior to entering such en-
rollment agreement) containing, at a 
minimum, the following information 
calculated, as applicable, in accord-
ance with paragraph (8)— 
‘‘(aa) the required tuition 
and fees of the program;
2529 
‘‘(bb) the difference between 
required tuition and fees de-
scribed in item (aa) and any 
grant aid (which does not need to 
be repaid) provided to the stu-
dent; 
‘‘(cc) the completion rate of 
the program; 
‘‘(dd) the employment rates 
of students who complete the 
program, measured at approxi-
mately 6 months and 1 year, re-
spectively, after completion of the 
program; 
‘‘(ee) total earnings of stu-
dents who complete the program, 
calculated based on earnings ap-
proximately 6 months after com-
pletion of the program; 
‘‘(ff) total earnings of stu-
dents who do not complete the 
program, calculated based on 
earnings approximately 6 months 
after ceasing enrollment in the 
program;
2530 
‘‘(gg) 
the 
ratio 
of 
the 
amount that is the difference be-
tween required tuition and fees 
and any grant aid provided to the 
student described in item (bb) to 
the total earnings of students de-
scribed in item (ee); 
‘‘(hh) an explanation, in 
clear and plain language that 
shall be specified by the Sec-
retary, of the ratio described in 
item (gg); and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a job 
training program that prepares 
students for a professional license 
or certification exam, the share 
of such students who pass such 
exams; 
‘‘(VII) has been determined by 
the eligible institution of higher edu-
cation (after validation of that deter-
mination by an industry or sector 
partnership or State board or local 
board) to provide academic content, 
an amount of instructional time, com-
2531 
petencies, and a recognized postsec-
ondary credential that are sufficient 
to— 
‘‘(aa) meet the hiring re-
quirements of potential employers 
in the sectors or occupations de-
scribed in subclause (II); and 
‘‘(bb) satisfy any applicable 
educational prerequisite require-
ment for professional licensure or 
certification, so that a student 
who completes the program and 
seeks employment is qualified to 
take any relevant licensure or 
certifications examinations that 
are needed to practice or find 
employment in such sectors or 
occupations that the program 
prepares students to enter; 
‘‘(VIII) has been in operation for 
not less than 1 year prior to becoming 
an eligible job training program under 
this subsection; 
‘‘(IX) does not exceed by more 
than 50 percent the minimum number
2532 
of clock hours required by a State to 
receive a professional license or cer-
tification in the State, if the State has 
established such a requirement; 
‘‘(X) prepares students to pursue 
one or more related certificate or de-
gree programs at an institution of 
higher education (as defined in section 
101) or a postsecondary vocational in-
stitution 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
102(c)), including— 
‘‘(aa) by ensuring the ac-
ceptability of the credits received 
under the job training program 
toward meeting such certificate 
or degree program requirements 
(such as through an articulation 
agreement as defined in section 
486A); and 
‘‘(bb) by ensuring that a 
student who completes noncredit 
coursework in the job training 
program, upon completion of the 
job training program and enroll-
ment in such a related certificate
2533 
or degree program, will receive 
academic credit for such non-
credit coursework that will be ac-
cepted toward meeting such cer-
tificate or degree program re-
quirements; 
‘‘(XI) is not offered exclusively 
through distance education or a cor-
respondence course, except as deter-
mined by the Secretary to be nec-
essary, on a temporary basis, in con-
nection with a— 
‘‘(aa) 
major 
disaster 
or 
emergency declared by the Presi-
dent under section 401 or 501 of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191); 
or 
‘‘(bb) 
national 
emergency 
declared by the President under 
section 201 of the National 
Emergencies 
Act 
(50 
U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.);
2534 
‘‘(XII) is provided not less than 
50 percent directly by the eligible in-
stitution of higher education; 
‘‘(XIII) includes counseling for 
students to— 
‘‘(aa) support each such stu-
dent in achieving the student’s 
education and career goals; and 
‘‘(bb) ensure that each such 
student receives information on— 
‘‘(AA) the sectors or oc-
cupations described in sub-
clause (II) for which the job 
training program provides 
training (including the total 
earnings of students who 
have completed the program 
and are employed in such 
sectors or occupations, cal-
culated based on earnings 
approximately 
months 
after completion of the pro-
gram)); 
‘‘(BB) the related cer-
tificate or degree programs
2535 
described in subclause (X) 
for which the job training 
program provides prepara-
tion; and 
‘‘(CC) other sources of 
financial aid or other assist-
ance for any component of 
the student’s cost of attend-
ance (as defined in section 
472); 
‘‘(XIV) meets requirements that 
are applicable to a program of train-
ing to prepare students for gainful 
employment in a recognized occupa-
tion; 
‘‘(XV) may include integrated 
education and training; and 
‘‘(XVI) may be offered as part of 
a program that— 
‘‘(aa) meets the require-
ments of section 484(d)(2); 
‘‘(bb) is part of a career 
pathway, as defined in section 3 
of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act; and
2536 
‘‘(cc) is aligned to a pro-
gram of study, as defined in sec-
tion 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Ca-
reer and Technical Education 
Act of 2006. 
‘‘(ii) 
APPROVAL
BY
THE
SEC-
RETARY.—In the case of a program that is 
seeking to establish initial eligibility as an 
eligible job training program under this 
subparagraph, the Secretary shall make a 
determination whether the program meets 
the requirements of this subparagraph not 
more than 120 days after the date on 
which such program is submitted for con-
sideration as an eligible job training pro-
gram. If the Secretary determines the pro-
gram meets the requirements of this para-
graph, the Secretary shall grant an initial 
period of approval of 2 years. 
‘‘(iii) RENEWAL OF APPROVAL BY THE 
SECRETARY.—An eligible job training pro-
gram that desires to continue eligibility as 
an eligible job training program after the 
period of initial approval described in 
clause (ii), or the subsequent period de-
2537 
scribed in this clause, shall submit a re-
newal application to the Secretary (with 
such information as the Secretary may re-
quire), not more than 270 days and not 
less than 180 days before the end of the 
previous approval period. If the Secretary 
determines the program meets such re-
quirements, the Secretary shall grant an-
other period of approval for 3 years. 
‘‘(iv) PERIODIC REVIEW BY THE SEC-
RETARY.—The Secretary shall periodically 
review a program previously approved 
under clause (ii) or (iii) to determine 
whether such program is meeting the re-
quirements of an eligible job training pro-
gram described in this subsection. 
‘‘(v) REVOCATION
OF
APPROVAL
BY 
THE SECRETARY.—If at any time the Sec-
retary determines that a program pre-
viously approved under clause (ii) or (iii) is 
no longer meeting any of the requirements 
of an eligible job training program de-
scribed in this subsection, the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) shall deny a subsequent re-
newal of approval in accordance with
2538 
clause (iii) for such program after the 
expiration of the approval period; 
‘‘(II) may withdraw approval for 
such program before the expiration of 
the approval period; 
‘‘(III) shall ensure students who 
enrolled in such programs have access 
to 
transcripts 
for 
completed 
coursework without a fee or monetary 
charge and without regard to any bal-
ance owed to the institution; and 
‘‘(IV) shall prohibit such pro-
gram and any substantially similar 
program, from being considered an el-
igible job training described in this 
subsection for a period of not less 
than 5 years. 
‘‘(vi) ADDITIONAL
ASSURANCE
BY 
STATE
BOARD.—The Secretary shall not 
determine that a program is an eligible job 
training program in accordance with clause 
(ii) unless the Secretary receives a certifi-
cation from the State board representing 
the State in which the eligible job training 
program is provided, containing an assur-
2539 
ance that the program meets the require-
ments of subclauses (II), (III), and (IX) of 
clause (i). 
‘‘(C) TOTAL EARNINGS.—For the purposes 
of this subsection, the term ‘total earnings’ 
means the median annualized earnings, cal-
culated using earnings for a pay period, month, 
quarter, or other time period deemed appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(D) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION.—For the purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘eligible institution of higher 
education’ means an institution of higher edu-
cation (as defined in section 101) or a postsec-
ondary vocational institution (as defined in sec-
tion 102(c)) that— 
‘‘(i) is approved by an accrediting 
agency or association that meets the re-
quirements of section 496(a)(4)(C); 
‘‘(ii) has not been a proprietary insti-
tution of higher education, as defined in 
section 102(b), within the previous 3 years; 
and 
‘‘(iii) has not been subject, during any 
of the preceding 5 years, to—
2540 
‘‘(I) any suspension, emergency 
action, or termination of programs 
under this title; 
‘‘(II) any adverse action by the 
institution’s accrediting agency or as-
sociation; or 
‘‘(III) any action by the State to 
revoke a license or other authority to 
operate. 
‘‘(F) WIOA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘in-
dustry or sector partnership’, ‘in-demand indus-
try sector or occupation’, ‘recognized postsec-
ondary credential’, ‘local board’, and ‘State 
board’ have the meanings given such terms in 
section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act. 
‘‘(2) TOTAL
EARNINGS
INCREASE
REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), as a condition of participation under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall, using the 
data collected under paragraph (8) and such 
other information as the Secretary may require, 
determine whether such job training program 
meets 
the 
requirements 
of 
paragraph
2541 
(1)(B)(i)(V) with respect to whether the stu-
dents who complete the program receive a me-
dian increase of 20 percent of such students’ 
total earnings. For the purposes of this para-
graph, the Secretary shall determine such per-
centage increase by calculating the difference 
between— 
‘‘(i) the total earnings of students who 
enroll in such program, calculated based 
on earnings approximately 6 months prior 
to enrollment; and 
‘‘(ii) the total earnings of students 
who complete such program, calculated 
based on earnings approximately 6 months 
after completing such program. 
‘‘(B) DATE OF EFFECT.—The requirement 
under this paragraph shall take effect beginning 
on the date that is 1 year after the date the 
program has been approved as an eligible job 
training program under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) APPEAL
OF
EARNINGS
INFORMATION.— 
The Secretary’s determination under paragraph (2) 
may include an appeals process to permit job train-
ing programs to submit alternate earnings data 
(which may include discretionary earnings data or
2542 
total earnings data), provided that such data are 
statistically rigorous, accurate, comparable, and rep-
resentative of students who enroll in or complete the 
program, or both, as applicable. 
‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
AWARDS.—For the 
award year beginning on July 1, 2024, and each 
subsequent award year, the Secretary shall award 
Federal Pell Grants to students in eligible job train-
ing programs (referred to as a ‘job training Federal 
Pell Grant’). Each eligible job training Federal Pell 
Grant awarded under this subsection shall have the 
same terms and conditions, and be awarded in the 
same manner, as other Federal Pell Grants awarded 
under subsection (b), except a student who is eligible 
to receive a job training Federal Pell Grant under 
this subsection is a student who— 
‘‘(A) 
has 
not 
yet 
attained 
a 
postbaccalaureate degree; 
‘‘(B) is enrolled, or accepted for enroll-
ment, in an eligible job training program at an 
eligible institution of higher education; and 
‘‘(C) meets all other eligibility require-
ments for a Federal Pell Grant (except with re-
spect to the type of program of study, as pro-
vided in subparagraph (B)).
2543 
‘‘(5) AMOUNT OF AWARD.—The amount of a 
job training Federal Pell Grant for an eligible stu-
dent shall be determined under subsection (b), ex-
cept that a student who is eligible for less than the 
minimum Federal Pell Grant because the eligible job 
training program is less than an academic year (in 
clock-hours and weeks of instructional time) may 
still be eligible for a Federal Pell Grant. 
‘‘(6) INCLUSION
IN
TOTAL
ELIGIBILITY
PE-
RIOD.—Any period during which a student receives 
a job training Federal Pell Grant under this sub-
section shall be included in calculating the student’s 
period of eligibility for Federal Pell Grants under 
subsection (d), and the eligibility requirements re-
garding students who are enrolled in an under-
graduate program on less than a full-time basis shall 
similarly apply to students who are enrolled in an el-
igible job training program at an eligible institution 
of higher education on less than a full-time basis. 
‘‘(7) SAME PAYMENT PERIOD.—No student may 
for the same payment period receive both a job 
training Federal Pell Grant under this subsection 
and a Federal Pell Grant under this section. 
‘‘(8) INTERAGENCY DATA SHARING AND DATA 
COLLECTION.—
2544 
‘‘(A) INTERAGENCY DATA SHARING.—The 
Secretary shall coordinate and enter into a data 
sharing agreement with the Secretary of Labor 
to ensure access to data necessary to implement 
this paragraph that is not otherwise available to 
the Secretary under section 132(l), as amended 
by section 90306 of the America COMPETES 
Act of 2022, including such data related to in-
dicators of performance collected under section 
116 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141). 
‘‘(B) DATA
ON
ELIGIBLE
JOB
TRAINING 
PROGRAMS.—Except as provided under sub-
paragraph (C), using the postsecondary student 
data system established under section 132(l) or 
a successor system (whichever includes the most 
recent data) to the greatest extent practicable 
to streamline reporting requirements and mini-
mize reporting burdens, an in coordination with 
the National Center for Education Statistics, 
the Secretary of Labor, and each institution of 
higher education offering an eligible job train-
ing program for which the Secretary awards job 
training Federal Pell Grants under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall, on at least an an-
2545 
nual basis, collect and publish data with respect 
to each such eligible job training program, in-
cluding, at a minimum, the following: 
‘‘(i) The number and demographics of 
students who enroll in the program, 
disaggregated by— 
‘‘(I) gender; 
‘‘(II) race and ethnicity; 
‘‘(III) classification as a student 
with a disability; 
‘‘(IV) income quintile, as defined 
by the Secretary; 
‘‘(V) military or veteran benefit 
status; 
‘‘(VI) status as a first-time stu-
dent or transfer student from another 
institution; 
‘‘(VII) status as a first genera-
tion college student; 
‘‘(VIII) status as parent or 
guardian of 1 or more dependent chil-
dren; and 
‘‘(IX) status as a confined or in-
carcerated 
individual, 
as 
defined 
under section 484(t)(1)(A).
2546 
‘‘(ii) The number and demographics, 
disaggregated by the categories listed in 
clause (i), of students who— 
‘‘(I) complete the program; and 
‘‘(II) do not complete the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(iii) The required tuition and fees of 
the program. 
‘‘(iv) The total earnings of students, 
disaggregated by the categories listed in 
clause (i), who— 
‘‘(I) complete the program, cal-
culated based on earnings approxi-
mately 6 months after completing 
such program; and 
‘‘(II) do not complete the pro-
gram, calculated based on earnings 
approximately 6 months after ceasing 
enrollment in such program. 
‘‘(v) Outcomes of the students who 
complete the program, disaggregated by 
the categories listed in clause (i), with re-
spect to— 
‘‘(I) the median time to comple-
tion among such students;
2547 
‘‘(II) the employment rates of 
such students, measured at approxi-
mately 6 months and 1 year, respec-
tively, after completion of the eligible 
job training program; 
‘‘(III) in the case of a job train-
ing program that prepares students 
for a professional license or certifi-
cation exam, the share of such stu-
dents who pass such exams; 
‘‘(IV) the share of such students 
who enroll in a certificate or degree 
program at the institution of higher 
education offering the eligible job 
training program within 1 year of 
completing such eligible job training 
program; 
‘‘(V) the share of such students 
who transfer to another institution of 
higher education within 1 year of 
completing the eligible job training 
program; and 
‘‘(VI) the share of such students 
who complete a subsequent certificate 
or degree program at any institution
2548 
of higher education within 6 years of 
completing the eligible job training 
program. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTIONS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) if disclosure of disaggregated 
data under subparagraph (B) is prohibited 
from disclosure due to applicable privacy 
restrictions, the Secretary may take such 
steps as the Secretary determines nec-
essary to provide meaningful disaggregated 
student demographic or outcome informa-
tion, including by combining categories; 
and 
‘‘(ii) an institution may submit, and 
the Secretary may publish, data required 
to be collected under subparagraph (B) 
that is obtained through a State Unem-
ployment Insurance Agency or through 
other supplemental means, in lieu of any 
additional data collection, provided that 
such data are statistically rigorous, accu-
rate, comparable, and representative. 
‘‘(D) REPORT.—Not later than July 1, 
2025, the Secretary shall—
2549 
‘‘(i) submit to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate and the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the impact of eligi-
ble job training programs for which the 
Secretary awards job training Federal Pell 
Grants under this subsection, based on the 
most recent data collected under subpara-
graph (B); and 
‘‘(ii) make the report described in 
clause (i) available publicly on the website 
of the Department.’’. 
(2) PUBLICATION OF APPLICATION.—Not later 
than 1 year after date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall publish the application for job train-
ing programs to submit for approval as eligible job 
training 
programs, 
as 
defined 
in 
subsection 
(k)(1)(B) of section 401 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a), as added by para-
graph (1). The information required to determine 
eligibility in such application shall be consistent with 
the requirements described in such subsection 
(k)(1)(B).
2550 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in 
section 703 of the FAFSA Simplification Act (title 
VII of division FF of Public Law 116–260). 
(d) WORKFORCE INNOVATION
AND OPPORTUNITY 
ACT AMENDMENT.—Section 116(i) of the Workforce In-
novation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(i)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) INTERAGENCY
DATA
SHARING
FOR
JOB 
TRAINING
FEDERAL
PELL
GRANT
PROGRAM.—The 
Secretary of Labor shall coordinate and enter into a 
data sharing agreement with the Secretary of Edu-
cation to ensure access to data necessary to imple-
ment section 401(k) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(k)), as added by section 
90305 of the America COMPETES Act of 2022, 
that is not otherwise available to the Secretary of 
Education under section 132(l) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015(l)), as amended 
by section 90306 of the America COMPETES Act 
of 2022, which may include data related to unem-
ployment insurance, wage information, employment- 
related outcomes, and indicators of performance col-
lected under this section.’’.
2551 
(e) ACCREDITING AGENCY RECOGNITION OF ELIGI-
BLE JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Section 496(a)(4) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b(a)(4)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) if such agency or association has or 
seeks to include within its scope of recognition 
the evaluation of the quality of institutions of 
higher education participating in the job train-
ing Federal Pell Grant program under section 
401(k), as added by the section 90305 of the 
America COMPETES Act of 2022, such agency 
or association shall, in addition to meeting the 
other requirements of this subpart, demonstrate 
to the Secretary that, with respect to such eligi-
ble job training programs (as defined in that 
subsection)— 
‘‘(i) the agency or association’s stand-
ards include a process for determining if 
the institution has the capability to effec-
2552 
tively offer an eligible job training pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(ii) the agency or association re-
quires a demonstration that the program— 
‘‘(I) has identified each recog-
nized postsecondary credential offered 
in the relevant industry in the State 
or local area where the industry is lo-
cated; and 
‘‘(II) provides academic content, 
an amount of instructional time, and 
competencies to satisfy any applicable 
educational requirement for profes-
sional licensure or certification, so 
that a student who completes the pro-
gram and seeks employment is quali-
fied to take any licensure or certifi-
cation examination needed to practice 
or find employment in the sectors or 
occupations that the program pre-
pares students to enter.’’. 
SEC. 90306. COLLEGE TRANSPARENCY. 
(a) POSTSECONDARY STUDENT DATA SYSTEM.—Sec-
tion 132 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1015a) is amended—
2553 
(1) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection 
(m); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (k) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(l) POSTSECONDARY STUDENT DATA SYSTEM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SYSTEM.—Not 
later than 4 years after the date of enactment 
of the America COMPETES Act of 2022, the 
Commissioner of the National Center for Edu-
cation Statistics (referred to in this subsection 
as the ‘Commissioner’) shall develop and main-
tain a secure, privacy-protected postsecondary 
student-level data system in order to— 
‘‘(i) accurately evaluate student en-
rollment patterns, progression, completion, 
and postcollegiate outcomes, and higher 
education costs and financial aid; 
‘‘(ii) assist with transparency, institu-
tional improvement, and analysis of Fed-
eral aid programs; 
‘‘(iii) provide accurate, complete, and 
customizable information for students and 
families making decisions about postsec-
ondary education; and
2554 
‘‘(iv) reduce the reporting burden on 
institutions of higher education, in accord-
ance with section 90306(d) of America 
COMPETES Act of 2022. 
‘‘(B) AVOIDING
DUPLICATED
REPORT-
ING.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section, to the extent that another provi-
sion of this section requires the same reporting 
or collection of data that is required under this 
subsection, an institution of higher education, 
or the Secretary or Commissioner, may use the 
reporting or data required for the postsec-
ondary student data system under this sub-
section to satisfy both requirements. 
‘‘(C) DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.—In devel-
oping the postsecondary student data system 
described in this subsection, the Commissioner 
shall— 
‘‘(i) focus on the needs of— 
‘‘(I) users of the data system; 
and 
‘‘(II) entities, including institu-
tions of higher education, reporting to 
the data system;
2555 
‘‘(ii) take into consideration, to the 
extent practicable— 
‘‘(I) the guidelines outlined in the 
U.S. Web Design Standards main-
tained by the General Services Admin-
istration and the Digital Services 
Playbook and TechFAR Handbook for 
Procuring 
Digital 
Services 
Using 
Agile Processes of the U.S. Digital 
Service; and 
‘‘(II) the relevant successor docu-
ments or recommendations of such 
guidelines; 
‘‘(iii) use modern, relevant privacy- 
and security-enhancing technology, and en-
hance and update the data system as nec-
essary to carry out the purpose of this sub-
section; 
‘‘(iv) ensure data privacy and security 
is consistent with any Federal law relating 
to privacy or data security, including— 
‘‘(I) the requirements of sub-
chapter II of chapter 35 of title 44, 
United States Code, specifying secu-
rity categorization under the Federal
2556 
Information Processing Standards or 
any relevant successor of such stand-
ards; 
‘‘(II) security requirements that 
are consistent with the Federal agency 
responsibilities in section 3554 of title 
44, United States Code, or any rel-
evant successor of such responsibil-
ities; and 
‘‘(III) 
security 
requirements, 
guidelines, and controls consistent 
with cybersecurity standards and best 
practices developed by the National 
Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology, including frameworks, con-
sistent with section 2(c) of the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272(c)), or 
any relevant successor of such frame-
works; 
‘‘(v) follow Federal data minimization 
practices to ensure only the minimum 
amount of data is collected to meet the 
system’s goals, in accordance with Federal 
data minimization standards and guide-
2557 
lines developed by the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology; and 
‘‘(vi) provide notice to students out-
lining the data included in the system and 
how the data are used. 
‘‘(2) DATA ELEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 
after the date of enactment of the America 
COMPETES Act of 2022, the Commissioner, 
in consultation with the Postsecondary Student 
Data System Advisory Committee established 
under subparagraph (B), shall determine— 
‘‘(i) the data elements to be included 
in the postsecondary student data system, 
in accordance with subparagraphs (C) and 
(D); and 
‘‘(ii) how to include the data elements 
required under subparagraph (C), and any 
additional data elements selected under 
subparagraph (D), in the postsecondary 
student data system. 
‘‘(B) POSTSECONDARY
STUDENT
DATA 
SYSTEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(i) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—Not 
later 
than 2 years after the date of enactment
2558 
of the America COMPETES Act of 2022, 
the Commissioner shall establish a Postsec-
ondary Student Data System Advisory 
Committee (referred to in this subsection 
as the ‘Advisory Committee’), whose mem-
bers shall include— 
‘‘(I) the Chief Privacy Officer of 
the Department or an official of the 
Department delegated the duties of 
overseeing data privacy at the Depart-
ment; 
‘‘(II) the Chief Security Officer 
of the Department or an official of 
the Department delegated the duties 
of overseeing data security at the De-
partment; 
‘‘(III) representatives of diverse 
institutions of higher education, which 
shall include equal representation be-
tween 2-year and 4-year institutions 
of higher education, and from public, 
nonprofit, and proprietary institutions 
of higher education, including minor-
ity-serving institutions;
2559 
‘‘(IV) representatives from State 
higher education agencies, entities, 
bodies, or boards; 
‘‘(V) representatives of postsec-
ondary students; 
‘‘(VI) representatives from rel-
evant Federal agencies; and 
‘‘(VII) other stakeholders (in-
cluding individuals with expertise in 
data privacy and security, consumer 
protection, and postsecondary edu-
cation research). 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—The Commis-
sioner shall ensure that the Advisory Com-
mittee— 
‘‘(I) adheres to all requirements 
under the Federal Advisory Com-
mittee Act (5 U.S.C. App.); 
‘‘(II) establishes operating and 
meeting procedures and guidelines 
necessary to execute its advisory du-
ties; and 
‘‘(III) is provided with appro-
priate staffing and resources to exe-
cute its advisory duties.
2560 
‘‘(C) REQUIRED
DATA
ELEMENTS.—The 
data elements in the postsecondary student 
data system shall include, at a minimum, the 
following: 
‘‘(i) Student-level data elements nec-
essary to calculate the information within 
the surveys designated by the Commis-
sioner as ‘student-related surveys’ in the 
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 
System (IPEDS), as such surveys are in 
effect on the day before the date of enact-
ment of the America COMPETES Act of 
2022, except that in the case that collec-
tion of such elements would conflict with 
subparagraph (F), such elements in con-
flict with subparagraph (F) shall be in-
cluded in the aggregate instead of at the 
student level. 
‘‘(ii) Student-level data elements nec-
essary to allow for reporting student en-
rollment, persistence, retention, transfer, 
and completion measures for all credential 
levels separately (including certificate, as-
sociate, baccalaureate, and advanced de-
gree levels), within and across institutions
2561 
of higher education (including across all 
categories of institution level, control, and 
predominant degree awarded). The data 
elements shall allow for reporting about all 
such data disaggregated by the following 
categories: 
‘‘(I) Enrollment status as a first- 
time student, recent transfer student, 
or other non-first-time student. 
‘‘(II) 
Attendance 
intensity, 
whether full-time or part-time. 
‘‘(III) Credential-seeking status, 
by credential level. 
‘‘(IV) Race or ethnicity, in a 
manner that captures all the racial 
groups specified in the most recent 
American Community Survey of the 
Bureau of the Census. 
‘‘(V) Age intervals. 
‘‘(VI) Gender. 
‘‘(VII) Program of study (as ap-
plicable). 
‘‘(VIII) Military or veteran ben-
efit status (as determined based on
2562 
receipt of veteran’s education benefits, 
as defined in section 480(c)). 
‘‘(IX) Status as a distance edu-
cation student, whether exclusively or 
partially enrolled in distance edu-
cation. 
‘‘(X) Federal Pell Grant recipient 
status under section 401 and Federal 
loan recipient status under title IV, 
provided that the collection of such in-
formation complies with paragraph 
(1)(B). 
‘‘(D) OTHER DATA ELEMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner 
may, after consultation with the Advisory 
Committee and provision of a public com-
ment period, include additional data ele-
ments in the postsecondary student data 
system, such as those described in clause 
(ii), if those data elements— 
‘‘(I) are necessary to ensure that 
the postsecondary data system fulfills 
the purposes described in paragraph 
(1)(A); and
2563 
‘‘(II) are consistent with data 
minimization principles, including the 
collection of only those additional ele-
ments that are necessary to ensure 
such purposes. 
‘‘(ii) DATA ELEMENTS.—The data ele-
ments described in clause (i) may in-
clude— 
‘‘(I) status as a first generation 
college student, as defined in section 
402A(h); 
‘‘(II) economic status; 
‘‘(III) participation in postsec-
ondary remedial coursework or gate-
way course completion; 
‘‘(IV) classification as a student 
with a disability; 
‘‘(V) status as parent or guard-
ian of 1 or more dependent children; 
‘‘(VI) status as a confined or in-
carcerated 
individual, 
as 
defined 
under section 484(t)(1)(A), as amend-
ed by section 702 of the FAFSA Sim-
plification Act FAFSA (title VII of di-
vision FF of Public Law 116–260); or
2564 
‘‘(VII) other data elements that 
are necessary in accordance with 
clause (i). 
‘‘(E) REEVALUATION.—Not less than once 
every 3 years after the implementation of the 
postsecondary student data system described in 
this subsection, the Commissioner, in consulta-
tion with the Advisory Committee described in 
subparagraph (B), shall review the data ele-
ments included in the postsecondary student 
data system and may revise the data elements 
to be included in such system. 
‘‘(F) PROHIBITIONS.—The Commissioner 
shall not include individual health data (includ-
ing data relating to physical health or mental 
health), student discipline records or data, ele-
mentary and secondary education data, an 
exact address, citizenship status, migrant sta-
tus, or national origin status for students or 
their families, course grades, postsecondary en-
trance examination results, political affiliation, 
or religion in the postsecondary student data 
system under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) PERIODIC MATCHING WITH OTHER FED-
ERAL DATA SYSTEMS.—
2565 
‘‘(A) DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) The Commissioner shall ensure 
secure, periodic data matches by entering 
into data sharing agreements with each of 
the following Federal agencies and offices: 
‘‘(I) The Secretary of Defense, in 
order to assess the use of postsec-
ondary educational benefits and the 
outcomes of servicemembers. 
‘‘(II) The Director of the Bureau 
of the Census, in order to assess the 
earnings outcomes of former postsec-
ondary education students. 
‘‘(III) The Chief Operating Offi-
cer of the Office of Federal Student 
Aid, in order to analyze the use of 
postsecondary 
educational 
benefits 
provided under this Act. 
‘‘(IV) The Commissioner of the 
Social Security Administration, in 
order to evaluate labor market out-
comes of former postsecondary edu-
cation students. 
‘‘(V) The Commissioner of the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, in order
2566 
to assess the wages of former postsec-
ondary education students. 
‘‘(ii) The Commissioner may ensure 
secure, periodic data matches by entering 
into data sharing agreements with the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs. 
‘‘(iii) The heads of Federal agencies 
and offices described under clause (i) shall 
enter into data sharing agreements with 
the Commissioner to ensure secure, peri-
odic data matches as described in this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(B) CATEGORIES
OF
DATA.—The Com-
missioner shall, at a minimum, seek to ensure 
that the secure periodic data system matches 
described in subparagraph (A) permit con-
sistent reporting of the following categories of 
data for all postsecondary students: 
‘‘(i) Enrollment, retention, transfer, 
and completion outcomes for all postsec-
ondary students. 
‘‘(ii) Financial indicators for postsec-
ondary students receiving Federal grants 
and loans, including grant and loan aid by
2567 
source, cumulative student debt, loan re-
payment status, and repayment plan. 
‘‘(iii) Post-completion outcomes for all 
postsecondary students, including earnings, 
employment, and further education, by 
program of study and credential level and 
as measured— 
‘‘(I) immediately after leaving 
postsecondary education; and 
‘‘(II) at time intervals appro-
priate to the credential sought and 
earned. 
‘‘(C) PERIODIC
DATA
MATCH
STREAM-
LINING AND CONFIDENTIALITY.— 
‘‘(i) STREAMLINING.—In carrying out 
the secure periodic data system matches 
under this paragraph, the Commissioner 
shall— 
‘‘(I) ensure that such matches 
are not continuous, but occur only pe-
riodically at appropriate intervals, as 
determined by the Commissioner to 
meet the goals of subparagraph (A); 
and 
‘‘(II) seek to—
2568 
‘‘(aa) streamline the data 
collection and reporting require-
ments for institutions of higher 
education; 
‘‘(bb) minimize duplicative 
reporting across or within Fed-
eral agencies or departments, in-
cluding reporting requirements 
applicable to institutions of high-
er education under the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act 
(29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) and the 
Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act of 2006 
(20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); 
‘‘(cc) protect student pri-
vacy; and 
‘‘(dd) streamline the applica-
tion process for student loan ben-
efit programs available to bor-
rowers based on data available 
from different Federal data sys-
tems. 
‘‘(ii) REVIEW.—Not less often than 
once every 3 years after the establishment
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of the postsecondary student data system 
under this subsection, the Commissioner, 
in consultation with the Advisory Com-
mittee, shall review methods for stream-
lining data collection from institutions of 
higher education and minimizing duplica-
tive reporting within the Department and 
across Federal agencies that provide data 
for the postsecondary student data system. 
‘‘(iii) CONFIDENTIALITY.—The Com-
missioner shall ensure that any periodic 
matching or sharing of data through peri-
odic data system matches established in 
accordance with this paragraph— 
‘‘(I) complies with the security 
and privacy protections described in 
paragraph (1)(C)(iv) and other Fed-
eral data protection protocols; 
‘‘(II) follows industry best prac-
tices commensurate with the sensi-
tivity of specific data elements or 
metrics; 
‘‘(III) does not result in the cre-
ation of a single standing, linked Fed-
eral database at the Department that
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maintains the information reported 
across other Federal agencies; and 
‘‘(IV) discloses to postsecondary 
students what data are included in the 
data system and periodically matched 
and how the data are used. 
‘‘(iv) 
CORRECTION.—The 
Commis-
sioner, in consultation with the Advisory 
Committee, shall establish a process for 
students to request access to only their 
personal information for inspection and re-
quest corrections to inaccuracies in a man-
ner that protects the student’s personally 
identifiable information. The Commissioner 
shall respond in writing to every request 
for a correction from a student. 
‘‘(4) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Commissioner 
shall make the summary aggregate information 
described in subparagraph (C), at a minimum, 
publicly available through a user-friendly con-
sumer information website and analytic tool 
that— 
‘‘(i) provides appropriate mechanisms 
for users to customize and filter informa-
2571 
tion by institutional and student character-
istics; 
‘‘(ii) allows users to build summary 
aggregate reports of information, including 
reports that allow comparisons across mul-
tiple institutions and programs, subject to 
subparagraph (B); 
‘‘(iii) uses appropriate statistical dis-
closure limitation techniques necessary to 
ensure that the data released to the public 
cannot be used to identify specific individ-
uals; and 
‘‘(iv) provides users with appropriate 
contextual factors to make comparisons, 
which may include national median figures 
of the summary aggregate information de-
scribed in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) NO PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE IN-
FORMATION AVAILABLE.—The summary aggre-
gate information described in this paragraph 
shall not include personally identifiable informa-
tion. 
‘‘(C) SUMMARY AGGREGATE INFORMATION 
AVAILABLE.—The summary aggregate informa-
tion described in this paragraph shall, at a min-
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imum, include each of the following for each in-
stitution of higher education: 
‘‘(i) Measures of student access, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(I) admissions selectivity and 
yield; and 
‘‘(II) enrollment, disaggregated 
by each category described in para-
graph (2)(C)(ii). 
‘‘(ii) Measures of student progression, 
including retention rates and persistence 
rates, disaggregated by each category de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(C)(ii). 
‘‘(iii) Measures of student completion, 
including— 
‘‘(I) transfer rates and comple-
tion rates, disaggregated by each cat-
egory 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(2)(C)(ii); and 
‘‘(II) number of completions, 
disaggregated by each category de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(C)(ii). 
‘‘(iv) Measures of student costs, in-
cluding—
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‘‘(I) tuition, required fees, total 
cost of attendance, and net price after 
total grant aid, disaggregated by in- 
State tuition or in-district tuition sta-
tus (if applicable), program of study 
(if applicable), and credential level; 
and 
‘‘(II) typical grant amounts and 
loan amounts received by students re-
ported separately from Federal, State, 
local, and institutional sources, and 
cumulative debt, disaggregated by 
each category described in paragraph 
(2)(C)(ii) and completion status. 
‘‘(v) Measures of postcollegiate stu-
dent 
outcomes, 
including 
employment 
rates, mean and median earnings, loan re-
payment and default rates, and further 
education rates. These measures shall— 
‘‘(I) be disaggregated by each 
category 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(2)(C)(ii) and completion status; and 
‘‘(II) be measured immediately 
after leaving postsecondary education
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and at time intervals appropriate to 
the credential sought or earned. 
‘‘(D) DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA.—In devel-
oping the method and format of making the in-
formation described in this paragraph publicly 
available, the Commissioner shall— 
‘‘(i) focus on the needs of the users of 
the information, which will include stu-
dents, families of students, potential stu-
dents, researchers, and other consumers of 
education data; 
‘‘(ii) take into consideration, to the 
extent practicable, the guidelines described 
in paragraph (1)(C)(ii)(I), and relevant 
successor documents or recommendations 
of such guidelines; 
‘‘(iii) use modern, relevant technology 
and enhance and update the postsecondary 
student data system with information, as 
necessary to carry out the purpose of this 
paragraph; 
‘‘(iv) ensure data privacy and security 
in accordance with standards and guide-
lines developed by the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, and in accord-
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ance with any other Federal law relating to 
privacy or security, including complying 
with the requirements of subchapter II of 
chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 
specifying security categorization under the 
Federal Information Processing Standards, 
and security requirements, and setting of 
National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology security baseline controls at the ap-
propriate level; and 
‘‘(v) conduct consumer testing to de-
termine how to make the information as 
meaningful to users as possible. 
‘‘(5) PERMISSIBLE DISCLOSURES OF DATA.— 
‘‘(A) DATA REPORTS AND QUERIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 
years after the date of enactment of the 
America COMPETES Act of 2022, the 
Commissioner shall develop and implement 
a secure process for making student-level, 
non-personally 
identifiable 
information, 
with direct identifiers removed, from the 
postsecondary student data system avail-
able for vetted research and evaluation 
purposes approved by the Commissioner in
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a manner compatible with practices for dis-
closing National Center for Education Sta-
tistics restricted-use survey data as in ef-
fect on the day before the date of enact-
ment of the America COMPETES Act of 
2022, or by applying other research and 
disclosure restrictions to ensure data pri-
vacy and security. Such process shall be 
approved by the National Center for Edu-
cation Statistics’ Disclosure Review Board 
(or successor body). 
‘‘(ii) PROVIDING DATA REPORTS AND 
QUERIES TO INSTITUTIONS AND STATES.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Commis-
sioner shall provide feedback reports, 
at least annually, to each institution 
of higher education, each postsec-
ondary education system that fully 
participates in the postsecondary stu-
dent data system, and each State 
higher education body as designated 
by the governor. 
‘‘(II) FEEDBACK REPORTS.—The 
feedback reports provided under this 
clause shall include program-level and
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institution-level information from the 
postsecondary student data system re-
garding students who are associated 
with the institution or, for State rep-
resentatives, the institutions within 
that State, on or before the date of 
the report, on measures including stu-
dent mobility and workforce outcomes, 
provided that the feedback aggregate 
summary reports protect the privacy 
of individuals. 
‘‘(III) DETERMINATION OF CON-
TENT.—The content of the feedback 
reports shall be determined by the 
Commissioner in consultation with the 
Advisory Committee. 
‘‘(iii) PERMITTING STATE DATA QUE-
RIES.—The Commissioner shall, in con-
sultation with the Advisory Committee and 
as soon as practicable, create a process 
through which States may submit lists of 
secondary school graduates within the 
State to receive summary aggregate out-
comes for those students who enrolled at 
an institution of higher education, includ-
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ing postsecondary enrollment and college 
completion, provided that those data pro-
tect the privacy of individuals and that the 
State data submitted to the Commissioner 
are not stored in the postsecondary edu-
cation system. 
‘‘(iv) REGULATIONS.—The Commis-
sioner shall promulgate regulations to en-
sure fair, secure, and equitable access to 
data reports and queries under this para-
graph. 
‘‘(B) DISCLOSURE LIMITATIONS.—In car-
rying out the public reporting and disclosure re-
quirements of this subsection, the Commis-
sioner shall use appropriate statistical disclo-
sure limitation techniques necessary to ensure 
that the data released to the public cannot in-
clude personally identifiable information or be 
used to identify specific individuals. 
‘‘(C) SALE OF DATA PROHIBITED.—Data 
collected under this subsection, including the 
public-use data set and data comprising the 
summary aggregate information available under 
paragraph (4), shall not be sold to any third
2579 
party by the Commissioner, including any insti-
tution of higher education or any other entity. 
‘‘(D) LIMITATION ON USE BY OTHER FED-
ERAL AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner 
shall not allow any other Federal agency to 
use data collected under this subsection for 
any purpose except— 
‘‘(I) for vetted research and eval-
uation conducted by the other Federal 
agency, as described in subparagraph 
(A)(i); or 
‘‘(II) for a purpose explicitly au-
thorized by this Act. 
‘‘(ii) PROHIBITION ON LIMITATION OF 
SERVICES.—The Secretary, or the head of 
any other Federal agency, shall not use 
data collected under this subsection to 
limit services to students. 
‘‘(E) 
LAW
ENFORCEMENT.—Personally 
identifiable information collected under this 
subsection shall not be used for any Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement activity or any 
other activity that would result in adverse ac-
tion against any student or a student’s family,
2580 
including debt collection activity or enforcement 
of immigration laws. 
‘‘(F) LIMITATION OF USE FOR FEDERAL 
RANKINGS OR SUMMATIVE RATING SYSTEM.— 
The comprehensive data collection and analysis 
necessary for the postsecondary student data 
system under this subsection shall not be used 
by the Secretary or any Federal entity to estab-
lish any Federal ranking system of institutions 
of higher education or a system that results in 
a summative Federal rating of institutions of 
higher education. 
‘‘(G) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent 
the use of individual categories of aggregate in-
formation to be used for accountability pur-
poses. 
‘‘(H) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING 
COMMERCIAL USE OF DATA.—Nothing in this 
paragraph shall be construed to prohibit third- 
party entities from using publicly-available in-
formation in this data system for commercial 
use. 
‘‘(6) SUBMISSION OF DATA.—
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‘‘(A) REQUIRED SUBMISSION.—Each insti-
tution of higher education participating in a 
program under title IV, or the assigned agent 
of such institution, shall, for each eligible pro-
gram, in accordance with section 487(a)(17), 
collect, and submit to the Commissioner, the 
data requested by the Commissioner to carry 
out this subsection. 
‘‘(B) VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION.—Any insti-
tution of higher education not participating in 
a program under title IV may voluntarily par-
ticipate in the postsecondary student data sys-
tem under this subsection by collecting and sub-
mitting data to the Commissioner, as the Com-
missioner may request to carry out this sub-
section. 
‘‘(C) PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE
INFOR-
MATION.—In 
accordance 
with 
paragraph 
(2)(C)(i), if the submission of an element of 
student-level data is prohibited under para-
graph (2)(F) (or otherwise prohibited by law), 
the institution of higher education shall submit 
that data to the Commissioner in the aggregate. 
‘‘(7) UNLAWFUL WILLFUL DISCLOSURE.—
2582 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful 
for any person who obtains or has access to 
personally identifiable information in connection 
with the postsecondary student data system de-
scribed in this subsection to willfully disclose to 
any person (except as authorized by any Fed-
eral law) such personally identifiable informa-
tion. 
‘‘(B) PENALTY.—Any person who violates 
subparagraph (A) shall be subject to a penalty 
described under section 3572(f) of title 44, 
United States Code, and section 183(d)(6) of 
the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 
U.S.C. 9573(d)(6)). 
‘‘(C) EMPLOYEE
OF
OFFICER
OF
THE 
UNITED
STATES.—If a violation of subpara-
graph (A) is committed by any officer or em-
ployee of the United States, the officer or em-
ployee shall be dismissed from office or dis-
charged from employment upon conviction for 
the violation. 
‘‘(8) DATA SECURITY.—The Commissioner shall 
produce and update as needed guidance and regula-
tions relating to privacy, security, and access which 
shall govern the use and disclosure of data collected
2583 
in connection with the activities authorized in this 
subsection. The guidance and regulations developed 
and reviewed shall protect data from unauthorized 
access, use, and disclosure, and shall include— 
‘‘(A) an audit capability, including manda-
tory and regularly conducted audits; 
‘‘(B) access controls; 
‘‘(C) requirements to ensure sufficient data 
security, quality, validity, and reliability; 
‘‘(D) appropriate and applicable privacy 
and security protection, including data retention 
and destruction protocols and data minimiza-
tion, in accordance with the most recent Fed-
eral standards developed by the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology; and 
‘‘(E) protocols for managing a breach, in-
cluding breach notifications, in accordance with 
the standards of National Center for Education 
Statistics. 
‘‘(9) DATA
COLLECTION.—The Commissioner 
shall ensure that data collection, maintenance, and 
use under this subsection complies with section 552a 
of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(10) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
2584 
‘‘(A) 
INSTITUTION
OF
HIGHER
EDU-
CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher edu-
cation’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 102. 
‘‘(B) MINORITY-SERVING
INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘minority-serving institution’ means 
an institution of higher education listed in sec-
tion 371(a). 
‘‘(C) PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE
INFOR-
MATION.—The term ‘personally identifiable in-
formation’ is used under this subsection as such 
term is used under section 444 of the General 
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g).’’. 
(b) REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON STUDENT DATA 
SYSTEM.—Section 134 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015c) is repealed. 
(c) INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (17) of section 
487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(17) The institution or the assigned agent of 
the institution will collect and submit data to the 
Commissioner for Education Statistics in accordance 
with section 132(l), the nonstudent related surveys 
within the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data
2585 
System (IPEDS), or any other Federal institution of 
higher education data collection effort (as designated 
by the Secretary), in a timely manner and to the 
satisfaction of the Secretary.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that 
is 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) TRANSITION PROVISIONS.—The Secretary of 
Education and the Commissioner for Education Statistics 
shall take such steps as are necessary to ensure that the 
development and maintenance of the postsecondary stu-
dent data system required under section 132(l) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, as added by subsection 
(a), occurs in a manner that reduces the reporting burden 
for entities that reported into the Integrated Postsec-
ondary Education Data System (IPEDS). 
TITLE IV—IMPACT ACT 
SEC. 90401. TELECOMMUNICATIONS WORKFORCE TRAIN-
ING GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Improving Minority Participation And Careers in Tele-
communications Act’’ or the ‘‘IMPACT Act’’ 
(b) GRANT PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Labor (act-
ing in coordination with the Director of the Office of Mi-
nority Broadband Initiatives established under section
2586 
902(b)(1) of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) and the Secretary of 
Education) shall establish a program (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Telecommunications Workforce Training 
Grant Program’’ or the ‘‘Grant Program’’) under which 
the Secretary shall meet the following requirements: 
(1) DEADLINE.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date on which amounts are appropriated under 
subsection (h), the Secretary— 
(A) may reserve not more than 2 percent 
of such amounts to administer the Grant Pro-
gram; and 
(B) after determining the percentage of 
such amounts to reserve under subparagraph 
(A), shall use the remainder of such amounts to 
award grants (in this section referred to as 
‘‘covered grants’’) to eligible entities to develop 
and implement telecommunications training 
programs (which may include training programs 
providing training and education relating to the 
construction of telecommunications infrastruc-
ture). 
(2) MINIMUM
GRANT
AMOUNTS
TO
CERTAIN 
ENTITIES.—In awarding covered grants from the
2587 
amounts described in paragraph (1)(B), the Sec-
retary shall use not less than— 
(A) 30 percent of such amounts to award 
covered grants to historically Black colleges or 
universities; and 
(B) 30 percent of such amounts to award 
covered grants to Tribal Colleges or Univer-
sities. 
(3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that grant amounts awarded under paragraph 
(1)(B) are coordinated with, and do not duplicate 
the specific use of, grant amounts provided under 
section 902 of division N of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260). 
(4) SINGLE
GRANT
CYCLE.—After awarding 
covered grants under paragraph (1), the authority of 
the Secretary to award covered grants shall expire. 
(5) GRANT PERIOD.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish the grant period of a covered grant, which may 
not be less than 5 years. 
(6) CONSTRUCTION
PROGRAMS.—In awarding 
covered grants to eligible entities that plan to use 
the grants for developing and implementing training 
programs providing training and education relating
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to construction, the Secretary shall prioritize such 
eligible entities that— 
(A) partner with— 
(i) a labor or labor-management orga-
nization with experience— 
(I) working in the telecommuni-
cations industry; or 
(II) in registered apprenticeship 
programs or pre-apprenticeship pro-
grams; or 
(ii) a community college that has a 
written agreement with 1 or more reg-
istered apprenticeship programs; and 
(B) ensure the such programs lead to em-
ployment with wages at rates not less than the 
rates prevailing on projects of a similar char-
acter in the locality as determined by the Sec-
retary of Labor in accordance with subchapter 
IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
Code. 
(c) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 
covered grant shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may require.
2589 
(2) CONTENTS.—An eligible entity shall include 
in an application under paragraph (1) the following: 
(A) A description of how the eligible entity 
plans to use the covered grant, including the 
type of telecommunications training program 
the eligible entity plans to develop and imple-
ment. 
(B) A commitment from the telecommuni-
cations industry partner of the eligible entity to 
collaborate with the eligible entity to develop 
and implement a telecommunications training 
program, including the curricula for such pro-
gram, and the internships, registered appren-
ticeships, or pre-apprenticeships aligned to such 
program. 
(C) A plan for recruitment of students to 
participate in the telecommunications training 
program, including students in rural areas. 
(D) A plan to ensure that female student 
participation (or participation among other pop-
ulations who are underrepresented within the 
telecommunications 
industry) 
in 
the 
tele-
communications training program of the eligible 
entity is at a higher rate than the employment
2590 
rate of women (or other such populations) with-
in the telecommunications industry. 
(E) A description of in-demand occupa-
tions within the telecommunications industry to 
be secured through the telecommunications 
training program, including— 
(i) jobs in the communities served by 
the eligible entity; and 
(ii) expected wage and benefit levels of 
such jobs. 
(F) A description of how the eligible entity 
plans to integrate the expertise of labor or 
labor-management organizations with experi-
ence working in the telecommunications indus-
try into the development and implementation of 
the telecommunications training program. 
(d) AUTHORIZED USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible enti-
ty may use a covered grant, with respect to the tele-
communications training program of the eligible entity de-
veloped and implemented with such covered grant, to— 
(1) hire faculty members to teach courses in the 
training program; 
(2) train faculty members to prepare students 
for employment in jobs related to the deployment of 
next-generation wired and wireless communications
2591 
networks, including 5G networks, hybrid fiber-co-
axial networks, and fiber infrastructure, particularly 
in— 
(A) broadband and wireless network engi-
neering; 
(B) network deployment, operation, and 
maintenance; 
(C) telecommunications industry field ac-
tivities; and 
(D) cloud networks, data centers, and cy-
bersecurity; 
(3) design and develop, or customize existing, 
curricula, courses, or programs of study, in coordi-
nation with telecommunications industry partners, 
that reflect the skills and competencies needed in the 
telecommunications industry, and that lead to recog-
nized postsecondary credentials; 
(4) pay for costs associated with instruction 
under the telecommunications training program, in-
cluding the costs of equipment, telecommunications 
training towers, laboratory space, classroom space, 
and telecommunications industry field activities; 
(5) fund scholarships, student internships, reg-
istered apprenticeships, and pre-apprenticeship op-
2592 
portunities aligned to the telecommunications train-
ing program; 
(6) recruit students for the telecommunications 
training program, including students in rural areas, 
if applicable; 
(7) support the enrollment in the telecommuni-
cations training program of individuals working in 
the telecommunications industry in order to advance 
professionally within the industry; 
(8) support the development of career pathways 
in the telecommunications industry; and 
(9) provide supportive services (such as trans-
portation, child care, dependent care, housing, and 
needs-related payments) necessary for participants 
to complete the training program. 
(e) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REPORTING BY ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Dur-
ing the grant period of a covered grant received by 
an eligible entity, the eligible entity shall submit to 
the Secretary a semiannual report that, with respect 
to the preceding 6-month period— 
(A) describes how the eligible entity used 
the covered grant amounts; 
(B) describes the progress the eligible enti-
ty made in developing and implementing the
2593 
telecommunications training program of the eli-
gible entity; 
(C) describes the number of faculty and 
students participating in the telecommuni-
cations training program of the eligible entity; 
(D) describes the partnership with the tele-
communications industry partner of the eligible 
entity, including— 
(i) the commitments and in-kind con-
tributions made by the telecommunications 
industry partner; and 
(ii) the role of the telecommunications 
industry partner in— 
(I) curriculum development; 
(II) ensuring that the program 
leads to or is aligned with a degree 
program or recognized postsecondary 
credential; and 
(III) the internships, registered 
apprenticeships, and pre-apprentice-
ships offered under the program; and 
(E) includes data on internship, registered 
apprenticeship, and pre-apprenticeships, and 
employment opportunities and placements and 
completions.