I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 653 
To provide grants to eligible entities to establish, expand, or support dual 
or concurrent enrollment programs offering career and technical edu-
cation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 17, 2019 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, and Ms. WILD) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide grants to eligible entities to establish, expand, 
or support dual or concurrent enrollment programs offer-
ing career and technical education, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Access to 
the Workforce Through Dual Enrollment Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appropriated 
under subsection (h), the Secretary of Education shall 
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provide grants to eligible entities for the purposes of estab-
lishing, expanding, or supporting dual or concurrent en-
rollment programs offering career and technical education. 
(b) AMOUNTS.—The total grant amount made to an 
eligible entity under this section may not exceed 
$1,000,000. 
(c) USE OF GRANTS.— 
(1) REQUIRED
USE
OF
GRANTS.—An eligible 
entity that receives a grant under this section shall 
use such grant for a program described in sub-
section (a) that carries out the following require-
ments: 
(A) A State that is a partner in such eligi-
ble entity shall establish a policy to ensure that 
any postsecondary credits earned though the 
program will be recognized throughout the sys-
tem of public higher education of the State in 
which such program is located. 
(B) Each local educational entity that is a 
partner in such eligible entity— 
(i) shall prioritize establishing, ex-
panding, or supporting such program at 
secondary schools— 
(I) serving students not less than 
50 percent of whom are eligible for 
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the free or reduced-price lunch under 
the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
seq.); 
(II) whose most recent four-year 
adjusted cohort graduation rate is 
below the national four-year adjusted 
cohort graduation rate, as determined 
by the Secretary using the most re-
cent data submitted to the National 
Center of Education Statistics for the 
calculation of such national rate; and 
(III) whose most recent imme-
diate college enrollment rate is below 
the national immediate college enroll-
ment rate, as determined by the Na-
tional Center of Education Statistics; 
and 
(ii) shall prioritize selecting students 
for the program who are from a family 
whose taxable income for the proceeding 
year did not exceed 90 percent of the 
amount equal to the median income for a 
family of the size involved within the State 
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as determined by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus. 
(C) Each public institution of higher edu-
cation that is a partner in such eligible entity 
shall provide such program— 
(i) assistance with curriculum develop-
ment; 
(ii) access to faculty for the instruc-
tion of courses; 
(iii) access to facilities on the campus 
of such institution of higher education, in-
cluding for the purpose of instructing 
courses; and 
(iv) access to advisors from such insti-
tution of higher education for the purposes 
of advising students enrolled in such pro-
gram. 
(D)(i) Each private sector entity that is a 
partner in such eligible entity shall provide such 
program with at least two of the forms of as-
sistance described in clause (ii), which shall in-
clude at least one of the forms of assistance de-
scribed in subclause (I), (III), or (IV) of such 
clause. 
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dents enrolled in the program established, 
expanded, or supported with the grant; and 
(ii) offer courses for credit or not-for- 
credit to supplement such program to— 
(I) improve the financial literacy 
of students; and 
(II) teach skills, including resume 
and interviewing skills, that will pre-
pare students for postsecondary ca-
reer and technical education; 
(B) not less than 10 percent and not more 
than 30 percent of the grant to train or hire 
educators; and 
(C) not more than 20 percent of the grant 
to pay for the cost of transporting (including by 
school bus, private transportation company, or 
public transit) students enrolled in the program 
to the public institution of higher education or 
private sector entity that is a partner in the eli-
gible entity to receive instruction through a 
course offered under such program. 
(d) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible enti-
ty seeking a grant under this section shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary determines, 
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which shall include an assurance that each partner in the 
eligible entity will comply with the requirements of sub-
section (c)(1). 
(e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Federal funds 
made available under this section shall be used so as to 
supplement the level of Federal, State, and local public 
funds that, in the absence of such availability, would have 
been expended for dual enrollment programs and in no 
case to supplant such Federal, State, and local public 
funds. 
(f) FINANCIAL AID AND ENROLLMENT STATUS.— 
(1) FINANCIAL AID.—A student’s participation 
in a program funded under this section shall not be 
taken into account in determining the need or eligi-
bility of the student for assistance under the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1000 et seq.). 
(2) ENROLLMENT STATUS.—A student enrolled 
in such program shall not be considered a first-time 
student of any institution of higher education with-
out regard to postsecondary credits earned under the 
program. 
(g) REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives a grant under this section shall submit to the 
Secretary a report on— 
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(A) the activities supported by the grant; 
(B) the number of students participating 
in the activities supported by the grant; 
(C) any progress made in achieving the 
goals of the program supported by the grant; 
and 
(D) such other information as the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate. 
(2) TIMELINE FOR SUBMISSION OF REPORT.— 
The report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted 
to the Secretary not later than 180 days after the 
date on which the eligible entity concludes the activi-
ties supported by the grant under this section. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $150,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘career and technical education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (20 
U.S.C. 2302). 
(2) DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘dual or concurrent enrollment 
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program’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 7801), except that the postsecondary 
courses of such program shall offer career and tech-
nical education. 
(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a partnership among the following: 
(A) A State. 
(B) One or more local educational agen-
cies. 
(C) One or more public institutions of 
higher education. 
(D) One or more private sector entities. 
(4) FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT.— 
The term ‘‘first generation college student’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 402A(h)(3) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a– 
11(h)(3)). 
(5) FOUR-YEAR
ADJUSTED
COHORT
GRADUA-
TION RATE.—The term ‘‘four-year adjusted cohort 
graduation rate’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(6) HIGH
SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘high school’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of 
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the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(7) 
IMMEDIATE
COLLEGE
ENROLLMENT 
RATE.—The term ‘‘immediate college enrollment 
rate’’ means the percentage of individuals ages 16 to 
24— 
(A) who graduate from high school or com-
plete a graduate educational development test 
prior to October of a calendar year; and 
(B) who enroll in a two- or four-year insti-
tution of higher education in the fall of such 
calendar year. 
(8) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of high education’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 101(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(9) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(10) MENTORING.—The term ‘‘mentoring’’ 
means a structured, managed program in which chil-
dren are appropriately matched with screened and 
trained adult volunteers for one-on-one relationships, 
involving meetings and activities on a regular basis, 
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intended to meet, in part, the child’s need for in-
volvement with a caring and supportive adult who 
provides a positive role model. 
(11) PRIVATE
SECTOR
ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘private sector entity’’ means an entity owned, con-
trolled, and managed by a private individual or en-
terprise, including a for-profit business, nonprofit or-
ganization, charity, or labor organization. 
(12) 
REGISTERED
APPRENTICESHIP
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship pro-
gram’’ means an apprenticeship registered under the 
Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the 
‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chap-
ter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.). 
(13) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Education. 
(14) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 103 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003). 
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