Title: Expanding Access to the Workforce Through Dual Enrollment Act of 2018
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
Expanding Access to the Workforce Through Dual Enrollment Act of 2018
This bill directs the Department of Education to provide grants to eligible entities (i.e., a state, or one or more local educational agencies, public institutions of higher education, or private sector entities) to establish, expand, or support dual or concurrent enrollment programs offering career and technical education.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6685 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6685

To provide grants to eligible entities to establish, expand, or support 
 dual or concurrent enrollment programs offering career and technical 
                   education, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 28, 2018

  Mr. Brown of Maryland (for himself, Ms. Clarke of New York, and Mr. 
Gene Green of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
            to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide grants to eligible entities to establish, expand, or support 
 dual or concurrent enrollment programs offering career and technical 
                   education, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 2018''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--From the amounts appropriated under subsection 
(h), the Secretary of Education shall provide grants to eligible 
entities for the purposes of establishing, expanding, or supporting 
dual or concurrent enrollment 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 subsection (a) that carries out the 
        following requirements:
                    (A) A State that is a partner in such eligible 
                entity shall establish a policy to ensure that any 
                postsecondary credits earned though the program will be 
                recognized throughout the system 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, 
                        expanding, or supporting such program at 
                        secondary schools--
                                    (I) serving students not less than 
                                50 percent of whom are eligible for 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 recent 
                                data submitted to the National Center 
                                of Education Statistics for the 
                                calculation of such national rate; and
                                    (III) whose most recent immediate 
                                college enrollment rate is below the 
                                national immediate college enrollment 
                                rate, as determined by the National 
                                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 as determined by the Bureau of 
                        the Census.
                    (C) Each public institution of higher education 
                that is a partner in such eligible entity shall provide 
                such program--
                            (i) assistance with curriculum development;
                            (ii) access to faculty for the instruction 
                        of courses;
                            (iii) access to facilities on the campus of 
                        such institution of higher education, including 
                        for the purpose of instructing courses; and
                            (iv) access to advisors from such 
                        institution of high education for the purposes 
                        of advising students enrolled such program.
                    (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 assistance described in 
                clause (ii), which shall include at least one of the 
                forms of assistance described in subclause (I), (III), 
                or (IV) of such clause.
                    (ii) The forms of assistance described in this 
                clause are as follows:
                            (I) Internships approved by the Secretary 
                        or registered apprenticeship programs for 
                        students enrolled in such program.
                            (II) Funds in an amount equal to not less 
                        than 10 percent of the total costs of 
                        administering such program.
                            (III) Assistance with curriculum 
                        development.
                            (IV) Mentoring for students enrolled in 
                        such program.
                            (V) Individuals employed by the private 
                        sector entity for the instruction of courses.
                            (VI) Equipment and facilities for the 
                        purposes of on-site instruction.
            (2) Authorized use of grants.--An eligible entity that 
        receives a grant under this section may use--
                    (A) not more than 50 percent of the grant to--
                            (i) cover expenses, including tuition costs 
                        and textbook fees, incurred by students 
                        enrolled 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 
                                prepare students for postsecondary 
                                career 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 eligible entity to 
                receive instruction through a course offered under such 
                program.
    (d) Application Requirements.--An eligible entity seeking a grant 
under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
determines, which shall include an assurance that each partner in the 
eligible entity will comply with the requirements of subsection (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 eligibility 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 without regard to postsecondary credits 
        earned under the program.
    (g) Report.--
            (1) In general.--An eligible entity that receives a grant 
        under this section shall submit to the Secretary a report on--
                    (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 Secretary 
                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 activities 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 2019 through 
2023.

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 program.--The term ``dual 
        or concurrent enrollment 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 technical education.
            (3) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a 
        partnership among the following:
                    (A) A State.
                    (B) One or more local educational agencies.
                    (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 graduation rate.--The term 
        ``four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate'' has the meaning 
        given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education 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 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 complete a 
                graduate educational development test prior to October 
                of a calendar year; and
                    (B) who enroll in two- or four-year colleges in the 
                fall of such calendar year.
            (8) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        ``institution of high education'' has the meaning 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 Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (10) Mentoring.--The term ``mentoring'' means a structured, 
        managed program in which children are appropriately matched 
        with screened and trained adult volunteers for one-on-one 
        relationships, involving meetings and activities on a regular 
        basis, intended to meet, in part, the child's need for 
        involvement 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, controlled, and managed by a 
        private individual or enterprise, including a for-profit 
        business, nonprofit organization, charity, or labor 
        organization.
            (12) Registered apprenticeship program.--The term 
        ``registered apprenticeship program'' means an apprenticeship 
        registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as 
        the ``National Apprenticeship Act''; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 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 meaning given the 
        term in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1003).
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