I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5020 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 14, 2018 Mr. Loebsack introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To provide for the establishment of a Department of Education program to award grants to secondary schools that establish a project to encourage students in their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical education courses at a community college, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Collaboration for Today’s Education Act or the CTE Act . 2. Establishment of grant program (a) In general From the amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Secretary shall establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible secondary schools. (b) Eligible schools In order to be eligible, a secondary school must form a partnership with a community college to allow students in their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical education courses at such community college. (c) Application To be eligible for a grant under this section, a secondary school shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary determines appropriate, which shall include— (1) a description of the proposed project to be carried out; (2) a description of the number of students who will be able to participate; and (3) an analysis of how the project will enable students in their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical education courses at a community college. (d) Grant uses (1) In general A secondary school receiving a grant under this section shall use such grant only for a project to encourage students in their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical education courses at a community college. (2) Payment to third parties A secondary school receiving a grant under this section may use such grant to reimburse third parties, including a community college, for costs incurred as part of a project to encourage students in their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical education courses at a community college. (e) Reporting requirement (1) Recipients of grant Not later than 1 year following the date of receipt of a grant awarded under this section, a secondary school receiving such a grant shall submit to the Secretary a report analyzing the effect such grant had on encouraging students in their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical education courses at a community college. (2) Secretary Not later than 2 years following the date of receipt of a report required pursuant to paragraph (1), and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report compiling the results of the reports submitted during the previous year pursuant to paragraph (1). 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) The term career and technical education has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302 ). (2) The term community college has the meaning given the term junior or community college in section 312 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1058 ), but does not include a for-profit institution. (3) The term secondary school has the meaning given such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). (4) The term Secretary means the Secretary of Education.