Seafarers Educational Advancement Act

Bill: 113-hr-4468
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2014-04-10
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Marine and inland water transportation

Vocational and technical education
Latest action: action_date: 2014-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-04-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Seafarers Educational Advancement Act - Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require career and technical education program funds received by area career and technical education schools, educational service agencies, and local educational agencies to be used to provide career and technical education at the secondary level that leads to maritime careers.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4468 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2014 Ms. Castor of Florida (for herself and Mr. Hunter ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To require career and technical education for maritime careers.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Seafarers Educational Advancement Act . 2. Career and technical education leading to maritime careers Section 135(b) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2355(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (8), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (10) provide career and technical education at the secondary level that leads to maritime careers, including a career in marine construction, commercial diving and marine salvaging, container sales, dredging, environmental, marine, or ship engineering, marine and science research, maritime technology, stevedoring, ship repair, trucking and towing and tug services, admiralty or maritime legal services, the cruise industry, as a member of a ship crew (such as a captain, mate, seaman, or engineer), or as a member of the Navy or Coast Guard. .