Career and Technical Education Equity Act

Bill: 114-hr-5152
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2016-04-29
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education programs funding

Employment and training programs

Vocational and technical education
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Career and Technical Education Equity Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to revise hold harmless requirements for the allotment of career and technical education assistance grants to states.&nbsp;A state is prohibited from receiving an allotment for a fiscal year that is less than 90% of the allotment the state received for the preceding fiscal year. (Currently, no state may receive an allotment less than the one it received for FY1998.)</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5152 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2016 Mr. Heck of Nevada (for himself and Mr. Grijalva ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the hold harmless provision for career and technical education assistance grants to States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Career and Technical Education Equity Act . 2. Hold harmless Section 111(a)(5)(A) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2321(a)(5)(A) ) is amended to read as follows: (A) In general No State shall receive an allotment under this section for a fiscal year that is less than 90 percent of the allotment the State received under this section for the preceding fiscal year. .