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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Supporting Useful Career Counseling
in Elementary and Secondary Schools (SUCCESS) Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. BEST PRACTICES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL COUNSELORS TRAINING GRANT.

Section 114 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2324) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (g);
(2) in subsection (d)--
(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ''subsection
(e)'' and inserting ''subsection (g)''; and
(B) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ''subsection
(e)'' and inserting ''subsection (g)''; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
''(e) Best Practices for Elementary and Secondary School Counselors
Training Grant.--
''(1) In general.--
''(A) Grant activities.--The Secretary shall award
grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of
higher education or other entities that provide State-
recognized elementary and secondary school counseling
credentials (referred to in this subsection as
'grantees') to enable those grantees to--
''(i) consult with State boards or local
boards (as those terms are defined in section 3
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
(29 U.S.C. 3102)) to assess local and regional
employment needs and trends;
''(ii) not later than 6 months after
receipt of the award, develop best practices
for training elementary and secondary school
counselors on career counseling based on those
trends;
''(iii) develop curricula, training
modules, or materials to train elementary and
secondary school counselors based on those best
practices; and
''(iv) not later than 12 months after
receipt of the award, start carrying out the
best practices described in clause (ii) using
the curricula, modules, or materials described
in clause (iii) at one or more counselor
training sites.
''(B) Best practices.--The best practices developed
through grants under this subsection shall aim to
improve--
''(i) elementary and secondary school
counselor awareness of both postsecondary
education and postsecondary career options,
including 2-year programs at institutions of
higher education, short-term credentials,
apprenticeship programs, and other skilled job
training programs that lead to in-demand
occupations;
''(ii) the ability of elementary and
secondary school counselors to communicate to
students the career opportunities and
employment trends identified under subparagraph
(A)(i); and
''(iii) the ability of elementary and
secondary school counselors to discuss a
comprehensive range of options for financing
postsecondary education that will minimize
student debt burden.
''(2) Evaluation of best practices.--
''(A) Annual analysis.--Beginning not later than 24
months after receiving a grant award under this
subsection, each grantee shall--
''(i) annually analyze the results of the
activities carried out under the grant,
including--
''(I) changes in the skills and
knowledge of school counselors
resulting from the grant program;
''(II) the number of students who
receive career counseling from
elementary and secondary school
counselors who received training that
was developed with assistance from the
grant program;
''(III) changes in the number of
students who enroll in postsecondary
programs discussed by those counselors;
and
''(IV) any other results, as
determined by the Secretary; and
''(ii) determine, using the results of that
analysis, the extent to which the best
practices developed with a grant under this
subsection are evidence-based.
''(B) Assessment.--Beginning not later than 4 years
after the award of a grant under this subsection, and
continuing annually for 5 additional years, each
grantee shall submit an assessment of the grant program
to the Secretary, which shall include--
''(i) a description of the best practices
that are determined to be evidenced-based in
accordance with subparagraph (A)(ii); and
''(ii) a description of the best practices
that are determined to require further review
in order to determine whether those practices
are evidence-based.
''(3) Dissemination of best practices.--Beginning not later
than 4 years after the award of a grant under this subsection,
and continuing annually for 5 additional years, the Secretary
shall--
''(A) post on the website of the Department and the
website of the Perkins Collaborative Resource Network
the best practices that are identified in an assessment
under subparagraph (B)(i); and
''(B) disseminate those best practices to States,
State boards and local boards, institutions of higher
education, local educational agencies, and other
entities, as determined by the Secretary.
''(f) National Analysis of State Policy for Counselor Training
Requirements.--The Comptroller General shall prepare and submit a
report on State elementary and secondary school counselor certification
and recertification requirements. The report shall discuss the impact
of those requirements on the availability of career counseling that
effectively informs elementary and secondary school students about
postsecondary options that lead to in-demand occupations and that
minimize student debt.''.
Solution:
Supporting Useful Career Counseling in Elementary and Secondary Schools (SUCCESS) Act of 2018 This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to direct the Department of Education (ED) to award competitive grants to enable institutions of higher education or other entities that provide state-recognized elementary and secondary school counseling credentials to: consult with state or local boards to assess local and regional employment needs and trends; develop best practices for training school counselors to providecareer counseling based on those trends; and implement curricula, training modules, or materials to train school counselors based on those best practices. ED shall publish and disseminate the best practices. The Government Accountability Office shall report on school counselor certification requirements andthe impact of those requirements on the availability of effectivecareer counseling.