3.0.0 1166 2023-01-11T13:27:17Z 2023-01-11T13:27:17Z Senate S 2015-04-30 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-30T20:26:27Z BUILD Career and Technical Education Act of 2015 114 2186 HR 2015-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS 2015-04-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-04-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Higher education Public-private cooperation Teaching, teachers, curricula Vocational and technical education Education 00 2015-04-30 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-19T16:21:23Z Building Understanding, Investment, Learning, and Direction Career and Technical Education Act of 2015 or the BUILD Career and Technical Education Act of 2015

This bill directs the Department of Education to award competitive two-year grants to local educational agencies to support career and technical education exploration programs that provide middle and high school students with experiential learning opportunities that are connected to their education and career pathways.

Grant funds must be used for: (1) leasing, purchasing, upgrading, or adapting equipment related to program activities; (2) staff expenses in coordinating or implementing program activities; (3) consultation services that are directly aligned to program goals; (4) professional development programs that are aligned to program goals; (5) minor remodeling to accommodate program equipment; and/or (6) program evaluation.

The bill requires each grantee to develop a plan to evaluate specified outcomes.

]]> BUILD Career and Technical Education Act of 2015 Display Title BUILD Career and Technical Education Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools and high schools. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced BUILD Career and Technical Education Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced Building Understanding, Investment, Learning, and Direction Career and Technical Education Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1166is/xml/BILLS-114s1166is.xml 2015-04-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.