3.0.0 2064 2023-01-11T13:29:45Z 2023-01-11T13:29:45Z Senate S 2015-09-22 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-09-22T15:44:32Z Career and Technical Education Opportunity Act 114 3964 HR 2016-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Identical bill CRS 2015-09-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-09-22 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2015-09-22 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2015-09-22 True Education Education programs funding Employee hiring Employment and training programs Higher education Licensing and registrations Teaching, teachers, curricula Vocational and technical education Education 00 2015-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-05T20:09:43Z Career and Technical Education Opportunity Act

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the programs eligible to participate in federal student aid.

Specifically, it makes eligible for Direct Loan program and Federal Perkins Loan program participation an educational program that provides at least 250 hours of instruction over a minimum of 5 weeks that leads to an industry-recognized credential.

An industry-recognized credential: (1) is high quality, as demonstrated by the institution offering the program; (2) meets local or regional workforce needs; and (3) is endorsed by a national industry trade association.

]]> Career and Technical Education Opportunity Act Display Title Career and Technical Education Opportunity Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the definition of eligible program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Career and Technical Education Opportunity Act Introduced in Senate 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2064is/xml/BILLS-114s2064is.xml 2015-09-22 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.