[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2851 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2851

To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a technical 
                    school training subsidy program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2011

  Mr. Barrow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a technical 
                    school training subsidy program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TECHNICAL SCHOOL TRAINING SUBSIDY PROGRAM.

    Section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2916) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Technical School Training Subsidy Pilot Program.--
            ``(1) Establishment of technical school training subsidy 
        pilot program.--From the amounts appropriated to carry out this 
        subsection, the Secretary shall award competitive grants to 
        States to provide such funds to local boards for the provision 
        of technical school training subsidies in local areas through 
        one-stop delivery systems described in section 134(c).
            ``(2) Application.--To receive a grant under this 
        subsection a State shall submit to the Secretary an application 
        in such manner, at such time, and containing such information 
        as the Secretary may require.
            ``(3) Qualifications and requirements for subsidy.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A technical school training 
                subsidy for an academic year may be provided, in 
                accordance with subparagraph (E), to a technical school 
                on behalf of an unemployed individual who is enrolled, 
                or accepted for enrollment, at a technical school.
                    ``(B) Amount of subsidy.--
                            ``(i) Considerations.--In determining the 
                        amount of a subsidy to provide to an unemployed 
                        individual under this subsection, a one-stop 
                        operator or one-stop partner, as appropriate, 
                        shall take into account--
                                    ``(I) the cost of tuition of such 
                                individual;
                                    ``(II) the expected family 
                                contribution, as determined in 
                                accordance with section 474 of the 
                                Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                                1087nn), for such individual; and
                                    ``(III) the estimated financial 
                                assistance for such individual not 
                                received under this subsection.
                            ``(ii) Aggregate amount.--The aggregate 
                        amount of subsidies an individual may receive 
                        under this subsection may not exceed $2,000.
                    ``(C) Number of subsidies.--An individual may 
                receive subsidies under this subsection for not more 
                than 2 academic years.
                    ``(D) Use of funds.--A subsidy an individual 
                receives under this subsection shall be used to assist 
                the individual in paying the cost of tuition for career 
                and technical education at a technical school. All 
                subsidies received by an individual under this 
                subsection shall be used to pay the cost of tuition for 
                career and technical education at the same technical 
                school.
                    ``(E) Provision of subsidy.--Upon approving an 
                unemployed individual for a subsidy under this 
                subsection, a one-stop operator or one-stop partner, as 
                appropriate, shall provide, prior to the start of an 
                academic year, the subsidy to the technical school in 
                which the unemployed individual is enrolled or accepted 
                for enrollment.
            ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                    ``(A) The term `career and technical education' has 
                the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. 
                Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 
                U.S.C. 2302).
                    ``(B) The term `cost of tuition' means--
                            ``(i) tuition and fees normally assessed a 
                        student carrying the same academic workload as 
                        determined by the technical school, and 
                        including costs for rental or purchase of any 
                        equipment, materials, or supplies required of 
                        all students in the same course of study; and
                            ``(ii) an allowance for books and supplies, 
                        for a student attending the technical school on 
                        at least a half-time basis, as determined by 
                        the school.
                    ``(C) The term `technical school' means a 
                `postsecondary vocational institution' that provides 
                career and technical education.
                    ``(D) The term `postsecondary vocational 
                institution' has the meaning given the term in section 
                102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                1002(c)).
                    ``(E) The term `unemployed individual' means an 
                unemployed individual who is a citizen of the United 
                States.''.
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