[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5020 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5020

 To provide for the establishment of a Department of Education program 
   to award grants to secondary schools that establish a project to 
     encourage students in their junior and senior school years to 
   experience career and technical education courses at a community 
                    college, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 14, 2018

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the establishment of a Department of Education program 
   to award grants to secondary schools that establish a project to 
     encourage students in their junior and senior school years to 
   experience career and technical education courses at a community 
                    college, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Collaboration for Today's Education 
Act'' or the ``CTE Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--From the amounts appropriated to carry out this 
section, the Secretary shall establish a program to award grants, on a 
competitive basis, to eligible secondary schools.
    (b) Eligible Schools.--In order to be eligible, a secondary school 
must form a partnership with a community college to allow students in 
their junior and senior school years to experience career and technical 
education courses at such community college.
    (c) Application.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, a 
secondary school shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 
time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary 
determines appropriate, which shall include--
            (1) a description of the proposed project to be carried 
        out;
            (2) a description of the number of students who will be 
        able to participate; and
            (3) an analysis of how the project will enable students in 
        their junior and senior school years to experience career and 
        technical education courses at a community college.
    (d) Grant Uses.--
            (1) In general.--A secondary school receiving a grant under 
        this section shall use such grant only for a project to 
        encourage students in their junior and senior school years to 
        experience career and technical education courses at a 
        community college.
            (2) Payment to third parties.--A secondary school receiving 
        a grant under this section may use such grant to reimburse 
        third parties, including a community college, for costs 
        incurred as part of a project to encourage students in their 
        junior and senior school years to experience career and 
        technical education courses at a community college.
    (e) Reporting Requirement.--
            (1) Recipients of grant.--Not later than 1 year following 
        the date of receipt of a grant awarded under this section, a 
        secondary school receiving such a grant shall submit to the 
        Secretary a report analyzing the effect such grant had on 
        encouraging students in their junior and senior school years to 
        experience career and technical education courses at a 
        community college.
            (2) Secretary.--Not later than 2 years following the date 
        of receipt of a report required pursuant to paragraph (1), and 
        annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
        report compiling the results of the reports submitted during 
        the previous year pursuant to paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``career and technical education'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins 
        Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302).
            (2) The term ``community college'' has the meaning given 
        the term ``junior or community college'' in section 312 of the 
        Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058), but does not 
        include a for-profit institution.
            (3) The term ``secondary school'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (4) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        Education.
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