[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4950 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4950

To direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study on Federal data 
 collection related to student participation and performance in career 
       and technical education programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 31, 2019

Mr. Budd (for himself and Mr. Bishop of North Carolina) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study on Federal data 
 collection related to student participation and performance in career 
       and technical education programs, 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 ``CTE Outcome Data Enactment Act of 
2019'' or the ``CODE Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON DATA COLLECTION.

    (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Education (in this section 
referred to as the ``Secretary''), in consultation with the Secretary 
of Labor, shall conduct a study on Federal data collection related to 
student participation and performance in career and technical education 
programs. Such study shall--
            (1) assess the effectiveness of Federal efforts to collect, 
        measure, and evaluate data relating to student participation 
        and performance in, and completion of, career and technical 
        education programs; and
            (2) identify--
                    (A) gaps and areas of duplication with respect to 
                such efforts; and
                    (B) methods to improve and centralize such efforts.
    (b) Task Force.--In conducting the study required under subsection 
(a), the Secretary may convene a task force consisting of such members 
as the Secretary considers appropriate.
    (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
containing the findings of the study required under subsection (a) and 
any recommendations of the Secretary related to such findings.
    (d) Definition.--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).
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