[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7395 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7395

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand 
  career counseling opportunities within student support and academic 
                           enrichment grants.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2024

Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. Bonamici) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
                           and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand 
  career counseling opportunities within student support and academic 
                           enrichment grants.

    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 ``Counseling for Career Choice Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 4107(a)(3)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7117(a)(3)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) career guidance and school counseling 
                programs, such as--
                            ``(i) guidance for school career counseling 
                        programs, and school counselors and students 
                        who may be interested in such programs;
                            ``(ii) identifying and assessing school 
                        counseling activities and postsecondary options 
                        available within the State, and outside the 
                        State as applicable;
                            ``(iii) identifying regional workforce 
                        trends in collaboration with entities at the 
                        State and regional level with expertise in 
                        identifying such trends (such as State boards 
                        and local boards (as such terms are defined in 
                        section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
                        Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)), regional 
                        economic development organizations, or State 
                        employment agencies);
                            ``(iv) developing and implementing a 
                        process and infrastructure for school 
                        counselors and school counseling programs to 
                        access information regarding the regional 
                        workforce trends identified in clause (iii);
                            ``(v) information for school counselors on 
                        how to effectively provide students with 
                        current and relevant workforce information, 
                        financial aid assistance, personal counseling, 
                        and academic advising relevant to students' 
                        individual career and postsecondary education 
                        goals;
                            ``(vi) financial literacy and Federal 
                        financial aid awareness activities other than 
                        the activities described in clause (v);
                            ``(vii) developing and implementing 
                        professional development or career development 
                        training certification programs for counselors 
                        and other educators involved in preparing 
                        students for postsecondary opportunities, which 
                        may include partnering with an industry 
                        association that provides a nationally 
                        recognized certification in career development;
                            ``(viii) establishing, improving, or 
                        coordinating postsecondary opportunities for 
                        students, which shall include--
                                    ``(I) individual career planning;
                                    ``(II) personalized learning plans;
                                    ``(III) registered apprenticeships;
                                    ``(IV) internships;
                                    ``(V) dual enrollment programs;
                                    ``(VI) programs leading to 
                                recognized postsecondary credentials 
                                (as defined in section 3 of the 
                                Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
                                Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)), including 
                                programs at a secondary school;
                                    ``(VII) 2-year degree programs; or
                                    ``(VIII) 4-year degree programs;
                            ``(ix) encouraging partnerships with one-
                        stop centers as defined in section 3 of the 
                        Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
                        U.S.C. 3102), which may include colocating a 
                        one-stop center in a high school, transporting 
                        students to local one-stop centers, or having 
                        one-stop center career counselors and business 
                        liaisons assist school counselors in hosting 
                        job fairs, career days, or other such similar 
                        tasks;
                            ``(x) leveraging resources and emerging 
                        technologies, including artificial 
                        intelligence, that are being developed to 
                        support career development and career 
                        counseling activities; and
                            ``(xi) evaluating secondary and 
                        postsecondary outcomes for individuals served 
                        by school or other career counseling 
                        programs;''.
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