[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 17, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      CONFIRMATION OF SCOTT STUMP

  Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, yesterday the Senate voted to confirm 
Scott Stump, who was nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary for 
Career, Technical, and Adult Education at the Department of Education. 
Mr. Stump will be in charge of matters related to career, technical, 
and adult education at the high school and postsecondary levels.
  Stump is well-qualified for this role. He spent nearly 14 years at 
the Colorado Community College System as assistant provost for career 
and technical education, where he was in charge of directing the 
system's career and technical education programs and guiding 
implementation of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 
Act. He is also a past president of the National Association of State 
Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium, now called Advance 
CTE. He is supported by the Association for Career and Technical 
Education and Advance CTE. He was approved by the HELP Committee on 
June 26, 2018, by voice vote.
  Mr. Stump will be key in carrying out the Perkins Act 
reauthorization, which I expect Congress to complete its work on this 
year. The reauthorization, which aligns Federal dollars more closely 
with the needs of employers and employees and gives States more 
flexibility in spending Federal dollars, was passed out of the HELP 
Committee unanimously on June 26, 2018. The House of Representatives 
passed its reauthorization on June 22, 2017.
  I look forward to working with Mr. Stump as he takes on this role at 
the Department of Education, and I urge my colleagues to support him as 
well.

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