[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5787]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3908. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mr. Cassidy) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title III of division B, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) It is the sense of the Senate that dedicated 
     funding for coding courses in kindergarten through grade 12 
     education should be a top priority.
       (b) It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of 
     Education should use the authority granted under section 
     114(e) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 
     Act of 2006, as in effect on July 1, 2019, to award 
     innovation and modernization grants. The use of such 
     innovation and modernization grant funds for coding programs 
     are especially important for rural and underserved areas that 
     don't have access to coding resources in order to close the 
     skills gap. These grants are opportunities for rural America 
     to learn to read and write code to prepare students for the 
     jobs of the future.
                                 ______