Perkins Fund for Equity and Excellence
Latest action · May 2, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2681)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 2, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Perkins Fund for Equity and Excellence
This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to replace the existing Tech Prep program with a new competitive grant program to support career and technical education. Under the program, local educational agencies and their partners may apply for grant funding to support:
- career and technical education programs that are aligned with postsecondary education programs,
- dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college programs,
- certain evidence-based strategies and delivery models related to career and technical education,
- teacher and leader experiential and informational-gathering site visits,
- professional development of educators and business partners,
- structured interdisciplinary collaboration and common planning time,
- teacher and leader externship programs,
- cross-credentialing for teachers,
- paid student internships or other paid work-based learning experiences, and
- guidance counseling.
Unless granted a waiver, a grant recipient must provide specified matching funds in the fourth and fifth years of the five-year grant.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 2, 2017 to Sep 19, 2017; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | May 2, 2017 |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Original | May 2, 2017 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | May 2, 2017 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | May 2, 2017 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | May 2, 2017 |
| D-MN | Al Franken | May 3, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Sep 19, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred May 2, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 2, 2017Introduced in Senate
- May 2, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2681)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-478 | NOMINATION TO THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION137 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Jul 19, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to support innovative approaches to career and technical education and redesign the high school experience for students by providing students with equitable access to rigorous, engaging, and relevant real world education through partnerships with business and industry and higher education that prepare students to graduate from high school and enroll into postsecondary education without the need for remediation and with the ability to use knowledge to solve complex problems, think critically, communicate effectively, collaborate with others, and develop academic mindsets.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Perkins Fund for Equity and Excellence
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 2, 2017Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
