Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act
Latest action · Dec 19, 2018 By Senator Alexander from Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions filed written report. Report No. 115-434.
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.
- IntroducedJul 16, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 and increases funding levels for Department of Education (ED) grants to states, national programs, and tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical education (CTE) institutions under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to support CTE programs for secondary and postsecondary students. It repeals the authorization for certain occupational and information activities and the separate mandate for tech prep education.
Beginning in FY2021, states must receive at least 90% of their previous year's allocation of basic state CTE grants.
The bill permits states to:
- reserve up to 15% (currently 10%) of their grant funds for innovative CTE activities in rural areas or areas with higher numbers of CTE students, and
- set their own annual targets on the core indicators of performance at both the secondary and postsecondary education levels without ED's approval.
The bill modifies grant application processes for states and localities and performance measures for evaluating CTE programs. It prohibits ED from withholding funds from states that do not meet certain performance measures.
The bill amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to expand the duties of state agencies with respect to providing workforce and labor market information.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 | Reported as an original measure Jul 16, 2018 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2018By Senator Alexander from Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions filed written report. Report No. 115-434.
- Jul 16, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Jul 16, 2018Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Alexander. Without written report.
- Jul 16, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 517.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4963 | Patty Murray D-WA | Jul 16, 2018 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 2, 2018S. 3217, Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century ActAs reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on July 16, 2018
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 653 | Career and Technical Education State Flexibility Act | Related bill | Mar 15, 2017 |
| S 790 | Innovation for Tomorrow's Workforce Act | Related bill | Mar 30, 2017 |
| HR 2353 | Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act | Related bill | Jul 31, 2018 |
| S 3101 | Free Career and Technical Education for High School Students Act | Related bill | Jun 20, 2018 |
| HR 3137 | Promoting Women in STEM Act | Related bill | Jun 29, 2017 |
| HR 4387 | PREPARE Act | Related bill | Nov 14, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- An original bill to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Census and government statistics
- Congressional oversight
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment and training programs
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Indian social and development programs
- Performance measurement
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Vocational and technical education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 16, 2018Placed on Calendar 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.
