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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1132
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Sec-
retary of Labor to award grants to community colleges for high-quality
workforce development programs.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY7, 2025
Mrs. M
CBATH(for herself, Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. MANNION, and Mr.
T
HOMPSONof California) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
to direct the Secretary of Labor to award grants to
community colleges for high-quality workforce develop-
ment programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES 3
GRANT PROGRAM. 4
Subtitle D of title I of the Workforce Innovation and 5
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221 et seq.) is amended by 6
adding at the end the following: 7
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‘‘SEC. 173. STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES WORK-1
FORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS PROGRAM. 2
‘‘(a) P
URPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 3
‘‘(1) to establish, improve, or expand high-qual-4
ity workforce development programs at community 5
colleges; and 6
‘‘(2) to expand opportunities for individuals to 7
obtain recognized postsecondary credentials that are 8
nationally or regionally portable and stackable for 9
high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors 10
or occupations. 11
‘‘(b) S
TRENGTHENING COMMUNITY COLLEGES 12
W
ORKFORCEDEVELOPMENTGRANTSPROGRAM.— 13
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-14
priated to carry out this section under paragraph (3) 15
and not reserved under paragraph (2), the Secretary 16
shall, on a competitive basis, make grants to eligible 17
institutions to carry out the activities described in 18
subsection (e). 19
‘‘(2) R
ESERVATION.—Of the amounts appro-20
priated to carry out this section under paragraph 21
(3), the Secretary may reserve not more than two 22
percent for the administration of grants awarded 23
under this section, including— 24
‘‘(A) providing technical assistance and 25
targeted outreach to support eligible institu-26
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tions serving a high number or high percentage 1
of low-income individuals or individuals with 2
barriers to employment, and rural-serving eligi-3
ble institutions, to provide guidance and assist-4
ance in the process of applying for grants under 5
this section; and 6
‘‘(B) evaluating and reporting on the per-7
formance and impact of programs funded under 8
this section in accordance with subsections (f) 9
through (h). 10
‘‘(3) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 11
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 12
this section $65,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 13
2026 through 2031. 14
‘‘(c) A
WARDPERIOD.— 15
‘‘(1) I
NITIAL GRANT PERIOD .—Each grant 16
under this section shall be awarded for an initial pe-17
riod of not more than 4 years. 18
‘‘(2) S
UBSEQUENT GRANTS .—An eligible insti-19
tution that receives an initial grant under this sec-20
tion may receive one or more additional grants 21
under this section for additional periods of not more 22
than 4 years each if the eligible institution dem-23
onstrates that, during the most recently completed 24
grant period for a grant received under this section, 25
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such eligible institution achieved the levels of per-1
formance agreed to by the eligible institution with 2
respect to the performance indicators specified in 3
subsection (f). 4
‘‘(d) A
PPLICATION.— 5
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 6
grant under this section, an eligible institution shall 7
submit an application to the Secretary at such time 8
and in such manner as the Secretary may require. 9
‘‘(2) C
ONTENTS.—An application submitted by 10
an eligible institution under paragraph (1) shall in-11
clude a description of each the following: 12
‘‘(A) The extent to which the eligible insti-13
tution has demonstrated success building part-14
nerships with employers in in-demand industry 15
sectors or occupations to provide students with 16
the skills needed for occupations in such indus-17
tries and an explanation of the results of any 18
such partnerships. 19
‘‘(B) The methods and strategies the eligi-20
ble institution will use to engage with employers 21
in in-demand industry sectors or occupations, 22
including any arrangements to place individuals 23
who complete the workforce development pro-24
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grams supported by the grant into employment 1
with such employers. 2
‘‘(C) The proposed eligible institution and 3
industry partnership that the eligible institution 4
will establish or maintain to comply with sub-5
section (e)(1), including— 6
‘‘(i) the roles and responsibilities of 7
each employer, organization, agency, or in-8
stitution of higher education that the eligi-9
ble institution will partner with to carry 10
out the activities under this section; and 11
‘‘(ii) the needs that will be addressed 12
by such eligible institution and industry 13
partnership. 14
‘‘(D) One or more industries that such 15
partnership will target and real-time labor mar-16
ket data demonstrating that those industries 17
are aligned with employer demand in the geo-18
graphic area to be served by the eligible institu-19
tion. 20
‘‘(E) The extent to which the eligible insti-21
tution can— 22
‘‘(i) leverage additional resources to 23
support the programs to be funded with 24
the grant, which shall include written com-25
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mitments of any leveraged or matching 1
funds for the proposed programs; and 2
‘‘(ii) demonstrate the future sustain-3
ability of each such program. 4
‘‘(F) The steps the institution will take to 5
ensure the high quality of each program to be 6
funded with the grant, including the career 7
pathways within such programs. 8
‘‘(G) The population and geographic area 9
to be served by the eligible institution, including 10
the number of individuals the eligible institution 11
intends to serve during the grant period. 12
‘‘(H) The workforce development programs 13
to be supported by the grant. 14
‘‘(I) The recognized postsecondary creden-15
tials that are expected to be earned by partici-16
pants in such workforce development programs 17
and the related high-wage, high skill, or in-de-18
mand industry sectors or occupations for which 19
such programs will prepare participants. 20
‘‘(J) The evidence upon which the edu-21
cation and skills development strategies to be 22
used in such workforce development programs 23
are based and an explanation of how such evi-24
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dence influenced the design of the programs to 1
improve education and employment outcomes. 2
‘‘(K) How activities of the eligible institu-3
tion are expected to align with the workforce 4
strategies identified in— 5
‘‘(i) any State plan or local plan sub-6
mitted under this Act by the State, out-7
lying area, or locality in which the eligible 8
institution is expected to operate; 9
‘‘(ii) any State plan submitted under 10
section 122 of the Carl D. Perkins Career 11
and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 12
U.S.C. 2342) by such State or outlying 13
area; and 14
‘‘(iii) any economic development plan 15
of the chief executive of such State or out-16
lying area. 17
‘‘(L) The goals of the eligible institution 18
with respect to— 19
‘‘(i) capacity building (as described in 20
subsection (f)(1)(B)); and 21
‘‘(ii) the expected performance of indi-22
viduals participating in the programs to be 23
offered by the eligible institution, including 24
with respect to any performance indicators 25
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applicable under section 116 or subsection 1
(f) of this section. 2
‘‘(3) C
ONSIDERATION OF PREVIOUS EXPERI -3
ENCE.—The Secretary may not disqualify an eligible 4
institution from receiving a grant under this section 5
solely because such institution lacks previous experi-6
ence in building partnerships, as described in para-7
graph (2)(A). 8
‘‘(4) P
RIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 9
section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible 10
institutions that— 11
‘‘(A) will use the grant to serve— 12
‘‘(i) individuals with barriers to em-13
ployment; or 14
‘‘(ii) incumbent workers who need to 15
gain or improve foundational skills to en-16
hance their employability; 17
‘‘(B) use competency-based assessments to 18
award academic credit for prior learning for 19
programs supported by the grant, such as any 20
competency-based assessment developed and 21
identified by the State in which the eligible in-22
stitution is located, in coordination with indus-23
try organizations, employers (including small 24
and mid-sized employers), industry or sector 25
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partnerships, training providers, local boards, 1
and institutions of higher education; and 2
‘‘(C) have, or will seek to have, the career 3
education programs supported by the grant in-4
cluded on the list of eligible providers of train-5
ing services under section 122 for the State in 6
which the eligible institution is located. 7
‘‘(e) U
SES OFFUNDS.— 8
‘‘(1) E
LIGIBLE INSTITUTION AND INDUSTRY 9
PARTNERSHIP.—For the purpose of carrying out the 10
activities specified in paragraphs (2) and (3), an eli-11
gible institution that receives a grant under this sec-12
tion shall establish a partnership (or continue an ex-13
isting partnership) with one or more employers in an 14
in-demand industry sector or occupation (in this sec-15
tion referred to as an ‘eligible institution and indus-16
try partnership’) and shall maintain such partner-17
ship for the duration of the grant period. The eligi-18
ble institution shall ensure that the partnership— 19
‘‘(A) targets one or more specific high- 20
skill, high-wage, or in-demand industries; 21
‘‘(B) includes collaboration with the work-22
force development system; 23
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‘‘(C) serves adult and dislocated workers, 1
incumbent workers, and new entrants to the 2
workforce; 3
‘‘(D) uses an evidence-based program de-4
sign that is appropriate for the activities carried 5
out by the partnership; 6
‘‘(E) incorporates work-based learning op-7
portunities, as defined in section 3 of the Carl 8
D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 9
of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302); and 10
‘‘(F) incorporates, to the extent appro-11
priate, virtual service delivery to facilitate tech-12
nology-enabled learning. 13
‘‘(2) R
EQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible insti-14
tution that receives a grant under this section shall, 15
in consultation with the employers in the eligible in-16
stitution and industry partnership described in para-17
graph (1)— 18
‘‘(A) establish, improve, or expand high 19
quality, evidence-based workforce development 20
programs, career pathway programs, or work- 21
based learning programs (including apprentice-22
ship programs or preapprenticeships); 23
‘‘(B) provide career services to individuals 24
participating in the programs funded with the 25
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grant to facilitate retention and program com-1
pletion, which may include— 2
‘‘(i) career navigation, coaching, 3
mentorship, and case management serv-4
ices, including providing information and 5
outreach to individuals with barriers to 6
employment to encourage such individuals 7
to participate in programs funded with the 8
grant; and 9
‘‘(ii) providing access to course mate-10
rials, technological devices, required equip-11
ment, and other supports necessary for 12
participation in and successful completion 13
of such programs; and 14
‘‘(C) make available, in a format that is 15
open, searchable, and easily comparable, infor-16
mation on— 17
‘‘(i) curricula and recognized postsec-18
ondary credentials offered through pro-19
grams funded with the grant, including 20
any curricula or credentials created or fur-21
ther developed using such grant, which for 22
each recognized postsecondary credential, 23
shall include— 24
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‘‘(I) the issuing entity of such 1
credential; 2
‘‘(II) any third-party endorse-3
ments of such credential; 4
‘‘(III) the occupations for which 5
the credential prepares individuals; 6
‘‘(IV) the skills and competencies 7
necessary to achieve to earn such cre-8
dential; 9
‘‘(V) the level of mastery of such 10
skills and competencies (including how 11
mastery is assessed); and 12
‘‘(VI) any transfer value or 13
stackability of the credential; 14
‘‘(ii) any skills or competencies devel-15
oped by individuals who participate in such 16
programs beyond the skills and com-17
petencies identified as part of the recog-18
nized postsecondary credential awarded; 19
and 20
‘‘(iii) related employment and earn-21
ings outcomes on the primary indicators of 22
performance described in subclauses (I) 23
through (III) of section 116(b)(2)(A)(i), 24
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except that subclause (II) of such section 1
shall be applied by— 2
‘‘(I) substituting ‘second’ for 3
‘fourth’; and 4
‘‘(II) as if ‘and remain in unsub-5
sidized employment during the fourth 6
quarter after exit from the program’ 7
were inserted after ‘the program’. 8
‘‘(3) A
DDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—In addition to 9
the activities required under paragraph (2), an eligi-10
ble institution that receives a grant under this sec-11
tion shall, in consultation with the employers in the 12
eligible institution and industry partnership de-13
scribed in paragraph (1), carry out one or more of 14
the following activities: 15
‘‘(A) Establish, improve, or expand— 16
‘‘(i) articulation agreements (as de-17
fined in section 486A(a) of the Higher 18
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 19
1093a(a))); 20
‘‘(ii) credit transfer agreements; 21
‘‘(iii) corequisite remediation pro-22
grams that enable a student to receive re-23
medial education services while enrolled in 24
a postsecondary course rather than requir-25
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ing the student to receive remedial edu-1
cation before enrolling in a such a course; 2
‘‘(iv) dual or concurrent enrollment 3
programs; 4
‘‘(v) competency-based education and 5
assessment; or 6
‘‘(vi) policies and processes to award 7
academic credit for prior learning or for 8
the programs described in paragraph 9
(2)(A). 10
‘‘(B) Establish or implement plans for pro-11
viders of the programs described in paragraph 12
(2)(A) to meet the criteria and carry out the 13
procedures necessary to be included on the eli-14
gible training services provider list described in 15
section 122(d). 16
‘‘(C) Purchase, lease, or refurbish special-17
ized equipment as necessary to carry out such 18
programs, provided that not more than 15 per-19
cent of the funds awarded to the eligible insti-20
tution under this section may be used for activi-21
ties described in this subparagraph. 22
‘‘(D) Reduce or eliminate unmet financial 23
need relating to the cost of attendance (as de-24
fined under section 472 of the Higher Edu-25
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cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ll)) of par-1
ticipants in such programs. 2
‘‘(4) A
DMINISTRATIVE COST LIMIT.—An eligible 3
institution may use not more than 7 percent of the 4
funds awarded under this section for administrative 5
costs, including costs related to collecting informa-6
tion, analysis, and coordination for purposes of sub-7
section (f). 8
‘‘(f) P
ERFORMANCE LEVELS AND PERFORMANCE 9
R
EVIEWS.— 10
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 11
and implement guidance that establishes the levels 12
of performance that are expected to be achieved by 13
each eligible institution receiving a grant under this 14
section. Such performance levels shall be established 15
on the following indicators: 16
‘‘(A) Each of the primary indicators of 17
performance for adults described in section 18
116(b), which shall be applied for all individuals 19
who participated in a program that received 20
funding from a grant under this section. 21
‘‘(B) The extent to which the eligible insti-22
tution built capacity by— 23
‘‘(i) increasing the breadth and depth 24
of employer engagement and investment in 25
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workforce development programs in the in- 1
demand industry sectors and occupations 2
targeted by the eligible institution and in-3
dustry partnership established or main-4
tained by the eligible institution under sub-5
section (e)(1); 6
‘‘(ii) designing or implementing new 7
and accelerated instructional techniques or 8
technologies, including the use of advanced 9
online and technology-enabled learning 10
(such as immersive technology); and 11
‘‘(iii) increasing program and policy 12
alignment across systems and decreasing 13
duplicative services or service gaps. 14
‘‘(C) With respect to individuals who par-15
ticipated in a workforce development program 16
funded with the grant— 17
‘‘(i) the percentage of participants 18
who successfully completed the program; 19
and 20
‘‘(ii) of the participants who were in-21
cumbent workers at the time of enrollment 22
in the program, the percentage who ad-23
vanced into higher level positions during or 24
after completing the program. 25
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‘‘(2) CONSULTATION AND DETERMINATION OF 1
PERFORMANCE LEVELS .— 2
‘‘(A) C
ONSIDERATION.—In developing per-3
formance levels in accordance with paragraph 4
(1), the Secretary shall take into consideration 5
the goals of the eligible institution pursuant to 6
subsection (d)(2)(L). 7
‘‘(B) D
ETERMINATION.—After completing 8
the consideration required under subparagraph 9
(A), the Secretary shall separately determine 10
the performance levels that will apply to each 11
eligible institution, taking into account— 12
‘‘(i) the expected performance levels of 13
each eligible institution with respect to the 14
goals described by the eligible institution 15
pursuant to subsection (d)(2)(L); and 16
‘‘(ii) local economic conditions in the 17
geographic area to be served by the eligible 18
institution, including differences in unem-19
ployment rates and job losses or gains in 20
particular industries. 21
‘‘(C) N
OTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT .— 22
‘‘(i) N
OTICE.—The Secretary shall 23
provide each eligible institution with a 24
written notification that sets forth the per-25
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formance levels that will apply to the eligi-1
ble institution, as determined under sub-2
paragraph (B). 3
‘‘(ii) A
CKNOWLEDGMENT .—After re-4
ceiving the notification described in clause 5
(i), each eligible institution shall submit to 6
the Secretary written confirmation that the 7
eligible institution— 8
‘‘(I) received the notification; and 9
‘‘(II) agrees to be evaluated in 10
accordance with the performance lev-11
els determined by the Secretary. 12
‘‘(3) P
ERFORMANCE REVIEWS .—On an annual 13
basis during each year of the grant period, the Sec-14
retary shall evaluate the performance during such 15
year of each eligible institution receiving a grant 16
under this section in a manner consistent with the 17
performance levels determined for such institution 18
pursuant to paragraph (2). 19
‘‘(4) F
AILURE TO MEET PERFORMANCE LEV -20
ELS.—After conducting an evaluation under para-21
graph (3), if the Secretary determines that an eligi-22
ble institution did not achieve the performance levels 23
applicable to the eligible institution under paragraph 24
(2), the Secretary shall— 25
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‘‘(A) provide technical assistance to the eli-1
gible institution; and 2
‘‘(B) develop a performance improvement 3
plan for the eligible institution. 4
‘‘(g) E
VALUATIONS ANDREPORTS.— 5
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 6
after the date on which the first grant is made 7
under this section, the Secretary shall design and 8
conduct an evaluation to determine the overall effec-9
tiveness of the eligible institutions receiving a grant 10
under this section. 11
‘‘(2) E
LEMENTS.—The evaluation of the effec-12
tiveness of eligible institutions conducted under 13
paragraph (1) shall include an assessment of the 14
general effectiveness of programs and activities sup-15
ported by the grants awarded to such eligible insti-16
tutions under this section, including the extent to 17
which the programs and activities— 18
‘‘(A) developed new, or expanded existing, 19
successful industry sector strategies, including 20
the extent to which such eligible institutions 21
deepened employer engagement and developed 22
workforce development programs that met in-23
dustry skill needs; 24
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‘‘(B) created, expanded, or enhanced ca-1
reer pathways, including the extent to which the 2
eligible institutions developed or improved com-3
petency-based education and assessment, credit 4
for prior learning, modularized and self-paced 5
curricula, integrated education and workforce 6
development, dual enrollment in secondary and 7
postsecondary career pathways, stacked and 8
latticed credentials, and online and distance 9
learning; 10
‘‘(C) created alignment between eligible in-11
stitutions and the workforce development sys-12
tem; 13
‘‘(D) assisted individuals with finding, re-14
taining, or advancing in employment; 15
‘‘(E) assisted individuals with earning rec-16
ognized postsecondary credentials; and 17
‘‘(F) provided equal access to various de-18
mographic groups, including people of different 19
geographic locations, ages, races, national ori-20
gins, and sexes. 21
‘‘(3) D
ESIGN REQUIREMENTS .—The evaluation 22
under this subsection shall— 23
‘‘(A) be designed by the Secretary (acting 24
through the Chief Evaluation Officer) in con-25
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junction with the eligible institutions being eval-1
uated; 2
‘‘(B) include analysis of program partici-3
pant feedback and outcome and process meas-4
ures; and 5
‘‘(C) use designs that employ the most rig-6
orous analytical and statistical methods that 7
are reasonably feasible, such as the use of con-8
trol groups. 9
‘‘(4) D
ATA ACCESSIBILITY.—The Secretary 10
shall make available on a publicly accessible website 11
of the Department of Labor any data collected as 12
part of the evaluation under this subsection. Such 13
data shall be made available in an aggregated for-14
mat that does not reveal personally identifiable in-15
formation and that ensures compliance with relevant 16
Federal laws, including section 444 of the General 17
Education Provisions Act (commonly known as the 18
‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 19
1974’) (20 U.S.C. 1232g). 20
‘‘(5) P
UBLICATION AND REPORTING OF EVAL -21
UATION FINDINGS.—The Secretary (acting through 22
the Chief Evaluation Officer) shall— 23
‘‘(A) in accordance with the timeline deter-24
mined to be appropriate by the Chief Evalua-25
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tion Officer, publish an interim report on the 1
preliminary results of the evaluation conducted 2
under this subsection; 3
‘‘(B) not later than 60 days after the date 4
on which the evaluation is completed under this 5
subsection, submit to the Committee on Edu-6
cation and the Workforce of the House of Rep-7
resentatives and the Committee on Health, 8
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 9
a report on such evaluation; and 10
‘‘(C) not later than 90 days after such 11
completion date, publish and make the results 12
of such evaluation available on a publicly acces-13
sible website of the Department of Labor. 14
‘‘(h) A
NNUALREPORTS.—The Secretary shall make 15
available on a publicly accessible website of the Depart-16
ment of Labor, in transparent, linked, open, and inter-17
operable data formats, the following information: 18
‘‘(1) The performance of eligible institutions on 19
the capacity-building performance indicator set forth 20
under subsection (f)(1)(B). 21
‘‘(2) The performance of eligible institutions on 22
the workforce development participant outcome per-23
formance indicators set forth under subsection 24
(f)(1)(C). 25
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‘‘(3) The number of individuals enrolled in 1
workforce development programs funded with a 2
grant under this section. 3
‘‘(i) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 4
‘‘(1) C
OMMUNITY COLLEGE .—The term ‘com-5
munity college’ means— 6
‘‘(A) a public institution of higher edu-7
cation (as defined in section 101(a) of the 8
Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)), at 9
which— 10
‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 11
associate degree; or 12
‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 13
frequently awarded degree; 14
‘‘(B) a branch campus of a 4-year public 15
institution of higher education (as defined in 16
section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 17
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), if, at such branch 18
campus— 19
‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 20
associate degree; or 21
‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 22
frequently awarded degree; 23
‘‘(C) a 2-year Tribal College or University 24
(as defined in section 316(b)(3) of the Higher 25
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Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1
1059c(b)(3))); or 2
‘‘(D) a degree-granting Tribal College or 3
University (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of 4
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 5
1059c(b)(3))) at which— 6
‘‘(i) the highest degree awarded is an 7
associate degree; or 8
‘‘(ii) an associate degree is the most 9
frequently awarded degree. 10
‘‘(2) E
LIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi-11
ble institution’ means— 12
‘‘(A) a community college; 13
‘‘(B) a postsecondary vocational institution 14
(as defined in section 102(c) of the Higher 15
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c))); or 16
‘‘(C) a consortium of such colleges or insti-17
tutions. 18
‘‘(j) S
UPPLEMENT NOTSUPPLANT.—Funds made 19
available under this section shall be used to supplement, 20
and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local public 21
funds made available for carrying out the activities de-22
scribed in this section.’’. 23
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