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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1641 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Education to disclose information about career |
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| 6 | 6 | | and technical education and funding under the Carl D. Perkins Career |
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| 7 | 7 | | and Technical Education Act of 2006, and require FAFSA applications |
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| 8 | 8 | | to include a career and technical education acknowledgment. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY26, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. W |
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| 12 | 12 | | ILLIAMSof Texas (for himself and Ms. PEREZ) introduced the following |
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| 13 | 13 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To require the Secretary of Education to disclose information |
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| 16 | 16 | | about career and technical education and funding under |
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| 17 | 17 | | the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education |
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| 18 | 18 | | Act of 2006, and require FAFSA applications to include |
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| 19 | 19 | | a career and technical education acknowledgment. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Student Debt Alter-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | native and CTE Awareness Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 1641 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE ON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WEBSITE. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Education (act-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ing through the Office of Federal Student Aid) shall— 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) not later than 60 days after the date of en-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | actment of this Act, publish on the public website of 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the Office of Federal Student Aid of the Department 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | of Education information on— 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) career and technical education pro-9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | grams, including average completion time, pro-10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | gram cost, and post-graduation employment 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | rate; and 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (B) opportunities in each State— 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (i) to pursue such programs; and 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (ii) for funding to pursue such pro-15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | grams under the Carl D. Perkins Career 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); and 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) continuously update and maintain the infor-19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | mation published under paragraph (1) to ensure 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | that such information continues to be relevant. 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) D |
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| 51 | 51 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘career 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | and technical education’’ and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | given the terms in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 1641 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE ON FAFSA APPLICATION. 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Section 494(a)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1098h(a)(1)(A)) is amended— 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (1) in clause (i)(II), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | end; 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (2) in clause (ii), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | and 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(iii) career and technical education 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | programs (as defined in section 3 of the 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302)) 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | are a viable alternative to a 4-year degree, 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | and include, to ensure such individuals are 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | made aware of such programs and related 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | career paths at the beginning of the appli-16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | cation— 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(I) a one-page summary of the 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | most recent information provided 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | under section 2(a)(1) of the Student 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Debt Alternative and CTE Awareness 21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | Act; and 22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(II) an acknowledgment signa-23 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ture box;’’. 24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | •HR 1641 IH |
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| 85 | 85 | | SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS. 1 |
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| 86 | 86 | | No additional amounts are authorized to be appro-2 |
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| 87 | 87 | | priated or otherwise made available to carry out this Act 3 |
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| 88 | 88 | | or the amendments made by this Act. 4 |
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