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