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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 383 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short-term programs. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 7 | 7 | | FEBRUARY4, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. K |
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| 9 | 9 | | AINE(for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. SMITH, Mr. MARSHALL, Ms. |
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| 11 | 11 | | ALDWIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. BLUNTROCHESTER, Mr. BOOKER, |
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| 13 | 13 | | OOZMAN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. COONS, Ms. CORTEZMASTO, Mr. |
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| 15 | 15 | | RAMER, Mr. DAINES, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. HAS- |
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| 16 | 16 | | SAN, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE- |
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| 18 | 18 | | MITH, Mr. KELLY, Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SSOFF, Mr. PETERS, Ms. ROSEN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. |
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| 22 | 22 | | ILLIS, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. VANHOLLEN, Mr. WARNER, Mr. |
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| 24 | 24 | | ICKER, and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; which was read |
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| 25 | 25 | | twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and |
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| 26 | 26 | | Pensions A BILL |
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| 27 | 27 | | To extend Federal Pell Grant eligibility of certain short- |
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| 28 | 28 | | term programs. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | This Act may be cited as the‘‘Jumpstart Our Busi-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | nesses by Supporting Students Act of 2025’’ or the 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘JOBS Act of 2025’’. 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SEC. 2. EXTENDING FEDERAL PELL GRANT ELIGIBILITY OF 1 |
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| 39 | 39 | | CERTAIN SHORT-TERM PROGRAMS. 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (a) J |
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| 41 | 41 | | OBTRAININGFEDERALPELLGRANTPRO-3 |
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| 42 | 42 | | GRAM.—Section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 4 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (20 U.S.C. 1070a) is amended by adding at the end the 5 |
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| 44 | 44 | | following: 6 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(k) J |
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| 46 | 46 | | OBTRAININGFEDERALPELLGRANTPRO-7 |
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| 47 | 47 | | GRAM.— 8 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(1) D |
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| 49 | 49 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 9 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(A) E |
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| 51 | 51 | | LIGIBLE CAREER PATHWAY PRO -10 |
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| 52 | 52 | | GRAM.—The term ‘eligible career pathway pro-11 |
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| 53 | 53 | | gram’ means a program that— 12 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(i) meets the requirements of section 13 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 484(d)(2); 14 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(ii) is listed on the provider list 15 |
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| 57 | 57 | | under section 122(d) of the Workforce In-16 |
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| 58 | 58 | | novation and Opportunity Act; 17 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(iii) is part of a career pathway, as 18 |
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| 60 | 60 | | defined in section 3 of that Act; and 19 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(iv) is aligned to a program of study 20 |
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| 62 | 62 | | as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Per-21 |
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| 63 | 63 | | kins Career and Technical Education Act 22 |
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| 64 | 64 | | of 2006. 23 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(B) E |
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| 66 | 66 | | LIGIBLE JOB TRAINING PRO -24 |
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| 67 | 67 | | GRAM.— 25 |
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| 70 | 70 | | •S 383 IS |
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| 71 | 71 | | ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 1 |
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| 72 | 72 | | job training program’ means a career and 2 |
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| 73 | 73 | | technical education program at an institu-3 |
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| 74 | 74 | | tion of higher education that— 4 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(I) provides not less than 150, 5 |
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| 76 | 76 | | and not more than 600, clock hours of 6 |
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| 77 | 77 | | instructional time over a period of not 7 |
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| 78 | 78 | | less than 8 weeks and not more than 8 |
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| 79 | 79 | | 15 weeks; 9 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(II) provides training aligned 10 |
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| 81 | 81 | | with the requirements of high-skill, 11 |
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| 82 | 82 | | high-wage, or in-demand industry sec-12 |
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| 83 | 83 | | tors or occupations in the State or 13 |
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| 84 | 84 | | local area, as determined by an indus-14 |
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| 85 | 85 | | try or sector partnership; 15 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘(III) is a program of training 16 |
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| 87 | 87 | | services, and provided through an eli-17 |
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| 88 | 88 | | gible training provider, as described 18 |
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| 89 | 89 | | under section 122(d) of the Workforce 19 |
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| 90 | 90 | | Innovation and Opportunity Act; 20 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ‘‘(IV) provides a student, upon 21 |
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| 92 | 92 | | completion of the program, with a rec-22 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ognized postsecondary credential that 23 |
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| 94 | 94 | | is recognized by employers in the rel-24 |
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| 95 | 95 | | evant industry, including credentials 25 |
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| 99 | 99 | | recognized by industry or sector part-1 |
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| 100 | 100 | | nerships in the relevant industry in 2 |
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| 101 | 101 | | the State or local area where the in-3 |
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| 102 | 102 | | dustry is located and the job training 4 |
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| 103 | 103 | | program is provided; 5 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘(V) has been determined by the 6 |
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| 105 | 105 | | institution of higher education (after 7 |
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| 106 | 106 | | validation of that determination by an 8 |
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| 107 | 107 | | industry or sector partnership) to pro-9 |
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| 108 | 108 | | vide academic content, an amount of 10 |
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| 109 | 109 | | instructional time, and a recognized 11 |
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| 110 | 110 | | postsecondary credential that are suf-12 |
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| 111 | 111 | | ficient to— 13 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ‘‘(aa) meet the hiring re-14 |
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| 113 | 113 | | quirements of potential employ-15 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ers; and 16 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ‘‘(bb) satisfy any applicable 17 |
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| 116 | 116 | | educational prerequisite require-18 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ment for professional licensure or 19 |
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| 118 | 118 | | certification, so that the student 20 |
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| 119 | 119 | | who completes the program and 21 |
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| 120 | 120 | | seeks employment qualifies to 22 |
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| 121 | 121 | | take any licensure or certification 23 |
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| 122 | 122 | | examination needed to practice or 24 |
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| 123 | 123 | | find employment in an occupa-25 |
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| 126 | 126 | | •S 383 IS |
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| 127 | 127 | | tion that the program prepares 1 |
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| 128 | 128 | | students to enter; 2 |
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| 129 | 129 | | ‘‘(VI) may include integrated 3 |
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| 130 | 130 | | education and training; 4 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ‘‘(VII) may be offered as part of 5 |
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| 132 | 132 | | an eligible career pathway program; 6 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ‘‘(VIII) does not exceed by more 7 |
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| 134 | 134 | | than 50 percent the minimum number 8 |
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| 135 | 135 | | of clock hours required for training if 9 |
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| 136 | 136 | | the State has established such a re-10 |
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| 137 | 137 | | quirement; and 11 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ‘‘(IX) shall include institutional 12 |
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| 139 | 139 | | credit articulation for a student en-13 |
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| 140 | 140 | | rolled in a noncredit job training pro-14 |
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| 141 | 141 | | gram. 15 |
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| 142 | 142 | | ‘‘(ii) A |
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| 143 | 143 | | PPROVAL BY THE SEC -16 |
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| 144 | 144 | | RETARY.—In the case of a program that is 17 |
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| 145 | 145 | | seeking to establish eligibility as an eligible 18 |
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| 146 | 146 | | job training program under this subpara-19 |
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| 147 | 147 | | graph, the Secretary shall make a deter-20 |
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| 148 | 148 | | mination about whether the program meets 21 |
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| 149 | 149 | | the requirements of this subparagraph not 22 |
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| 150 | 150 | | more than 60 days after the date on which 23 |
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| 151 | 151 | | such program is submitted for consider-24 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ation as an eligible job training program. 25 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ‘‘(iii) ADDITIONAL ASSURANCE .—The 1 |
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| 157 | 157 | | Secretary shall not determine that a pro-2 |
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| 158 | 158 | | gram is an eligible job training program in 3 |
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| 159 | 159 | | accordance with clause (ii) unless the Sec-4 |
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| 160 | 160 | | retary receives a certification from the ap-5 |
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| 161 | 161 | | propriate State board containing an assur-6 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ance that the program meets the require-7 |
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| 163 | 163 | | ments of clause (i). 8 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ‘‘(C) I |
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| 165 | 165 | | NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU -9 |
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| 166 | 166 | | CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher edu-10 |
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| 167 | 167 | | cation’ means— 11 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ‘‘(i) an institution of higher education, 12 |
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| 169 | 169 | | as defined in section 101; or 13 |
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| 170 | 170 | | ‘‘(ii) a postsecondary vocational insti-14 |
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| 171 | 171 | | tution, as defined in section 102(c). 15 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ‘‘(D) I |
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| 173 | 173 | | NSTITUTIONAL CREDIT ARTICULA -16 |
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| 174 | 174 | | TION.—The term ‘institutional credit articula-17 |
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| 175 | 175 | | tion’ means an institution of higher education 18 |
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| 176 | 176 | | provides a student who has completed a non-19 |
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| 177 | 177 | | credit program with the equivalent academic 20 |
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| 178 | 178 | | credit that may be applied to a subsequent 21 |
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| 179 | 179 | | credit-bearing certificate or degree program 22 |
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| 180 | 180 | | upon enrollment in such program at such insti-23 |
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| 181 | 181 | | tution. 24 |
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| 184 | 184 | | •S 383 IS |
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| 185 | 185 | | ‘‘(E) WIOA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘in-1 |
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| 186 | 186 | | dustry or sector partnership’, ‘in-demand indus-2 |
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| 187 | 187 | | try sector or occupation’, ‘recognized postsec-3 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ondary credential’, and ‘State board’ have the 4 |
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| 189 | 189 | | meanings given such terms in section 3 of the 5 |
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| 190 | 190 | | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 6 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(2) I |
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| 192 | 192 | | N GENERAL.—For the award year begin-7 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ning on July 1, 2025, and each subsequent award 8 |
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| 194 | 194 | | year, the Secretary shall carry out a program 9 |
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| 195 | 195 | | through which the Secretary shall award Federal 10 |
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| 196 | 196 | | Pell Grants to students in eligible job training pro-11 |
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| 197 | 197 | | grams (referred to as a ‘job training Federal Pell 12 |
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| 198 | 198 | | Grant’). Each eligible job training Federal Pell 13 |
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| 199 | 199 | | Grant awarded under this subsection shall have the 14 |
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| 200 | 200 | | same terms and conditions, and be awarded in the 15 |
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| 201 | 201 | | same manner, as other Federal Pell Grants awarded 16 |
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| 202 | 202 | | under subsection (b), except as follows: 17 |
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| 203 | 203 | | ‘‘(A) A student who is eligible to receive a 18 |
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| 204 | 204 | | job training Federal Pell Grant under this sub-19 |
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| 205 | 205 | | section is a student who— 20 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ‘‘(i) has not yet attained a 21 |
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| 207 | 207 | | postbaccalaureate degree; 22 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ‘‘(ii) attends an institution of higher 23 |
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| 209 | 209 | | education; 24 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ‘‘(iii) is enrolled, or accepted for en-1 |
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| 214 | 214 | | rollment, in an eligible job training pro-2 |
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| 215 | 215 | | gram at such institution of higher edu-3 |
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| 216 | 216 | | cation; and 4 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ‘‘(iv) meets all other eligibility re-5 |
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| 218 | 218 | | quirements for a Federal Pell Grant (ex-6 |
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| 219 | 219 | | cept with respect to the type of program of 7 |
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| 220 | 220 | | study, as provided in clause (iii)). 8 |
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| 221 | 221 | | ‘‘(B) The amount of a job training Federal 9 |
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| 222 | 222 | | Pell Grant for an eligible student shall be deter-10 |
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| 223 | 223 | | mined under subsection (b), except that not-11 |
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| 224 | 224 | | withstanding subsection (b)(1)(B) a student 12 |
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| 225 | 225 | | who is eligible for less than the minimum Fed-13 |
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| 226 | 226 | | eral Pell Grant for an academic year in which 14 |
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| 227 | 227 | | the student is enrolled in an eligible program 15 |
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| 228 | 228 | | full time may still be eligible for a Federal Pell 16 |
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| 229 | 229 | | Grant. 17 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(3) I |
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| 231 | 231 | | NCLUSION IN TOTAL ELIGIBILITY PE -18 |
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| 232 | 232 | | RIOD.—Any period during which a student receives 19 |
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| 233 | 233 | | a job training Federal Pell Grant under this sub-20 |
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| 234 | 234 | | section shall be included in calculating the student’s 21 |
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| 235 | 235 | | period of eligibility for Federal Pell Grants under 22 |
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| 236 | 236 | | subsection (d), and the eligibility requirements re-23 |
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| 237 | 237 | | garding students who are enrolled in an under-24 |
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| 238 | 238 | | graduate program on less than a full-time basis shall 25 |
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| 242 | 242 | | similarly apply to students who are enrolled in an el-1 |
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| 243 | 243 | | igible job training program at an eligible institution 2 |
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| 244 | 244 | | on less than a full-time basis.’’. 3 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (b) A |
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| 246 | 246 | | CCREDITINGAGENCYRECOGNITION OFELIGI-4 |
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| 247 | 247 | | BLEJOBTRAININGPROGRAMS.—Section 496(a)(4) of the 5 |
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| 248 | 248 | | Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b(a)(4)) 6 |
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| 249 | 249 | | is amended— 7 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 8 |
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| 251 | 251 | | after the semicolon; 9 |
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| 252 | 252 | | (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 10 |
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| 253 | 253 | | after the semicolon; and 11 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 12 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ‘‘(C) if such agency or association has or 13 |
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| 256 | 256 | | seeks to include within its scope of recognition 14 |
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| 257 | 257 | | the evaluation of the quality of institutions of 15 |
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| 258 | 258 | | higher education participating in the job train-16 |
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| 259 | 259 | | ing Federal Pell Grant program under section 17 |
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| 260 | 260 | | 401(k), such agency or association shall, in ad-18 |
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| 261 | 261 | | dition to meeting the other requirements of this 19 |
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| 262 | 262 | | subpart, demonstrate to the Secretary that, 20 |
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| 263 | 263 | | with respect to such eligible job training pro-21 |
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| 264 | 264 | | grams (as defined in that subsection)— 22 |
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| 265 | 265 | | ‘‘(i) the agency or association’s stand-23 |
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| 266 | 266 | | ards include a process for determining if 24 |
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| 267 | 267 | | the institution has the capability to effec-25 |
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| 271 | 271 | | tively offer an eligible job training pro-1 |
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| 272 | 272 | | gram; and 2 |
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| 273 | 273 | | ‘‘(ii) the agency or association re-3 |
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| 274 | 274 | | quires a demonstration that the program— 4 |
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| 275 | 275 | | ‘‘(I) has identified each recog-5 |
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| 276 | 276 | | nized postsecondary credential offered 6 |
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| 277 | 277 | | and the corresponding industry or sec-7 |
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| 278 | 278 | | tor partnership that actively recog-8 |
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| 279 | 279 | | nizes each credential in the relevant 9 |
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| 280 | 280 | | industry in the State or local area 10 |
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| 281 | 281 | | where the industry is located; and 11 |
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| 282 | 282 | | ‘‘(II) provides the academic con-12 |
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| 283 | 283 | | tent and amount of instructional time 13 |
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| 284 | 284 | | that is sufficient to— 14 |
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| 285 | 285 | | ‘‘(aa) meet the hiring re-15 |
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| 286 | 286 | | quirements of potential employ-16 |
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| 287 | 287 | | ers; and 17 |
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| 288 | 288 | | ‘‘(bb) satisfy any applicable 18 |
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| 289 | 289 | | educational prerequisites for pro-19 |
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| 290 | 290 | | fessional licensure or certification 20 |
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| 291 | 291 | | requirements so that the student 21 |
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| 292 | 292 | | who completes the program and 22 |
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| 293 | 293 | | seeks employment qualifies to 23 |
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| 294 | 294 | | take any licensure or certification 24 |
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| 295 | 295 | | examination that is needed to 25 |
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| 299 | 299 | | practice or find employment in 1 |
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| 300 | 300 | | an occupation that the program 2 |
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| 301 | 301 | | prepares students to enter.’’. 3 |
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| 302 | 302 | | (c) I |
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| 303 | 303 | | NTERAGENCY DATASHARING.—The Secretary 4 |
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| 304 | 304 | | of Education shall coordinate and enter into a data shar-5 |
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| 305 | 305 | | ing agreement with the Secretary of Labor to ensure ac-6 |
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| 306 | 306 | | cess to data related to indicators of performance collected 7 |
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| 307 | 307 | | under section 116 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-8 |
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| 308 | 308 | | tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141). Under such data sharing 9 |
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| 309 | 309 | | agreement, the Commissioner of the National Center for 10 |
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| 310 | 310 | | Education Statistics shall collect and review the contents 11 |
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| 311 | 311 | | of performance reports for eligible providers of training 12 |
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| 312 | 312 | | services described in section 116(d)(4) of that Act not less 13 |
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| 313 | 313 | | frequently than once each year. 14 |
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| 314 | 314 | | (d) M |
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| 315 | 315 | | INIMUMFEDERALPELLGRANT.—Section 15 |
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| 316 | 316 | | 401(a)(2)(F) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 16 |
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| 317 | 317 | | U.S.C. 1070a(a)(2)(F)) is amended by striking ‘‘10 per-17 |
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| 318 | 318 | | cent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’. 18 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (e) E |
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| 320 | 320 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—This section, and the amend-19 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ments made by this section, shall take effect on July 1, 20 |
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| 322 | 322 | | 2025. 21 |
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