Vocational And Technical Education

State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2017 Regular Session

Establish the South Dakota Board of Technical Education and to revise certain provisions regarding career and technical education and postsecondary technical institutes. [SB-65] [Education ]
Establish the South Dakota Board of Technical Education and to revise certain provisions regarding career and technical education and postsecondary technical institutes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Stalzer Signed By The Governor On February 23, 2017 S.j. 514 on 02/23/2017

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2017 Regular Session

Revise certain provisions regarding the payment of tuition for members of the South Dakota National Guard and to declare an emergency. [HB-1013] [Education ] [Military ] [Veterans ]
Revise certain provisions regarding the payment of tuition for members of the South Dakota National Guard and to declare an emergency.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. State Affairs Signed By The Governor On March 2, 2017 H.j. 618 on 03/06/2017

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Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act [HB-2353] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ]
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Sec. 4) The effective date for this bill is July 1, 2018. (Sec. 7) This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to revise and introduce definitions, including common definitions for terms already defined in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The bill divides career and technical education (CTE) students into CTE concentrators and CTE participants. The term "CTE concentrators" means: at the secondary school level, a student served (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney Signed By President. on 07/31/2018

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21st Century Strengthening Hands On Programs that Cultivate Learning Approaches for Successful Students Act SHOP CLASS Act [HB-2308] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Manufacturing ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ]
21st Century Strengthening Hands On Programs that Cultivate Learning Approaches for Successful Students Act SHOP CLASS Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require state leadership activities funded under such Act to include: (1) professional development programs to ensure that public school teachers of career and technical education develop a higher level of academic and industry knowledge and skills in maker education (a hands-on learning approach that encourages students to imagine, create, innovate, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael E. Capuano Introduced In House on 05/03/2017

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416d65726963612043616e20436f6465 Act of 2017 America Can Code Act of 2017 [HB-2303] [Technology and Innovation ] [Education ] [Cybersecurity ] [Science ] [National Security ] [Economic Development ]
416d65726963612043616e20436f6465 Act of 2017 America Can Code Act of 2017 This bill amends the America COMPETES Act to include computer programming language that is critical to the national security and economic competitiveness of the United States as a "critical foreign language," the study of which is included in the teacher education programs and Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate programs funded under that Act. The bill also amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to provide for: (1) state plans to (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 05/03/2017

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Computer Science Career Education Act of 2017 [HB-2304] [Technology and Innovation ] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Science ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Cybersecurity ]
Computer Science Career Education Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Education to award competitive grants to consortia composed of at least one local educational agency, at least one institution of higher education (IHE), and community representatives for the development and operation of four- or six-year computer science career education programs. Each such career education program must include the development of a computer science program for both secondary and postsecondary education that: is aligned with rigorous computer science (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas Introduced In House on 05/03/2017

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Community College to Career Fund Act [HB-2207] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
Community College to Career Fund Act This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to direct the Department of Labor to award competitive grants to eligible community colleges, four-year public institutions of higher education, tribal colleges or universities, public or private nonprofit two-year institutions of higher education in specified U.S. territories, or a consortium of any of them, in partnership with employers or an employer or industry partnership representing multiple employers, in order to develop, offer, improve, and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin Introduced In House on 04/27/2017

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New HOPE Act New Hope and Opportunity through the Power of Employment Act [S.945] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Consumer Protection ] [Education ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ]
New HOPE Act New Hope and Opportunity through the Power of Employment Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require state leadership activities funded by the Act to include consulting and coordinating with other state agencies for the identification, consolidation, or elimination of licenses or certifications that pose an unnecessary barrier to entry for aspiring workers and provide limited consumer protection.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2555) on 04/26/2017

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New HOPE Act New Hope and Opportunity through the Power of Employment Act [HB-2155] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Consumer Protection ] [Education ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ]
New HOPE Act New Hope and Opportunity through the Power of Employment Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to require state leadership activities funded by the Act to include consulting and coordinating with other state agencies for the identification, consolidation, or elimination of licenses or certifications that pose an unnecessary barrier to entry for aspiring workers and provide limited consumer protection.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ann M. Kuster Introduced In House on 04/26/2017

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American Apprenticeship Act [S.862] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Education ] [Small Business ] [Manufacturing ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
American Apprenticeship Act This bill directs the Department of Labor to make competitive grants to assist states in, and to pay for the federal share of between 20% and 50% of the cost of, carrying out projects that defray the cost of instruction associated with pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs. The bill defines: (1) "apprenticeship" as one registered under the National Apprenticeship Act of 1937; and (2) "pre-apprenticeship" as an initiative or set of strategies that provides training, that is designed to prepare individuals to enter (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/06/2017

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Young Fishermen's Development Act of 2017 [HB-2079] [Agriculture ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Education ] [Food ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Young Fishermen's Development Act of 2017 This bill directs the National Sea Grant Office in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a Young Fishermen's Development Grant Program to provide training, education, outreach, and technical assistance initiatives for young fishermen. The office shall make competitive matching grants to support local and regional training, education, outreach, and technical assistance initiatives for young fishermen, including programs, workshops, and services related to seamanship, navigation, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Don Young Referred To The Subcommittee On Water, Power And Oceans. on 04/24/2017

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College for All Act of 2017 [HB-1880] [Education ] [Student Loans ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
College for All Act of 2017 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a grant program to eliminate tuition and required fees: (1) for all students at community colleges and two-year tribal colleges and universities, and (2) for working- and middle-class students at four-year public institutions of higher education (IHEs). Additionally, the bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the HEA to: reauthorize the Federal TRIO Programs, the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (i.e., GEAR UP), (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Introduced In House on 04/04/2017

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College for All Act of 2017 [S.806] [Education ] [Student Loans ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
College for All Act of 2017 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to establish a grant program to eliminate tuition and required fees: (1) for all students at community colleges and two-year tribal colleges and universities, and (2) for working- and middle-class students at four-year public institutions of higher education (IHEs). Additionally, the bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the HEA to: reauthorize the Federal TRIO Programs, the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (i.e., GEAR UP), (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 04/03/2017

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Innovation for Tomorrow's Workforce Act [S.790] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Innovation for Tomorrow's Workforce Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to authorize the Department of Education (ED) to award early-phase, mid-phase, or expansion grants to eligible entities, including local educational agencies and area career and technical education (CTE) schools, to: create, develop, implement, or take to scale evidence-based, field initiated innovations, including through a pay for success initiative to improve CTE student outcomes; and evaluate such innovations rigorously. Funding (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael F. Bennet Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/30/2017

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Workforce Advance Act [S.795] [Education ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ]
Workforce Advance Act This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to include dual or concurrent enrollment and early college high school options as part of the Act's supported career technical education (CTE) programs. (Dual and concurrent enrollment programs and early college courses allow students to earn college credit while still in high school.) The bill allows: (1) schools to use a portion of funding received under the Act for tuition and fees for CTE college courses, and (2) school districts to use such (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael F. Bennet Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/30/2017

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Save Our Seas Act of 2018 [S.756] [Environmental ] [Trade ] [International ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Water ] [Science ] [Funding ]
Save Our Seas Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Marine Debris Act to revise the Marine Debris Program to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to work with: (1) other agencies to address both land- and sea-based sources of marine debris, and (2) the Department of State and other agencies to promote international action to reduce the incidence of marine debris. (Sec. 3) The bill also revises the program by allowing NOAA to make sums available for assisting in the cleanup and response required by severe marine (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins Signed By President. on 12/21/2018

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Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2017 [HB-1748] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ]
Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2017 Opening Doors for Youth Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Labor to provide funding to states for the development or expansion of summer and year-round youth employment programs that: (1) match youth participants with appropriate employers for high-quality employment opportunities; and (2) provide work-readiness training and educational programs, coaching and mentoring, career and college planning services, financial literacy education, and supportive services. In addition, Labor must award grants (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Introduced In House on 03/28/2017

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