Bill > S3552

Introduced Session

This bill requires the Secretary of Higher Education to establish a Career and Technical Education Dual Enrollment Grant Program to expand opportunities for dual enrollment in career and technical education. The program is to award grants to public institutions of higher education to expand or provide college-level career and technical education instruction for high school students through courses offered by the institution on its campus or in a high school. In order to be eligible for consideration of a grant award, a public institution of higher education is required to submit an application to the secretary in a form and manner prescribed by the secretary. A grant application is required to include: the institution's plan for the establishment of dual enrollment programs in career and technical education; information on any existing dual enrollment programs operated by the institution; the institution's capacity to offer career and technical education dual enrollment coursework, in addition to traditional academic semester course offerings; the number of students able to be supported by the grant program and the number of students expected to participate; and any other information the secretary deems necessary. The bill requires the secretary to establish selection criteria for awarding grant funds under the program and requires grants to be awarded through a competitive process based upon review of the applications and subject to the availability of funds. Additionally, the bill stipulates that the secretary is required to give preference to programs that are designed to operate beyond the duration of available grant funding. The secretary is required to establish the amount for each grant that is approved. Finally, the secretary is required to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature on the grant program, following each year in which a grant is awarded.

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Linda Greenstein (D)*,  Mike Testa (R)*,  Troy Singleton (D), 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Higher Education Committee (on 09/12/2024)

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