Bill > S3217

This bill, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, would reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. The key provisions of the bill include: - Updating the purpose of career and technical education (CTE) programs to focus on building academic knowledge and technical and employability skills. - Revising the definitions of various CTE-related terms, such as programs of study, CTE concentrators, and work-based learning. - Establishing new requirements for state plans, including the development of state-determined performance levels, and requiring states to address disparities in student performance. - Providing more flexibility to local recipients in setting local performance levels and improving programs. - Expanding the allowable uses of federal funds for CTE, such as providing support for work-based learning, competency-based education, and recruiting/retaining CTE teachers. - Creating a new federal grant program to support innovative strategies to improve and modernize CTE programs. - Amending the Wagner-Peyser Act to require states to provide workforce and labor market information to CTE programs to inform the development of programs of study and career pathways. Overall, the bill aims to update and strengthen the federal support for career and technical education to better prepare students for high-skill, high-wage, and in-demand careers.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3217/all-info