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<item congress="115" measure-type="s" measure-number="1004" measure-id="id115s1004" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2017-05-02" update-date="2017-11-13"> |
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<title>Perkins Fund for Equity and Excellence</title> |
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<summary summary-id="id115s1004v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2017-11-13"> |
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<action-date>2017-05-02</action-date> |
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<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc> |
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<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Perkins Fund for Equity and Excellence</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to replace the existing Tech Prep program with a new competitive grant program to support career and technical education. Under the program, local educational agencies and their partners may apply for grant funding to support:</p> <ul> <li>career and technical education programs that are aligned with postsecondary education programs,</li> <li>dual or concurrent enrollment programs and early college programs,</li> <li>certain evidence-based strategies and delivery models related to career and technical education,</li> <li>teacher and leader experiential and informational-gathering site visits,</li> <li>professional development of educators and business partners,</li> <li>structured interdisciplinary collaboration and common planning time,</li> <li>teacher and leader externship programs,</li> <li>cross-credentialing for teachers,</li> <li>paid student internships or other paid work-based learning experiences, and</li> <li>guidance counseling.</li></ul> <p>Unless granted a waiver, a grant recipient must provide specified matching funds in the fourth and fifth years of the five-year grant.</p>]]></summary-text> |
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<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights> |
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor> |
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