119-hr1641

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1641 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1641

 To require the Secretary of Education to disclose information about 
 career and technical education and funding under the Carl D. Perkins 
 Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, and require FAFSA 
 applications to include a career and technical education 
 acknowledgment.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 26, 2025

 Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself and Ms. Perez) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
 Workforce

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 A BILL

 To require the Secretary of Education to disclose information about 
 career and technical education and funding under the Carl D. Perkins 
 Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, and require FAFSA 
 applications to include a career and technical education 
 acknowledgment.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Student Debt Alternative and CTE 
Awareness Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE ON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WEBSITE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Education (acting through the 
Office of Federal Student Aid) shall--

    (1) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
 this Act, publish on the public website of the Office of 
 Federal Student Aid of the Department of Education information 
 on--
        (A) career and technical education programs, 
 including average completion time, program cost, and 
 post-graduation employment rate; and
        (B) opportunities in each State--
            (i) to pursue such programs; and
            (ii) for funding to pursue such programs 
 under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
 Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); 
 and

    (2) continuously update and maintain the information 
 published under paragraph

    (1) to ensure that such information 
 continues to be relevant.

    (b) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section, the terms ``career and technical 
education'' and ``State'' have the meanings given the terms in 

section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 
U.S.C. 2302).

SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE ON FAFSA APPLICATION.

 

Section 494

    (a)

    (1)
        (A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1098h

    (a)

    (1)
        (A) ) is amended--

    (1) in clause
            (i) 
            (II) , by striking ``and'' at the end;

    (2) in clause
            (ii) , by adding ``and'' at the end; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (iii) career and technical education 
 programs (as defined in 

section 3 of the Carl 
 D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
 of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302)) are a viable 
 alternative to a 4-year degree, and include, to 
 ensure such individuals are made aware of such 
 programs and related career paths at the 
 beginning of the application--
 ``
            (I) a one-page summary of the 
 most recent information provided under 
 

section 2

    (a)

    (1) of the Student Debt 
 Alternative and CTE Awareness Act; and
 ``
            (II) an acknowledgment signature 
 box;''.

SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON ADDITIONAL FUNDS.

 No additional amounts are authorized to be appropriated or 
otherwise made available to carry out this Act or the amendments made 
by this Act.
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