119-hr4965

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4965 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4965

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand 
 career counseling opportunities within student support and academic 
 enrichment grants.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 12, 2025

Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. Bonamici) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education 
 and Workforce

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 A BILL

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expand 
 career counseling opportunities within student support and academic 
 enrichment grants.

 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 ``Counseling for Career Choice Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

 

Section 4107

    (a)

    (3)
        (A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7117

    (a)

    (3)
        (A) ) is amended to read as follows:
 ``
        (A) career guidance and school counseling 
 programs, such as--
 ``
            (i) guidance for school career counseling 
 programs, and school counselors and students 
 who may be interested in such programs;
 ``
            (ii) identifying and assessing school 
 counseling activities and postsecondary options 
 available within the State, and outside the 
 State as applicable;
 ``
            (iii) identifying regional workforce 
 trends in collaboration with entities at the 
 State and regional level with expertise in 
 identifying such trends (such as State boards 
 and local boards (as such terms are defined in 
 

section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
 Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)), regional 
 economic development organizations, or State 
 employment agencies);
 ``
            (iv) developing and implementing a 
 process and infrastructure for school 
 counselors and school counseling programs to 
 access information regarding the regional 
 workforce trends identified in clause
            (iii) ;
 ``
            (v) information for school counselors on 
 how to effectively provide students with 
 current and relevant workforce information, 
 financial aid assistance, personal counseling, 
 and academic advising relevant to students' 
 individual career and postsecondary education 
 goals;
 ``
            (vi) financial literacy and Federal 
 financial aid awareness activities other than 
 the activities described in clause
            (v) ;
 ``
            (vii) developing and implementing 
 professional development or career development 
 training certification programs for counselors 
 and other educators involved in preparing 
 students for postsecondary opportunities, which 
 may include partnering with an industry 
 association that provides a nationally 
 recognized certification in career development;
 ``
            (viii) establishing, improving, or 
 coordinating postsecondary opportunities for 
 students, which shall include--
 ``
            (I) individual career planning;
 ``
            (II) personalized learning plans;
 ``
            (III) registered apprenticeships;
 ``
            (IV) internships;
 ``
            (V) dual enrollment programs;
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            (VI) programs leading to 
 recognized postsecondary credentials 
 (as defined in 

section 3 of the 
 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
 Act (29 U.S.C. 3102)), including 
 programs at a secondary school;
 ``
            (VII) 2-year degree programs; or
 ``
            (VIII) 4-year degree programs;
 ``
            (ix) encouraging partnerships with one-
 stop centers as defined in 

section 3 of the 
 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
 U.S.C. 3102), which may include colocating a 
 one-stop center in a high school, transporting 
 students to local one-stop centers, or having 
 one-stop center career counselors and business 
 liaisons assist school counselors in hosting 
 job fairs, career days, or other such similar 
 tasks;
 ``
            (x) leveraging resources and emerging 
 technologies, including artificial 
 intelligence, that are being developed to 
 support career development and career 
 counseling activities; and
 ``
            (xi) evaluating secondary and 
 postsecondary outcomes for individuals served 
 by school or other career counseling 
 programs;''.
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