Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants to states to provide funds to local boards for provision of technical school training subsidies in local areas through one-stop delivery systems to pay tuition costs for the career and technical education of unemployed individuals enrolled or accepted at a technical school. Limits the aggregate amount of subsidies to an individual to $2,000.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2851 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2851
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a technical
school training subsidy program.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 7, 2011
Mr. Barrow introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish a technical
school training subsidy program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TECHNICAL SCHOOL TRAINING SUBSIDY PROGRAM.
Section 171 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2916) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Technical School Training Subsidy Pilot Program.--
``(1) Establishment of technical school training subsidy
pilot program.--From the amounts appropriated to carry out this
subsection, the Secretary shall award competitive grants to
States to provide such funds to local boards for the provision
of technical school training subsidies in local areas through
one-stop delivery systems described in section 134(c).
``(2) Application.--To receive a grant under this
subsection a State shall submit to the Secretary an application
in such manner, at such time, and containing such information
as the Secretary may require.
``(3) Qualifications and requirements for subsidy.--
``(A) In general.--A technical school training
subsidy for an academic year may be provided, in
accordance with subparagraph (E), to a technical school
on behalf of an unemployed individual who is enrolled,
or accepted for enrollment, at a technical school.
``(B) Amount of subsidy.--
``(i) Considerations.--In determining the
amount of a subsidy to provide to an unemployed
individual under this subsection, a one-stop
operator or one-stop partner, as appropriate,
shall take into account--
``(I) the cost of tuition of such
individual;
``(II) the expected family
contribution, as determined in
accordance with section 474 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1087nn), for such individual; and
``(III) the estimated financial
assistance for such individual not
received under this subsection.
``(ii) Aggregate amount.--The aggregate
amount of subsidies an individual may receive
under this subsection may not exceed $2,000.
``(C) Number of subsidies.--An individual may
receive subsidies under this subsection for not more
than 2 academic years.
``(D) Use of funds.--A subsidy an individual
receives under this subsection shall be used to assist
the individual in paying the cost of tuition for career
and technical education at a technical school. All
subsidies received by an individual under this
subsection shall be used to pay the cost of tuition for
career and technical education at the same technical
school.
``(E) Provision of subsidy.--Upon approving an
unemployed individual for a subsidy under this
subsection, a one-stop operator or one-stop partner, as
appropriate, shall provide, prior to the start of an
academic year, the subsidy to the technical school in
which the unemployed individual is enrolled or accepted
for enrollment.
``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection--
``(A) The term `career and technical education' has
the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Carl D.
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20
U.S.C. 2302).
``(B) The term `cost of tuition' means--
``(i) tuition and fees normally assessed a
student carrying the same academic workload as
determined by the technical school, and
including costs for rental or purchase of any
equipment, materials, or supplies required of
all students in the same course of study; and
``(ii) an allowance for books and supplies,
for a student attending the technical school on
at least a half-time basis, as determined by
the school.
``(C) The term `technical school' means a
`postsecondary vocational institution' that provides
career and technical education.
``(D) The term `postsecondary vocational
institution' has the meaning given the term in section
102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1002(c)).
``(E) The term `unemployed individual' means an
unemployed individual who is a citizen of the United
States.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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