Student Debt Alternative and CTE Awareness Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2802 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2802

  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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 15, 2025

  Mr. Husted introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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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;
                    (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
                    (C) Workforce Pell Grants authorized under section 
                401(k) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                1070a(k)); 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) 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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