Opportunity America prepared a short summary of what the new CTE law, HR 2353, The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, will mean for employers.

The attached brief for employers outlines the provisions of the act that are most important to business and industry and suggests some ways for employers to take advantage of the opportunities it offers.

Here is an Updated Summary_of HR 2353 that replaces the earlier summary linked to below.  The bill as passed, and the redline that compares the existing law to HR 2353 are unchanged.

On July 31, President Trump signed HR 2353 into law.  His signature follows passage on a voice vote by the House of Representatives.

Congrats to all that worked toward its passage, and now lets get it implemented.

The US Senate passed HR 2353 with an amendment on a voice vote on September 23, 2018.  The text of the bill is attached below.  In large part, the bill is based on the earlier House-passed legislation.  The bill with the amendments included by the Senate now goes to the House for final action and then to the President for his signature.

CTE – Alexander amendment to HR 2353 – BOM18434

The US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions met on June 26th to mark up Perkins CTE.  Chairman Alexander (R-TN) offered a Bipartisan Chairmans Amendment drafted with Ranking Member Murray (D-WA), and Senators Enzi (R-WY) and Casey (D-PA).  The amendment passed unanimously on a voice vote.  No date has been set for action by the full US Senate.  The markup can be watched at Perkins CTE Markup

The bipartisan amendment that resulted from negotiations between Chairman Alexander, Ranking Member Murray, and Senators Enzi and Casey is attached below.  The amendment builds on the legislation that passed the House on a voice vote, HR 2353.

Bipartisan Chairmans Amendment BOM18361

The Senate HELP Committee will markup the Perkins Career and Technical Education bill on June 26th at 2:30 in 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building.

More can be found at Senate HELP Markup Announcement

 WASHINGTON, June 15, 2018 — Senate education committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today released the following statement regarding the postponement of the committee’s Executive Session scheduled for June 20:

“We have announced an Executive Session for June 20 for a series of important bills and nominations. Our goal is bipartisan agreement on the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act and we are making significant progress toward that goal. Because Sen. Alexander will be managing the Energy and Water Appropriations bill on the Senate floor next week, we have agreed to postpone the June 20 Executive Session to Tuesday, June 26 or Wednesday, June 27 at a time to be determined.”