Sec. 201. Federal and State administrative provisions
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The Act ( 20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) is amended— in section 311(b)— in paragraph (1)— by amending subparagraph
(A)to read as follows: Except as provided in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D), in order for a State to receive its full allotment of funds under this Act for any fiscal year, the Secretary must find that the State’s fiscal effort per student, or the aggregate expenditures of such State, with respect to career and technical education for the preceding fiscal year was not less than the fiscal effort per student, or the aggregate expenditures of such State, for the second preceding fiscal year. ; in subparagraph (B), by striking shall exclude capital expenditures, special 1-time project costs, and the cost of pilot programs. and inserting shall, at the request of the State, exclude competitive or incentive-based programs established by the State, capital expenditures, special one-time project costs, and the cost of pilot programs. ; and by adding after subparagraph (C), the following new subparagraph: For purposes of subparagraph (A), the State may— continue to use the State’s fiscal effort per student, or aggregate expenditures of such State, with respect to career and technical education, as was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act; or establish a new level of fiscal effort per student, or aggregate expenditures of such State, with respect to career and technical education, which is not less than 90 percent of the State’s fiscal effort per student, or the aggregate expenditures of such State, with respect to career and technical education for the preceding fiscal year. The amount of the new level described in clause (i)(II) shall be the State’s fiscal effort per student, or aggregate expenditures of such State, with respect to career and technical education, for the first full fiscal year following the enactment of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act . ; and by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting the following: The Secretary shall reduce the amount of a State’s allotment of funds under this Act for any fiscal year in the exact proportion by which the State fails to meet the requirement of paragraph
(1)by falling below the State’s fiscal effort per student or the State’s aggregate expenditures (using the measure most favorable to the State), if the State failed to meet such requirement (as determined using the measure most favorable to the State) for 1 or more of the 5 immediately preceding fiscal years. The Secretary may waive paragraph
(2)due to exceptional or uncontrollable circumstances affecting the ability of the State to meet the requirement of paragraph (1). ; in section 317(b)(1)— by striking may, upon written request, use funds made available under this Act to and inserting may use funds made available under this Act to ; and by striking who reside in the geographical area served by and inserting located in or near the geographical area served by ; by striking title II and redesignating title III as title II; by redesignating sections 311 through 318 as sections 211 through 218, respectively; by redesignating sections 321 through 324 as sections 221 through 224, respectively; and by inserting after section 218 (as so redesignated) the following: The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to evaluate— the strategies, components, policies, and practices used by eligible agencies or eligible recipients receiving funding under this Act to successfully assist— all students in pursuing and completing programs of study aligned to high-skill, high-wage occupations; and any specific subgroup of students identified in section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)(ii) ) in pursuing and completing programs of study aligned to high-skill, high-wage occupations in fields in which such subgroup is underrepresented; and any challenges associated with replication of such strategies, components, policies, and practices. In carrying out the study conducted under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall consult with a geographically diverse (including urban, suburban, and rural) representation of— students and parents; eligible agencies and eligible recipients; teachers, faculty, specialized instructional support personnel, and paraprofessionals, including those with expertise in preparing CTE students for nontraditional fields; special populations; and representatives of business and industry. Upon completion, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit the study conducted under subsection
(a)to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. .
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