Sec. 6001. Air Force pilot program on education and training and certification of secondary and post-secondary students as aircraft technicians
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The Secretary of the Air Force shall carry out a pilot program to assess the feasability and advisability of— providing education and training to secondary and post-secondary students in the skills and qualifications required to lead to certification as an aircraft technician for the Air Force with skills levels 3–5; and certifying individuals who successfully complete education and training under the pilot program as aircraft technicians for the Air Force at the applicable skill level.
The pilot program carried out pursuant to this section may be known as the Air Force Dual Credit Maintainers Program (in this section, referred to as the pilot program ). Individuals eligible to participate in the pilot program are individuals in secondary or post-secondary school who— have education, skills, or both appropriate for further education and training leading to certification as an aircraft technician of the Air Force; and seek to pursue education and training under the pilot program in order to become certified as aircraft technicians of the Air Force.
The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program through secondary schools and institutions of higher education selected by the Secretary for purposes of the pilot program. The secondary schools and institutions of higher education selected pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall, to the extent practicable, be located in the vicinity of installations of the Air Force at which there is, or is anticipated to be, a shortfall in aircraft technicians with skill levels 3–5. The pilot program may be carried out at a secondary school only with the approval of the local educational agency concerned. The pilot program may be carried out at an institution of higher education only with the approval of the board of trustees or other appropriate leadership of the institution. In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary may award a grant to any secondary school or institution of higher education participating in the pilot program for purposes of providing education and training under the pilot program. In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall support curriculum development by secondary and post-secondary educational institutions, and any associated training equipment, to be used in providing education and training under the pilot program. As part of the pilot program, the Secretary may employ, and may afford an emphasis on employment, in the Department of the Air Force as aircraft technicians of the Air Force any individuals who obtain certification under the pilot program as aircraft technicians of the Air Force. The authority of the Secretary to carry out the pilot program shall expire on the date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act. Expiration of the authority to carry out the pilot program shall not be construed to require the termination of any education or training, or the provision of any certifications, for individuals participating in education or training under the pilot program on the date of the expiration of authority to carry out the pilot program. The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Defense by this division is hereby increased by $5,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available for the pilot program, including for the award of grants pursuant to subsection (c)(4) and for support of the development of curriculum and training equipment pursuant to subsection (d). The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2018 by section 301 is hereby reduced by $5,000,000, with the amount of the reduction to be applied against amounts available for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, for SAG 4GTV Office of the Inspector General.