Sec. 4. Career and Technical Educator Enhancement competitive grant program
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Title VIII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1161a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: From the amounts appropriated under subsection
(h), the Secretary shall award competitive grants to 10 eligible institutions for the purpose of improving career and technical education by developing and carrying out programs that provide ongoing training and professional development to educators who teach career and technical education courses at the secondary and postsecondary levels. To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection
(a), an institution shall— be an institution of higher education as defined in section 101 or section 102(c); and prepare and submit to the Secretary an application, at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. The Secretary shall establish procedures to ensure that applications under subsection (b)(2) are rigorously reviewed and that grants are competitively awarded based on— the ability of the applicant to increase the number of qualified individuals that serve as teachers in career and technical education programs for secondary and postsecondary students; the ability of the applicant to provide training for individuals to become career and technical education teachers and teacher aids at secondary and postsecondary schools; the ability of the applicant to provide training to improve the skills of experienced career and technical education teachers and teacher aids at secondary and postsecondary schools; and any other consideration the Secretary determines necessary. Amounts received under a grant under this section— shall be used by the eligible institution to develop and operate a training and professional development program to— prepare individuals to become teachers of career and technical education courses at the secondary or postsecondary level; and enhance the knowledge and skills of individuals who are employed as teachers of career and technical education courses at the secondary or postsecondary level; and may be used by the eligible institution to improve facilities and equipment used to train career and technical educators, except that the eligible institution shall not use more than 30 percent of such amounts to carry out this paragraph. A grant under this section shall be for a period of 5 years. The amount of a grant provided under this section to an eligible institution may not exceed $100,000 for the period of the grant. In this section, the term career and technical education has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302 ). There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years. Amounts appropriated under this subsection shall remain available until expended. .
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