RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 117–31

1 AMENDMENT TO RULESCOMMITTEEPRINT117 31 OFFERED BYMR. LEVIN OF MICHIGAN At the end of title III of division J, add the fol-lowing: SEC. 90305. ELIMINATING SHORT-TERM EDUCATION LOAN 1 PROGRAMS; JOB TRAINING FEDERAL PELL 2 GRANTS; TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 3(a) ELIMINATINGSHORT-TERMEDUCATIONLOAN 4 PROGRAMS. Section 481(b) of the Higher Education Act 5of 1965 (20 1088(b)) is amended by adding at the 6end the following: 7 (5) The Secretary shall eliminate the short- 8term education loan program, as authorized under 9paragraph (2), on the date that is 120 days after 10the date the Secretary establishes the application for 11 Job Training Federal Pell Grants under section 12401(k).. 13(b) TECHNICALCORRECTIONS. Section 481(d) of 14the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 1088(d)) 15is amended 16(1) in paragraph (4) 17 VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:29 Feb 01, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\ASHPAK\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD \XMETAL\ \GEN\C\JTPELLAMD_February 1, 2022 (4:29 )G:\CMTE\EW\17\ED\USICA\ :\VHLC\020122\ (830826|8)2 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 1 under section 12301(a), 12301(g), 12302, 212304, or 12306 of title 10, United States 3 Code, or any retired member of an Armed 4 Force ordered to active duty under section 688 5of such title, and inserting , or any retired 6member of an Armed Force ordered to active 7duty, ; and 8(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking an 9 Armed Force and inserting a Uniformed 10 Service.

2 And 11(2) in paragraph (5), by striking and sup-12ported by Federal funds . 13(c) JOBTRAININGFEDERALPELLGRANTPRO-14 GRAM. 15(1) IN GENERAL. Section 401 of the Higher 16 Education Act of 1965 (20 1070a), as 17amended by section 703 of the FAFSA Simplifica-18tion Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law 19116 260), is amended by adding at the end the fol-20lowing: 21 (k) JOBTRAININGFEDERALPELLGRANTPRO-22 GRAM. 23 (1) DEFINITIONS. In this subsection: 24 VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:29 Feb 01, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\ASHPAK\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD \XMETAL\ \GEN\C\JTPELLAMD_February 1, 2022 (4:29 )G:\CMTE\EW\17\ED\USICA\ :\VHLC\020122\ (830826|8)3 (A) CAREERANDTECHNICALEDU-1 CATION. The term career and technical edu-2cation has the meaning given the term in sec-3tion 3 of the Carl D.

3 Perkins Career and Tech-4nical Education Act. 5 (B) ELIGIBLEJOBTRAININGPRO-6 GRAM. 7 (i) IN GENERAL. The term eligible 8job training program means a career and 9technical education program at an eligible 10institution of higher education that 11 (I) provides not less than 150, 12and not more than 600, clock hours of 13instructional time over a period of not 14less than 8 weeks and not more than 1515 weeks; 16 (II) provides training aligned 17with the requirements of high-skill, 18high-wage, or in-demand industry sec-19tors or occupations in the State or 20local area in which the job training 21program is provided, as determined 22by 23 (aa) a State board or local 24board; 25 VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:29 Feb 01, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\ASHPAK\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD \XMETAL\ \GEN\C\JTPELLAMD_February 1, 2022 (4:29 )G:\CMTE\EW\17\ED\USICA\ :\VHLC\020122\ (830826|8)4 (bb) a State plan, as de-1scribed in section 122(d)(13)(C) 2of the Carl D.

4 Perkins Career 3and Technical Education Act of 42006; or 5 (cc) a comprehensive local 6needs assessment, as described in 7section 134(c) of the Carl D. 8 Perkins Career and Technical 9 Education Act of 2006; 10 (III) is a program 11 (aa) provided through an 12eligible training provider, as de-13scribed under section 122(d) of 14the Workforce Innovation and 15 Opportunity Act; and 16 (bb) subject to the report-17ing requirements of section 18116(d)(4) of the Workforce Inno-19vation and Opportunity Act, or 20would be subject to such require-21ments except for a waiver issued 22to a State under section 189(i) of 23the Workforce Innovation and 24 Opportunity Act; 25 VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:29 Feb 01, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\ASHPAK\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD \XMETAL\ \GEN\C\JTPELLAMD_February 1, 2022 (4:29 )G:\CMTE\EW\17\ED\USICA\ :\VHLC\020122\ (830826|8)5 (IV) provides a student, upon 1completion of the program, with a rec-2ognized postsecondary credential that 3is stackable and portable across mul-4tiple employers and geographical 5areas.

5 6 (V) not later than 1 year after 7the date the program has been ap-8proved as an eligible job training pro-9gram under this subsection, has dem-10onstrated that students who complete 11the program receive a median increase 12of 20 percent of total earnings as 13compared to total earnings of such 14students prior to enrolling in such 15program, in accordance with para-16graph (2); 17 (VI) publishes prominently on 18the website of the institution, and pro-19vides a written disclosure to each pro-20spective student prior to entering into 21an enrollment agreement for such pro-22gram (which each such student shall 23confirm receiving through a written 24affirmation prior to entering such en-25 VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:29 Feb 01, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\ASHPAK\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD \XMETAL\ \GEN\C\JTPELLAMD_February 1, 2022 (4:29 )G:\CMTE\EW\17\ED\USICA\ :\VHLC\020122\ (830826|8)6 rollment agreement) containing, at a 1minimum, the following information 2calculated, as applicable, in accord-3ance with paragraph (8) 4 (aa) the required tuition 5and fees of the program.

6 6 (bb) the difference between 7required tuition and fees de-8scribed in item (aa) and any 9grant aid (which does not need to 10be repaid) provided to the stu-11dent; 12 (cc) the completion rate of 13the program; 14 (dd) the employment rates 15of students who complete the 16program, measured at approxi-17mately 6 months and 1 year, re-18spectively, after completion of the 19program; 20 (ee) total earnings of stu-21dents who complete the program, 22calculated based on earnings ap-23proximately 6 months after com-24pletion of the program; 25 VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:29 Feb 01, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\ASHPAK\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD \XMETAL\ \GEN\C\JTPELLAMD_February 1, 2022 (4:29 )G:\CMTE\EW\17\ED\USICA\ :\VHLC\020122\ (830826|8)7 (ff) total earnings of stu-1dents who do not complete the 2program, calculated based on 3earnings approximately 6 months 4after ceasing enrollment in the 5program; 6 (gg) the ratio of the 7amount that is the difference be-8tween required tuition and fees 9and any grant aid provided to the 10student described in item (bb) to 11the total earnings of students de-12scribed in item (ee); 13 (hh) an explanation, in 14clear and plain language that 15shall be specified by the Sec-16retary, of the ratio described in 17item (gg).

7 And 18 (ii) in the case of a job 19training program that prepares 20students for a professional license 21or certification exam, the share 22of such students who pass such 23exams; 24 VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:29 Feb 01, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\ASHPAK\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD \XMETAL\ \GEN\C\JTPELLAMD_February 1, 2022 (4:29 )G:\CMTE\EW\17\ED\USICA\ :\VHLC\020122\ (830826|8)8 (VII) has been determined by 1the eligible institution of higher edu-2cation (after validation of that deter-3mination by an industry or sector 4partnership or State board or local 5board) to provide academic content, 6an amount of instructional time, com-7petencies, and a recognized postsec-8ondary credential that are sufficient 9to 10 (aa) meet the hiring re-11quirements of potential employers 12in the sectors or occupations de-13scribed in subclause (II).

8 And 14 (bb) satisfy any applicable 15educational prerequisite require-16ment for professional licensure or 17certification, so that a student 18who completes the program and 19seeks employment is qualified to 20take any relevant licensure or 21certifications examinations that 22are needed to practice or find 23employment in such sectors or 24 VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:29 Feb 01, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\ASHPAK\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD \XMETAL\ \GEN\C\JTPELLAMD_February 1, 2022 (4:29 )G:\CMTE\EW\17\ED\USICA\ :\VHLC\020122\ (830826|8)9 occupations that the program 1prepares students to enter; 2 (VIII) has been in operation for 3not less than 1 year prior to becoming 4an eligible job training program under 5this subsection; 6 (IX) does not exceed by more 7than 50 percent the minimum number 8of clock hours required by a State to 9receive a professional license or cer-10tification in the State, if the State has 11established such a requirement.

9 12 (X) prepares students to pursue 13one or more related certificate or de-14gree programs at an institution of 15higher education (as defined in section 16101) or a postsecondary vocational in-17stitution (as defined in section 18102(c)), including 19 (aa) by ensuring the ac-20ceptability of the credits received 21under the job training program 22toward meeting such certificate 23or degree program requirements 24(such as through an articulation 25 VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:29 Feb 01, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\ASHPAK\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD \XMETAL\ \GEN\C\JTPELLAMD_February 1, 2022 (4:29 )G:\CMTE\EW\17\ED\USICA\ :\VHLC\020122\ (830826|8)10 agreement as defined in section 1486A); and 2 (bb) by ensuring that a 3student who completes noncredit 4coursework in the job training 5program, upon completion of the 6job training program and enroll-7ment in such a related certificate 8or degree program, will receive 9academic credit for such non-10credit coursework that will be ac-11cepted toward meeting such cer-12tificate or degree program re-13quirements; 14 (XI) is not offered exclusively 15through distance education or a cor-16respondence course, except as deter-17mined by the Secretary to be nec-18essary, on a temporary basis, in con-19nection with a 20 (aa) major disaster or 21emergency declared by the Presi-22dent under section 401 or 501 of 23the Robert T.

10 Stafford Disaster 24 Relief and Emergency Assistance 25 VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:29 Feb 01, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\ASHPAK\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD \XMETAL\ \GEN\C\JTPELLAMD_February 1, 2022 (4:29 )G:\CMTE\EW\17\ED\USICA\ :\VHLC\020122\ (830826|8)11 Act (42 5170 and 5191); 1or 2 (bb) national emergency 3declared by the President under 4section 201 of the National 5 Emergencies Act (50 61601 et seq.); 7 (XII) is provided not less than 850 percent directly by the eligible in-9stitution of higher education; 10 (XIII) includes counseling for 11students to 12 (aa) support each such stu-13dent in achieving the student s 14education and career goals; and 15 (bb) ensure that each such 16student receives information on 17 (AA) the sectors or oc-18cupations described in sub-19clause (II) for which the job 20training program provides 21training (including the total 22earnings of students who 23have completed the program 24and are employed in such 25 VerDate Nov 24 2008 16:29 Feb 01, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\ASHPAK\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD \XMETAL\ \GEN\C\JTPELLAMD_February 1, 2022 (4:29 )G:\CMTE\EW\17\ED\USICA\ :\VHLC\020122\ (830826|8)12 sectors or occupations, cal-1culated based on earnings 2approximately 6 months 3after completion of the pro-4gram)).