Counseling for Career Choice Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 116th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D LangevinSponsor

13 cosponsors · 8 D, 5 R

R McMorris Rodgers PD

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to states to develop and implement comprehensive school career counseling programs that provide students with effective postsecondary education planning and career guidance services.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Nov 14, 2019

Counseling for Career Choice Act

The bill requires each program to be aligned with a statewide counseling framework that (1) encompasses the middle grades through grade 12 and postsecondary education, and (2) is supported by at least five stakeholders that include at least one business or industry and at least one local educational agency or secondary school.

Grant funds shall, among other things, be used to

train and hire school counselors;
identify regional workforce trends and postsecondary options available in the state;
establish, improve, or coordinate postsecondary opportunities;
recommend curricular improvements to better align curricula with workforce trends and available postsecondary opportunities;
establish partnerships with one-stop centers;
leverage the resources and emerging technologies being developed by stakeholders to support the counseling framework; and
evaluate secondary and postsecondary outcomes for individuals served by the career counseling programs.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Counseling for Career Choice Act

Latest action (Nov 14, 2019): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Policy area: Education · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 14, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.