Helping Students Succeed by Strengthening the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Hearing before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, Second Session (May 17, 2016). Serial Number 114-48

Overview & Synopsis

This document records testimony from a hearing held to examine ways to help students succeed by strengthening the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Member statements were presented by: (1) Honorable John Kline, Chairman, Committee on Education and the Workforce; and (2) Honorable Robert C. Scott, Ranking Member, Committee on Education and the Workforce, U.S. House of Representatives. Witness statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Tim Kaine, a Representative in Congress from the State of Virginia; (2) Paul Tse, Project Manager, Shapiro and Duncan, Inc.; (3) Jason Bates, Manager, Toyota-Bodine Aluminum, Inc.; and (4) Monty Sullivan, President, Louisiana Community and Technical College System. Additional submissions were presented by: (1) Honorable Marcia L. Fudge, a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio: Letter dated May 3, 2016, from Partnership for 21st Century Learning P21; and Letter dated May 16, 2016, from the National Education Association (NEA); (2) Honorable Glenn Thompson, a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania: Letter dated May 16, 2016, from Opportunity America; and Recommendations Perkins Career and Technical Education Act; (3) Chairman Kline on behalf of Congressman Will Hurd, questions submitted for the record to: Mr. Bates and Dr. Sullivan; (4) Honorable Michael D. Bishop, a Representative in Congress from the state of Michigan, questions submitted to Dr. Sullivan; (5) Honorable Elise Stefanik, a Representative in Congress from the state of New York, questions submitted to: Mr. Bates and Mr. Tse; and (6) Response to questions submitted: Mr. Bates, Dr. Sullivan, and Mr. Tse.