,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfgg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ae1        
#bjai,mr4 ,taylor introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,education to carry out a program to    
recognize high schools and local        
educational agencies for expanding      
high-quality dual credit programs4  #a4 
,short ,title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,dual ,credit ,innovation ,act4    
#b4 ,national ,blue ,ribbon ,schools    
,dual ,credit ,innovation ,award  7a7   
,dual ,credit ,priority ,not later than 
#a year after the date of the enactment 
of this ,act1 and annually thereafter1  
the ,secretary shall1 on a competitive  
basis1 recognize eligible partnerships  
with high-quality dual credit programs  
with a ,dual ,credit ,innovation ,award 
which shall be an award under the       
,national ,blue ,ribbon ,schools program
 of the ,department of ,education4  7b7 

,application and ,selection ,process ,to
 be eligible to be recognized under     
subsection 7a71 an eligible partnership 
shall submit an application under the   
,national ,blue ,ribbon ,schools program
 of the ,department of ,education4  7c7 
,non-,monetary ,value ,the award and    
recognition established under this ,act 
may not have monetary value4  7d7       
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,dual ,credit ,program ,the term dual   
credit program means a program offered  
by an eligible partnership through which
 a secondary school student who has not 
graduated from high school with a       
regular high school diploma is able to  
enroll in one or more postsecondary     
courses and earn postsecondary credit   
that--  7,a7 is transferable to the     
institutions of higher education in the 
partnership2 and  7,b7 applies toward   
completion of a degree or recognized    
educational credential as described in  
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja et seq474  7#b7    

,eligible partnership ,the term eligible
 partnership means a partnership        
between-- 7,a7 at least one institution 
of higher education 7as defined in      
section #aja of the ,higher ,education  
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja77    
that provides a dual credit program2 and
  7,b7 at least one-- 7i7 local         
educational agency 7as defined in       
section #haja of the ,elementary and    
,secondary ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #ghja772 or  7ii7 high       
school4  7#c7 ,secretary ,the term      
,secretary means the ,secretary of      
,education4