,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #diej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ca1        
#bjai,mr4 ,budd 7for himself and ,mr4   
,bishop of ,north ,carolina7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,education and     
,labor  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the       
,secretary of ,education to conduct a   
study on ,federal data collection       
related to student participation and    
performance in career and technical     
education programs1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,cte ,outcome ,data
 ,enactment ,act of #bjai or the ,,code 
,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,study on data      
collection  7a7 ,study required ,the    
,secretary of ,education 7in this       
section referred to as the ,secretary71 
in consultation with the ,secretary of  
,labor1 shall conduct a study on        
,federal data collection related to     
student participation and performance in
 career and technical education         

programs4 ,such study shall--  7#a7     
assess the effectiveness of ,federal    
efforts to collect1 measure1 and        
evaluate data relating to student       
participation and performance in1 and   
completion of1 career and technical     
education programs2 and  7#b7 identify--
 7,a7 gaps and areas of duplication with
 respect to such efforts2 and  7,b7     
methods to improve and centralize such  
efforts4  7b7 ,task force ,in conducting
 the study required under subsection    
7a71 the ,secretary may convene a task  
force consisting of such members as the 
,secretary considers appropriate4  7c7  
,report ,not later than one year after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary shall submit to ,congress
 a report containing the findings of the
 study required under subsection 7a7 and
 any recommendations of the ,secretary  
related to such findings4  7d7          
,definition ,the term career and        
technical education has the meaning     
given the term in section #c of the     

,carl ,d4 ,perkins ,career and          
,technical ,education ,act of #bjjf 7#bj
 ,u4,s4,c4 #bcjb74