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House vote: H.R. 5587 // September 13, 2016Needed two-thirds to pass

Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act

Sponsor: Glenn Thompson (R-PA)

This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, divides career and technical education (CTE) students into CTE concentrators and CTE participants, and revises requirements for within-state funding allocations. The bill also revises requirements for core indicators of performance, including state adjusted levels of performance, to differentiate those for CTE concentrators who graduate from high school and for CTE concentrators at the postsecondary level. The bill repeals the separate mandate for tech prep education.

Labor and Employment Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

405 votes, representing 231,937,887 people93.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

5 votes, representing 2,857,453 people1.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 5.7% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon40593.2%
NayLost51.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken05.7%