C. PLACE CREDENTIALS, CAREERS AND COLLEGE DEGREES WITHIN REACH FOR ALL FEDERAL• Reauthorize the Higher Education Act with an emphasis on driving innovation, addressing student loans and student debt, accountability and supporting low-income and first-generation student access, attainment and completion. • Reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act with $1 billion dollars in funding supports for CTE innovation, building rigorous and high-quality 21st century career and technical education coursework, content, standards, professional development and student pathways. • Invest $60 billion over 10 years to make community college free for any student, or the first two years free for a low-income student at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) or another Minority-Serving Institution (MSI). • Invest $40 million in an HBCU and MSI Innovation for Completion Fund, which would provide funds to increase the number of low-income students and students of color completing degrees at HBCUs and MSIs.• Invest $6 billion dollars over a decade to reward colleges of any type that successfully enroll and graduate a significant number of low-income students on time.• Reform the Pell Grant Program, including doubling the national investment and adjusting grants to the Consumer Price Index plus 1%. Trigger the maximum award for students who receive means-tested benefits and eliminate the need to reapply every year. STATE / COUNTY/ LOCAL• Develop innovative and rigorous career and technical education coursework, teacher training, content, apprenticeships, pathways, professional development and credentialing linked to workforce/industry needs and trends. • Double expenditures in college and career readiness for middle and high school students. • Create multi-sector and multi-stakeholder commissions to develop plans for improving career and college readiness. D. BECOME BETTER INFORMED FOR BETTER STUDENT OUTCOMES FEDERAL• Increase funding for the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Grant, with priorities for states that incentivize systems that protect student data, makes data easier to access for states that align their K-12 education data systems with early childhood, higher education, public health, workforce development and other data systems.• Increase funding for the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System to improve postsecondary data collection and accuracy.• Publish the Civil Rights Data Collection annually, make the website easier to navigate and simplify the ability to create charts and analyze data.8MAIN STREET MARSHALL PLAN
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