U.S. House passes bill expanding vocational training
Perkins Act reauthorization expands into science, math subjects
Industry associations are cheering U.S. House passage of a bill funding vocational education programs for the next six years.
On Tuesday, the House bill reauthorizing the Perkins Act — the law that federally funds much of the technical training in the U.S. — passed 405-5. Included in the bill is additional money for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.