Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “21st Century Strengthening Hands On Programs that Cultivate Learning Approaches for Successful Students Act” or the “SHOP CLASS Act”.
21st Century Strengthening Hands On Programs that Cultivate Learning Approaches for Successful Students Act
A BILL
To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to support maker education and makerspaces.
Sec. 2 Definitions
Section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(35) Maker education—The term maker education means a hands-on learning approach that encourages students to imagine, create, innovate, tinker, and collaborate through the process of manufacturing, testing, and demonstrating their ideas.
“(36) Makerspace—The term makerspace means a community space that provides access to tools, technology and knowledge for learners and entrepreneurs, which result in the prototyping or creation of physical goods, and which supports the development of educational opportunities for personal growth, workforce training, and early stage business ventures.”
Sec. 3 State leadership activities
Section 124 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2344) is amended—
in subsection (b)(3)(D)(iii), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: “and maker education”; and
in subsection (c)—
by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (16)(B);
by striking the period and inserting “; and” at the end of paragraph (17); and
by adding at the end the following:
“(18) support for maker education and makerspaces.”
Sec. 4 Local uses of funds
Section 135 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2355) is amended—
in subsection (b)(5)—
by striking “and” at the end of subparagraph (C);
by adding “and” at the end of subparagraph (D); and
by adding at the end the following:
“(E) programs designed to train teachers specifically in the effective use and application of maker education and makerspaces;”
in subsection (c)—
by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (19)(D);
by redesignating paragraph (20) as paragraph (21); and
by inserting after paragraph (19), the following:
“(20) to support maker education and makerspaces; and”