20 USC § 2303 - Transition provisions

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title: "20 USC § 2303 - Transition provisions"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "2303"
section_name: "Transition provisions"
chapter_number: 44
chapter_name: "CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 88–210, § 4, as added Pub. L. 109–270, § 1(b), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 690; amended Pub. L. 115–224, § 8, July 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 1574.)"
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# 1 Transition provisions

See References in Text note below.

[^1]July 31, 2018July 31, 2018

The Secretary shall take such steps as are necessary to provide for the orderly transition to the authority of this chapter (as amended by the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act) from any authority under the provisions of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 2006, as in effect on the day before . The Secretary shall give each eligible agency the opportunity to submit a transition plan for the first fiscal year following .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 88–210, § 4, as added Pub. L. 109–270, § 1(b), Aug. 12, 2006, 120 Stat. 690; amended Pub. L. 115–224, § 8, July 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 1574.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter (as amended by the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act), referred to in text, is this chapter as amended by , , .

The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 2006, as in effect on the day before , referred to in text, probably means the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, which is classified generally to this chapter, as in effect on the day before the enactment of , , , which amended this chapter extensively. A prior version of the Act was named the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, but no act with the title “Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 2006” has been enacted.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2303, , as added , , , related to transition provisions, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by .

Another prior section 2303, , , ; , , , which related to the Interdepartmental Task Force on Vocational Education and Related Programs, was transferred to .

### Amendments

2018—, substituted “are necessary” for “the Secretary determines to be appropriate”.

, substituted “as amended by the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act” for “as amended by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006” and substituted “” for “” in two places.

, substituted “Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 2006” for “Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .