1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supporting Useful Career Counseling in Elementary and Secondary Schools (SUCCESS) Act of 2018 . 2. Best Practices for Secondary School Counselors Training Grant Section 114 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2324 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (g); (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking subsection (e) and inserting subsection (g) ; and (B) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking subsection (e) and inserting subsection (g) ; and (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following: (e) Best Practices for Elementary and Secondary school Counselors Training Grant (1) In General (A) Grant activities The Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or other entities that provide State-recognized elementary and secondary school counseling credentials (referred to in this subsection as grantees ) to enable those grantees to— (i) consult with State boards or local boards (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 )) to assess local and regional employment needs and trends; (ii) not later than 6 months after receipt of the award, develop best practices for training elementary and secondary school counselors on career counseling based on those trends; (iii) develop curricula, training modules, or materials to train elementary and secondary school counselors based on those best practices