1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Pell Flexibility Act of 2019 . 2. Job Training Federal Pell Grants Demonstration Program Section 401A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070a–1 ) is amended to read as follows: 401A. Job Training Federal Pell Grants demonstration program (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Job training Federal Pell Grant The term Job Training Federal Pell Grant means a short-term Federal Pell Grant provided through the demonstration program under subsection (c). (2) Local workforce development board The term local workforce development board means a local board as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 ). (3) Short-term career and technical education program The term short-term career and technical education program means a career and technical education program, as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302 ), that provides more than 320 clock hours and less than 600 clock hours of instruction. (b) Purposes The purposes of this section are— (1) to allow a demonstration program that is strictly monitored by the Department to test the viability of expanding Federal Pell Grant eligibility to short-term career and technical education programs at institutions of higher education; (2) to help determine the appropriate amount of a Federal Pell Grant provided to an eligible student for a short-term career and technical education program