1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Creating Access to Rural Employment and Education for Resilience and Success Act or the CAREERS Act . 2. Workforce training programs (a) In general Section 379I of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ( 7 U.S.C. 2008w ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— (i) in clause (iii)— (I) by striking subclause (I) and inserting the following: (I) an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101, and subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 102(a)(1), of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 , 1002(a)(1))); ; (II) by redesignating subclauses (II) and (III) as subclauses (III) and (IV), respectively, and inserting after subclause (I) the following: (II) an area career and technical education school (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302 ); ; and (III) in subclause (IV) (as so redesignated by subclause (II) of this clause), by striking and ; (ii) in clause (iv)— (I) by striking subclause (IV) and inserting the following: (IV) an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101, and subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 102(a)(1), of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 , 1002(a)(1))); ; and (II) by redesignating subclause (V) as subclause (VI) and inserting after subclause (IV) the following: (V) an area career and technical education school (as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302 ); or ; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: (v) in the case of a career pathway program, includes 1 or more member of the local workforce development board established under section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and serving the region to ensure such program is integrated with the activities carried out by the local workforce development board; and