Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act
Sponsored By: Senator Roger Marshall
Introduced
Summary
Connects career and technical education graduates to Small Business Development Centers and Women’s Business Centers. This bill would amend the Small Business Act so those centers explicitly help CTE graduates get hired by small businesses and help graduates start new small business concerns.
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- Graduates: Students who complete career and technical education programs would gain explicit access to hiring assistance and startup help through local Small Business Development Centers and Women’s Business Centers.
- Small businesses: Small business concerns would be eligible for targeted help to recruit and hire CTE program graduates, improving access to work-ready technical talent.
- Service centers: Small Business Development Centers and Women’s Business Centers would have their client base and services expanded to include hiring supports and entrepreneurship assistance for CTE graduates.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Small business help for career and technical education grads
If enacted, Small Business Development Centers and Women’s Business Centers would offer targeted help. Small businesses could get help to hire graduates of career and technical education programs. Those graduates could get help to start a small business. The bill would use the Perkins Act definition of "career and technical education" to decide who qualifies. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Roger Marshall
KS • R
Cosponsors
Christopher Coons
DE • D
Sponsored 3/13/2025
Jacky Rosen
NV • D
Sponsored 9/29/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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