All Roll Calls
Yes: 396 • No: 5
119-hr-1642119th CongressWALLET
Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Passed House
Summary
Creates direct links between small businesses and career and technical education (CTE) graduates to make hiring and career pathways clearer. It amends the Small Business Act so Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers must share information and connect businesses, CTE programs, and students.
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- Small businesses get targeted information on hiring CTE graduates and on CTE programs that match their workforce needs. This helps firms identify trained candidates and relevant training programs.
- Career and technical education programs and students gain guidance on how to access SBDC and WBC resources to start or expand a business and to find career opportunities.
- Small Business Development Centers must add duties to provide educational materials about hiring CTE graduates, inform CTE programs about center services, and connect businesses with programs.
- Women's Business Centers must provide the same information and connections specifically for women-owned small business concerns and help link female entrepreneurs with CTE programs.
- The law standardizes the term "career and technical education" by adopting the definition used in the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Help for small businesses hiring CTE grads
If enacted, Small Business Development Centers and Women’s Business Centers would add new duties. They would give small businesses information on hiring graduates of career and technical education programs. They would tell CTE programs how students and grads can use SBDC and WBC services to start or grow a business. When appropriate, they would connect small businesses and CTE programs to help graduates find jobs. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
Standard definition for career and technical education
If enacted, the Small Business Act would use one standard meaning for “career and technical education.” It would match the definition in the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. This would guide how SBDCs and WBCs apply the new duties. It would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
TX • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Olszewski, Johnny [D-MD-2]
MD • D
Sponsored 2/26/2025
Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8]
PA • R
Sponsored 2/26/2025
Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/26/2025
Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8]
WI • R
Sponsored 2/26/2025
Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2]
NH • D
Sponsored 3/5/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 6/3/2025
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Yes: 396 • No: 5