Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025

What this does

This bill directs Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers to add career and technical education information services and adds a CTE definition to the Small Business Act.

House vote · 396-5

Democrats195–0

Republicans201–5

Independents0–0

How we know · 6 sourced claims

The bill directs Small Business Development Centers to give small businesses educational information on hiring graduates of career and technical education programs and on programs relevant to their hiring needs.Source: Sec. 2(b), new subparagraph (W) added to Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648): 'providing educational information to small businesses on (i) hiring graduates from career and technical education programs; and (ii) career and technical education programs relevant to such businesses, including how to use such programs to satisfy hiring needs of such businesses'
The bill directs Small Business Development Centers to tell CTE programs how their students and graduates can access center resources to start and grow a business, and to connect small businesses with those programs to help identify career opportunities.Source: Sec. 2(b), new subparagraphs (X) and (Y) added to Section 21(c)(3): (X) 'providing information to career and technical education programs about how students and graduates ... can access resources and services of small business development centers'; (Y) 'connecting small businesses with career and technical education programs to assist students and graduates ... with identifying career opportunities'
The bill imposes the parallel three information duties on Women's Business Centers for women-owned small businesses.Source: Sec. 2(c), new paragraphs (4), (5), (6) added to Section 29(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(b)), mirroring subparagraphs (W), (X), (Y) for 'small business concerns owned and controlled by women'
The bill adds a definition of 'career and technical education' to the Small Business Act, taking the meaning from the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.Source: Sec. 2(a), new subsection (gg) added to Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632): 'The term career and technical education has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302).'
The duties are advisory and informational, with no new appropriations, no penalties, and no mandate on businesses.Source: Sec. 2(b) and 2(c) operative verbs throughout are 'providing educational information,' 'providing information,' and 'connecting'; the bill text contains no appropriation, penalty, or business mandate language (verified by absence across the full text, lines 16-33).
The operative text is the version the House passed.Source: Header line 2 'version: Engrossed in House' and line 34 'Passed the House of Representatives June 3, 2025. Kevin F. McCumber, Clerk.'

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Republicans

214

Democrats

208

Independents

YeaKevin KileyCA · District 3