HR 1642
Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
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Bill overview
This bill updates the Small Business Act to require Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) and Women’s Business Centers (WBCs) to provide information to small businesses about hiring graduates of career and technical education programs. It aims to connect small businesses with these programs and students/graduates to facilitate career opportunities and help businesses utilize these programs to meet their hiring needs. The bill also directs these centers to provide information to career and technical education programs about how students and graduates can access their resources.
Key provisions
- SBDCs and WBCs must provide information on hiring graduates of career and technical education programs.
- SBDCs and WBCs must connect small businesses with relevant career and technical education programs.
- The bill defines ‘career and technical education’ using the definition from the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.
- SBDCs must provide information on how businesses can use career and technical education programs to meet hiring needs.
- WBCs must provide information on how businesses can use career and technical education programs to meet hiring needs.
- Career and technical education programs will receive information on accessing resources from SBDCs and WBCs.
- The bill amends existing sections of the Small Business Act to include these new requirements.
Who is affected
- Small businesses
- Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs)
- Women’s Business Centers (WBCs)
- Career and Technical Education Programs
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 1642
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to graduates of career and technical education programs for small business development centers and women’s business centers, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
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Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
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).
Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(1)) is amended—
in subparagraph (T), by striking and
at the end;
in clause (v) of the first subparagraph (U) (relating to succession planning), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
in second subparagraph (U) (relating to training on domestic and international intellectual property protections)—
in clause (ii)(II), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
by redesignating such subparagraph as subparagraph (V); and
by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
providing educational information to small businesses on—
hiring graduates from career and technical education programs; and
career and technical education programs relevant to such businesses, including how to use such programs to satisfy hiring needs of such businesses;
Section 29(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(b)) is amended—
in paragraph (2), by striking and
at the end;
in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: