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

House Bill

H.R. 1642

119th Congress

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

In Committee

Introduced:Feb 26, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Roger Williams

Representative

Republican

TX-25

Cosponsors

5

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Commerce

Summary

This bill requires Small Business Development Centers and Womens Business Centers to provide educational information to small businesses about hiring graduates of career and technical education programs, connecting employers with skilled CTE graduates.

Latest Action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

AI Summary

Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill requires Small Business Development Centers and Womens Business Centers to provide educational information to small businesses about hiring graduates of career and technical education programs, connecting employers with skilled CTE graduates.

Last updated: 1/5/2026

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025This bill requires Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers to provide educational information to small businesses about hiring graduates of career and technical education programs.This includes, as appropriate, connecting small businesses with career and technical education programs to assist students and graduates of such programs with identifying career opportunities.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Connects small businesses with CTE graduates
Requires SBDCs to provide CTE hiring information
Includes Womens Business Centers in outreach
Links employers with career and technical students
Supports workforce development for small businesses

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

Small businesses would learn about CTE graduate hiring opportunities. Career and technical education students would have better job placement prospects. SBDCs and WBCs would expand their workforce development services.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Commerce

Related Subjects

Business education

Employee hiring

Higher education

Small business

Vocational and technical education

Women in business

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

1642, 119th Congress (2025). "Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-1642