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Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act
To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to graduates of career and technical education programs or programs of study for small business development centers and women's business centers, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Small Business Act to add requirements for Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers to facilitate connections between career and technical education (CTE) graduates and small businesses. Specifically, it requires these centers to assist small businesses in hiring CTE program graduates and to help those graduates start their own businesses. The bill includes a definition of career and technical education drawn from the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS)
2 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Roger Marshall’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $46,314
- PYRAMID SOUND $19,800
- GROWITZ EQUITY $13,200
- SPECCHEM $13,200
- ONYX EQUITY PARTNERS $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Roger Marshall → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Mar 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. · senate
- Mar 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2025
Mr. Marshall (for himself and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to include requirements relating to graduates of career and technical education programs or programs of study for small business development centers and women’s business centers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act”.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
(a) Definition.—Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
632) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(gg) Career and Technical Education.—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).”.
(b) Small Business Development Centers.—Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(3)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (T), by striking “and” at the end;
(2) in clause (v) of the first subparagraph (U) (relating to succession planning), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
(3) by redesignating the second subparagraph (U) (relating to training on domestic and international intellectual property protections) as subparagraph (V);
(4) in subparagraph (V)(ii)(II), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
“(W) assisting small business concerns in hiring graduates from career and technical education programs or programs of study; and
“(X) assisting graduates of career and technical education programs or programs of study in starting up a small business concern.”.
(c) Women’s Business Centers.—Section 29(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking “and” at the end;
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(4) assistance for small business concerns to hire graduates from career and technical education programs or programs of study; and
“(5) assistance for graduates of career and technical education programs or programs of study to start up a small business concern.”. <all>
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