House · HR 1642 · 119th Congress
Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill requires Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers to share information with small businesses about hiring graduates of career and technical education programs. It also directs these centers to tell students about small business resources. Small business owners and CTE students across the country are affected.
In Favor
Many small businesses struggle to find skilled workers for trade and technical jobs. This bill builds a direct link between small businesses and CTE graduates who already have those skills. Connecting these two groups could help businesses fill open jobs and give graduates a clearer path to good careers.
Against
This bill adds new tasks to centers that may already be stretched thin on staff and funding. More required services could pull time and resources away from the core help these centers provide. The bill is largely symbolic since it mandates information-sharing but provides no new money to carry it out.
Additional Considerations
Purpose & Problem
Is the problem real and worth federal action?
The bill requires Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers to share information with small businesses about hiring graduates of career and technical education programs, linking those programs to business hiring needs.
Scope & Related Provisions
Does it stay focused, or carry unrelated add-ons?
The provisions stay on topic, focusing on adding education and outreach duties related to career and technical education graduates at two existing small business support programs.
Who Is Affected
Who benefits, and who bears the cost?
Small businesses and women-owned businesses gain new informational resources. Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers take on new outreach and education duties under the bill.
Cost & Funding
Is it affordable and responsibly funded?
The bill authorizes no new dollar amounts and appropriates no new funds. It adds duties to existing centers, shifting the cost of carrying out those duties onto the agencies that run those programs.
Risks & Implementation
What could go wrong in practice?
The bill requires centers to carry out new outreach duties using their current setup. Centers with limited staff or resources may find it harder to add these tasks on top of their existing work.
For the actual bill text, see congress.gov.
AI-generated · Published 6/5/2026