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

# Summary: Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025 **What it does:** This bill requires Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers—federally-funded organizations that help small businesses—to educate small business owners about hiring graduates from career and technical education (vocational/trade) programs. The centers would also help connect small businesses directly with these educational programs so students can learn about job opportunities in fields like construction, nursing, electrician work, and other skilled trades. **Who it affects:** Small business owners, vocational school students and graduates, and women business owners would be the primary groups impacted.

The bill aims to help small businesses find skilled workers while giving trade school graduates better access to job opportunities. **Current status:** The bill has passed the House of Representatives and is awaiting action in the Senate. It's a relatively straightforward bill focused on improving connections between job training programs and small employers.