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

This bill aims to help small businesses find and hire graduates of career and technical education (CTE) programs. It tells Small Business Development Centers and Women’s Business Centers to share clear information with small businesses about hiring CTE graduates and which CTE programs fit their hiring needs.

It also tells these centers to let CTE programs know how their students and graduates can use the centers’ services to start or grow a small business. When helpful, the centers should connect small businesses with CTE programs to help students and graduates find career opportunities. The bill uses the standard federal definition of “career and technical education.”

• Who is affected: small businesses, women-owned small businesses, Small Business Development Centers, Women’s Business Centers, CTE programs, and CTE students and graduates.
• What changes: the centers must provide hiring information about CTE grads, inform CTE programs about center resources for students and grads, and connect businesses with CTE programs when appropriate.
• When: the text amends the Small Business Act; no specific start date is stated in the provided materials.