119-S1048

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1048

1. Short title
2. Inclusion of career and technical education

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act".

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.