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S. 1048 119th Congress Senate

Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act

Official title: 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 … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: March 13, 2025 Introduced by: Roger Marshall Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Mar 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act

This bill includes within the responsibilities of Small Business Development Centers and Women's Business Centers the provision of assistance to small businesses in hiring graduates from career and technical education programs and to graduates of such programs in starting small businesses.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1048: Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1048/
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"S. 1048: Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1048/.
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S. 1048, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1048/.
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