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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. RES. 66
Supporting the goals and ideals of ‘‘Career and Technical Education Month’’.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY6 (legislative day, FEBRUARY5), 2025
Mr. K
AINE(for himself, Mr. YOUNG, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BUDD, Mr. BAR-
RASSO, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. BLUNT
R
OCHESTER, Mr. BOOKER, Mrs. BRITT, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. CAPITO,
Mr. C
ASSIDY, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. CORTEZ
M
ASTO, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DAINES, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr.
D
URBIN, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. HAGERTY, Ms. HASSAN,
Mr. H
ICKENLOOPER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr.
K
ING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. MERKLEY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr.
P
ETERS, Mr. PADILLA, Mr. REED, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. SANDERS, Mrs. SHA-
HEEN, Mr. SHEEHY, Ms. SMITH, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. VANHOLLEN, Mr.
W
ARNER, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, Mr. LANKFORD, and Mr.
R
OUNDS) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and
agreed to
RESOLUTION
Supporting the goals and ideals of ‘‘Career and Technical
Education Month’’.
Whereas American competitiveness within the global economy
requires workers who are prepared with the requisite aca-
demic knowledge as well as technical and employability
skills needed for career success;
Whereas 1,700,000 workers annually are projected to leave
jobs supporting the infrastructure sector of the United
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States through 2031, including designing, building, and
operating transportation, housing, utilities, and tele-
communications, leading to massive replacement needs;
Whereas advancements in technology have fundamentally
changed critical economic sectors of the United States
and the global economy, creating significant, new demand
for high-wage, high-quality, and efficient education and
training opportunities;
Whereas career and technical education (referred to in this
preamble as ‘‘CTE’’) ensures that a competitive and
skilled workforce is ready, willing, and capable of holding
jobs in high-wage, high-skill, and in-demand career fields;
Whereas CTE helps the United States meet the very real and
immediate challenges of economic development, student
academic achievement, and global competitiveness;
Whereas, in the United States, it is forecast that by 2031
nearly
1
⁄3of all jobs will require some level of postsec-
ondary education but less than a bachelor’s degree;
Whereas more than 11,100,000 students are enrolled in CTE
programs across the United States at the secondary and
postsecondary levels, with CTE programs in thousands of
comprehensive high schools, technical high schools, area
technical centers, career academies, and over 1,000 two-
year colleges;
Whereas CTE aligns with labor market demand and provides
employability skills and relevant academic and technical
coursework leading to credentials of value for secondary
and postsecondary education students and adult learners;
Whereas CTE affords students the opportunity to cultivate
the knowledge and skills to earn the credentials needed
to secure careers in growing, high-demand fields;
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Whereas secondary CTE has statistically significant positive
impacts on the academic achievement, high school com-
pletion, employability skills, and college readiness of stu-
dents;
Whereas, according to a recent national survey conducted by
the Hunt Institute and Lake Research Partners, 94 per-
cent of parents and voters favor increased opportunities
for students to access workforce training and related op-
portunities to cultivate skills needed for a career;
Whereas about 77 percent of employers from in-demand in-
dustries report hiring an employee because of knowledge
and skills gained from their CTE experience;
Whereas, in 2018, Congress affirmed on a wide bipartisan
basis the importance of CTE by passing the Strength-
ening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Cen-
tury Act (Public Law 115–224; 132 Stat. 1563), which
supports investment and improvement in secondary and
postsecondary CTE programs in all 50 States, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
United States Virgin Islands, and outlying areas; and
Whereas, February 23, 2025, marks the 108
thanniversary of
the signing of the Act of February 23, 1917 (39 Stat.
929, chapter 114, commonly known as the ‘‘Smith-
Hughes Vocational Education Act of 1917’’), which was
the first major Federal investment in secondary CTE and
laid the foundation for the bipartisan, bicameral support
for CTE that continues as of February 2025: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate— 1
(1) supports the designation of February 2025 2
as ‘‘Career and Technical Education Month’’ to cele-3
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brate career and technical education across the 1
United States; 2
(2) supports the goals and ideals of Career and 3
Technical Education Month; 4
(3) recognizes the importance of career and 5
technical education in preparing a well-educated and 6
skilled workforce in the United States; and 7
(4) encourages educators, school counselors, 8
guidance and career development professionals, ad-9
ministrators, and parents to promote career and 10
technical education as a respected educational path-11
way for students. 12
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