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Expressing support for approximately doubling funding for Federal career and technical education programs.

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What This Bill Does

This resolution expresses support for increasing federal funding for career and technical education programs. The House of Representatives is calling for Congress to authorize approximately double the current funding amount for these job training programs over the next 10 years.

Who It Affects

American workers seeking to learn new job skills, secondary and postsecondary students in career and technical education programs, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Congress.

Key Provisions

• The House affirms that career and technical education programs are important for training a skilled workforce and helping American workers earn higher wages and achieve job security (Lines 1-6). • The House recognizes that current authorized annual funding for these programs is insufficient to address long-term economic changes and pandemic impacts (Lines 7-13). • The House urges the Committee on Education and the Workforce to authorize $13,000,000,000 in new spending for programs under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 and innovative evidence-based career and technical education over the next 10 years (Lines 14-4).

What Changes

If approved, this resolution would express the House's official support for doubling federal funding for career and technical education programs. However, a resolution is symbolic and does not automatically change current law or spending.

Important Definitions

Career and technical education: programs that train workers in specific job skills and professions.

IV 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 222 Expressing support for approximately doubling funding for Federal career and technical education programs. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 10, 2023 Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce RESOLUTION Expressing support for approximately doubling funding for Federal career and technical education programs. Whereas, for many Americans, this post-COVID economic boom is an opportunity to reskill and upskill, with Amer- ican workers changing jobs and even professions in his- toric numbers; Whereas the landscape of the 21st century economy is chang- ing, as emerging new technologies and shifting demands create new opportunities and challenges; Whereas there remains a crucial and unaddressed need to train the workforce of this new economy; Whereas now is the time to invest in American workers, as the tremendous economic energy of the post-COVID re- covery presents an unparalleled opportunity to retrain VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:00 Mar 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR222.IH HR222 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HRES 222 IH and realign the American workforce for the new economy, while also providing American workers with the necessary skills to earn higher wages and attain long-term job secu- rity; and Whereas the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu- cation Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), as reauthor- ized by the Strengthening Career and Technical Edu- cation for the 21st Century Act (‘‘Perkins V’’), is the pri- mary Federal law developing and supporting career and technical education programs in secondary and postsec- ondary education: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) affirms the importance of the Carl D. Per- 2 kins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 3 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) and other career and tech- 4 nical education programs for training the skilled 5 workforce of the future and for increasing the earn- 6 ing potential and job security of American workers; 7 (2) recognizes that the authorized annual fund- 8 ing for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 9 Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), 10 amounting to $1,299,883,892 in fiscal year 2023, is 11 insufficient to address the need brought on by the 12 long-term economic realignment and the near-term 13 COVID–19 pandemic; and 14 (3) urges the Committee on Education and the 15 Workforce to authorize $13,000,000,000 in new 16 spending for programs under the Carl D. Perkins 17 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:00 Mar 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR222.IH HR222 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HRES 222 IH Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 1 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) and innovative evidence-based 2 career and technical education over the next 10 3 years, equaling approximately double the amount 4 currently authorized by Congress to such programs. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:00 Mar 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR222.IH HR222 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB

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