IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 730 

Supporting the goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 7, 2018 

Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. BLUM, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. COMER, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. MICHAEL F. 

DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. HECK, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. LARSEN of 

Washington, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mrs. LOVE, Mr. 

LUETKEMEYER, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Mr. MCNERNEY, 

Mr. NOLAN, Mr. POCAN, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. 

SIMPSON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 

THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. UPTON, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. WESTERMAN, 

Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, and Ms. HANABUSA) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of Career and Technical 

Education Month. 

Whereas a competitive global economy requires workers who 

are prepared for skilled professions; 

Whereas, according to Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute, 84 percent of executives agree that there is a talent 

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ing talent for front-line worker jobs such as machinists, 

operators, craft workers, distributors, and technicians; 

Whereas career and technical education (referred to in this 

preamble as ‘‘CTE’’) ensures that competitive and skilled 

workers are ready, willing, and capable of holding jobs in 

high-wage, high-skill, and in-demand career fields such as 

science, technology, engineering, art and design, mathematics, nursing, allied health, construction, information 

technology, energy sustainability, and many other career 

fields that are vital in keeping the United States competitive in the global economy; 

Whereas CTE helps the United States meet the very real and 

immediate challenges of economic development, student 

achievement, and global competitiveness; 

Whereas the United States has 30,000,000 jobs providing an 

average income of $55,000 per year that do not require 

a bachelor’s degree yet increasingly require some level of 

postsecondary education; 

Whereas nearly 12,000,000 students are enrolled in CTE 

across the country with CTE programs in thousands of 

CTE centers, comprehensive high schools, career academies, and CTE high schools, and nearly 1,600 2-year 

colleges; 

Whereas CTE matches employability skills with workforce demand and provides relevant academic and technical 

coursework leading to industry-recognized credentials for 

secondary, postsecondary, and adult learners; 

Whereas CTE affords students the opportunity to gain the 

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Whereas secondary CTE is associated with a lower probability of dropping out of high school and a higher likelihood of graduating on-time; 

Whereas, according to an American Federation of Teachers 

poll, 94 percent of parents approve of expanding access 

to CTE and other programs that prepare students for 

jobs; 

Whereas students at schools with highly integrated rigorous 

academic and CTE programs have significantly higher 

achievement in reading, mathematics, and science than 

students at schools with less integrated programs; and 

Whereas February 23, 2018, marks the 101st anniversary of 

the signing of the Act of February 23, 1917 (commonly 

known as the ‘‘Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act 

of 1917’’) (39 Stat. 929, chapter 114), 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 2018: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the designation of ‘‘Career and 

3 Technical Education Month’’ to celebrate career and 

4 technical education across the United States; 

5 (2) supports the goals and ideals of Career and 

6 Technical Education month; 

7 (3) recognizes the importance of career and 

8 technical education in preparing a well-educated and 

9 skilled workforce in the United States; and 


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1 (4) encourages educators, school counselors, 

2 guidance and career development professionals, ad3 ministrators, and parents to promote career and 

4 technical education as a respected option for stu5 dents. 

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