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Comprehensive Career Counseling Briefing
Featuring experts from throughout the CTE community, the briefing highlighted the critical role of counselors in informing and guiding high school students into career fields that meet their individual needs and interests. -
CTE 101 Briefing
The briefing focused on introducing Members and staff to Career and Technical Education, a tried and true solution for creating jobs, retraining workers, and ensuring that students of all ages are career- and college-ready.
Welcome
The Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus is a bipartisan group of Representatives committed to supporting and promoting CTE. Co-chaired by Reps. Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), the caucus is comprised of members of Congress representing constituents from across the United States and transcends the ideological spectrum.
CTE programs exist in every congressional district and every state. The goals of the bipartisan caucus are to educate and promote quality CTE programs and well-paying, family-sustaining jobs. These fields include STEM disciplines, nursing, allied health, construction, information technology, energy, cybersecurity, sustainability, and other areas that keep our nation competitive in the global economy.
The skilled trades are the hardest jobs to fill in the United States, with hundreds of thousands of jobs open in the manufacturing, transportation and utilities sectors. CTE programs assist businesses in closing the skills gap by training a competitive workforce to fulfill these 21st Century demands.
Latest News
On Monday, Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), co-chairs of the Congressional Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, introduced the Cybersecurity Education Integration Act, legislation that provides resources to develop CTE programs of study that include cybersecurity fundamentals.
President Trump today signed into law H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, bipartisan legislation to improve career and technical education programs across the country:
U.S. Representatives Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA) and Jim Langevin (D-RI) have introduced a bill to modernize the charter of the National FFA Organization (formerly Future Farmers of America) to better reflect agriculture education in the 21st Century.
Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA), co-chairs of the Congressional Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, introduced a resolution recognizing National CTE Month, which is celebrated every February.
Today, the House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation to strengthen and improve career and technical education and give Americans the skills they need to compete for in-demand jobs.
