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

affirms the importance of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) and other career and technical education programs for training the skilled workforce of the future and for increasing the earning potential and job security of American workers;

recognizes that the authorized annual funding for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), amounting to $1,439,848,000 in fiscal year 2024, is insufficient to address the need brought on by the long-term economic realignment and the near-term COVID–19 pandemic; and

urges the Committee on Education and Workforce to authorize $13,000,000,000 in new spending for programs under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) and innovative evidence-based career and technical education over the next 10 years, equaling approximately double the amount currently authorized by Congress to such programs.