H.Res. 474 is a nonbinding congressional resolution expressing support for significantly increasing federal funding for career and technical education programs. The resolution calls on Congress's Committee on Education and Workforce to authorize approximately $13 billion in new spending over the next 10 years for programs under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, roughly doubling the current authorized funding level of about $1.4 billion annually. The resolution argues that this increased investment is necessary to help American workers develop skills for the changing 21st-century economy, particularly as workers shift jobs at historic rates following the COVID-19 pandemic and as new technologies create both opportunities and challenges. This legislation would primarily affect secondary and postsecondary students pursuing career and technical education, as well as American workers seeking to reskill or upskill for better-paying, more secure jobs. Since this is a resolution rather than a bill, it does not directly allocate funds but instead urges Congress to take action on this funding increase.
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