To celebrate and recognize February as Career and Technical Education Month, CTE Caucus leaders in the Senate and House introduced resolutions. This is the seventh consecutive year in a row that a resolution has been introduced in the Senate, and third year in a row that a resolution has been introduced in the House. The Senate resolution was unanimously approved by voice vote, however, the House only allows resolutions to be introduced and does not take them up on the House floor. Nonetheless, the sponsors still issued a press statement featuring a quote from ACTE to draw attention to the resolution
The number of cosponsors of both resolutions this year exceeded previous years. This year, 57 senators signed on to the Senate resolution, led by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Rob Portman (R-OH). This was seven more than last year. In the House, 68 representatives signed on to the resolution, 21 more than last year. The resolution in the House was led by Representatives Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA).
We are grateful for all of the Members of Congress who showed their support for CTE by cosponsoring the resolution. We also want to recognize those who collectively sent more than 2100 messages in a short period of time to ask their Members of Congress to cosponsor the resolutions. Without the important work of CTE advocates, we have no doubt that our efforts would not have been as successful. We’ve now turned to appropriations work, and if you haven’t already, please ask your representative to sign the fiscal year 2021 Perkins Basic State Grant funding letter!
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