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House makes barber out-of-school training a permanent CTE option
Summary
The Pennsylvania House passed a bill making the barber out-of-school training program a permanent career-and-technical-education (CTE) offering, with sponsors saying it provides license-ready skills and job pathways for economically disadvantaged students.
The House passed legislation to make the barber out-of-school training program a permanent career-and-technical-education option for high school students.
Representative Guzman, the bill’s sponsor, told colleagues the barber program gives students a path to a job immediately after graduation, arguing the program helps students who “don't lack ambition, they lack access.” He said the program provides licensing and a route to entrepreneurship and stability.
House Bill 16 26 (printer’s number 1968) was reported as considered on three days and then taken up for final passage. The clerk recorded the final vote on the bill as yeas 197, nays 5; the bill passed the House and the clerk will return it to the Senate for concurrence.
Supporters framed the bill as a practical workforce and economic-development measure that targets students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The transcript records Representative Guzman saying the program can provide a “real skill, a license, and a path to a job right after graduation.”
No amendments that changed the bill’s core provisions are recorded in the transcript excerpt during the floor consideration.
