1. Short Title This act may be cited as the School to Career Pathways Act of 2019 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) In every congressional district, career and technical education programs and career-connected pathways programs play a vital role in ensuring workers remain competitive in high-wage, high-skill, and in-demand career fields, including information technology, health care, and the skilled trades, all of which have hundreds of thousands of job openings across the United States. (2) Every student should have access to career and technical education opportunities to learn how their academic background will prepare them for postsecondary education and a career. (3) Curriculum and course offerings should not be based on the assumption that every student has the same academic needs, interests, and goals. Instead, schools should prepare students for their individualized career goals by providing opportunities for students to discover and delve into their interests. These opportunities may include career and technical education, personalized learning, apprenticeships, early college and dual enrollment, and language immersion programs. (4) Specifically, career and technical education and dual enrollment programs integrate classroom learning with technical, job-specific skills to prepare students for high-skill careers in industries such as information technology, manufacturing, health science, nursing, medical professions, construction, engineering, and more. Under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. 2301 ), States receive funding to integrate career pathway programs with academic learning for students who choose to enroll in career and technical education programs. (5) Career and technical education programs currently serve 12,500,000 high school and college students and boast a graduation rate of about 90 percent, which is 15 percent higher than the national average. (6) Career-connected learning programs, which integrate college preparatory academics,