1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Generating Real Opportunities for Workforce Training and Hiring Act or the GROWTH Act . 2. Sense of the Senate on career and technical education schools It is the sense of the Senate that— (1) consistent communication between institutions providing career and technical education, as defined in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302 ), and employment entities regarding curriculum and industry need is paramount to producing a truly skilled and viable domestic workforce; (2) employment opportunities provided through recognized postsecondary credentials, as defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 ), are as important to the advancement of the economy of the United States as any other domestic business sector