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CareerTech reports enrollment growth, urges lawmakers to back apprenticeships and expanded capacity
Summary
State CareerTech leaders told the board they exceeded a goal of serving 150,000 K–12 students, highlighted growing industry partnerships and urged legislative support for apprenticeships, nursing expansion and capacity funding to reduce student wait lists.
The State Board of CareerTech Education heard reports on enrollment growth and interim legislative work during its meeting, where agency and association leaders urged lawmakers to fund capacity and apprenticeship expansion.
Director of the Oklahoma CareerTech system Russell Ray told the board the system now serves more than a half million students annually and that K–12 enrollments in CareerTech programs reached 151,774, meeting a goal two years ahead of schedule. "We serve over a half a million students each year," Ray said, and noted continued growth in industry…
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