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Sachem weighs bringing more CTE programs in-house, tightens criteria for BOCES placement
Summary
Following a review of Career and Technical Education (CTE) enrollment and costs, the board discussed proposals to require stronger in-district eligibility standards for BOCES placement and to develop selected career programs locally to reduce costs and travel time for students.
At the Jan. 22 Sachem Central School District Board of Education meeting, administrators reviewed a multi-year rise in students sent to Eastern Suffolk BOCES for Career and Technical Education (CTE) and described plans to tighten eligibility and to pilot returning some CTE pathways to Sachem schools.
A district staff presenter summarized a three-year snapshot showing wide variation in BOCES CTE enrollment: the 2015–16 school year had roughly 107 students sent to BOCES (about $1.5 million cost to the district), 2021–22 about 65 students (roughly $1 million), and 2024–25 about 216 students (roughly $3.5 million). The presenter said the district currently pays on a three-year rolling average and that the recent surge raised the district's three-year bill.
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