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Superintendents and ESD leaders urge state funding for regional CTE hubs and career centers
Summary
Witnesses told the committee that a stable, state‑funded backbone for career and technical education regional coordination is required to align programs with industry needs and to enable regional career centers, especially for rural students.
Education leaders and ESD officials told the House Higher Education committee on April 3 that Oregon needs a stable, state‑funded backbone for career and technical education (CTE) regional coordination and that the bill’s language should preserve an explicit charge to plan for regional career centers.
Lede: House Bill 3552 would create regional CTE hubs and provide backbone funding to coordinate programs across districts, community colleges, industry and workforce partners. Testimony urged retaining language that would also advance regional career centers where regionally pooled infrastructure is…
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