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Conference committee backs $6 million for new and expanding CTE programs; approves related funding shifts
Summary
A bipartisan conference committee approved an amended funding agreement for career and technical education programs that sets $6,000,000 for new and expanding secondary CTE programs, adds $500,000 for school work-based learning coordinators and $300,000 for moving expenses, and moves virtual-reality career-exploration funding to SIFT.
A bipartisan conference committee approved an amended funding agreement for career and technical education programs that sets $6,000,000 for new and expanding secondary career and technical education (CTE) programs, adds $500,000 for school work-based learning coordinators and $300,000 for moving expenses, and moves existing virtual-reality career-exploration funding from the general fund to SIFT.
The committee said the $6 million figure is a compromise between the chambers: the Senate had offered $5,500,000 and the House $8,000,000. Committee members also agreed to retain an emergency clause and to include an exemption allowing the department to carry over any unspent funding for career academies from the Coronavirus Capital Projects…
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