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Lawmakers hear bill to fund sixth-grade career and technical education at higher rate
Summary
Representative Melissa Romano proposed funding sixth graders at a higher per‑pupil rate to expand middle‑school CTE offerings; supporters said the bill would incentivize districts while school officials urged adjustments to fiscal-note assumptions about how many sixth graders could immediately access expanded courses.
Representative Melissa Romano introduced a proposal to fund sixth-grade students at the same higher per‑pupil rate used for seventh and eighth graders to incentivize expansion of career and technical education (CTE) offerings beginning in middle school. Romano described her analysis of the bill's fiscal note and said a drafting error caused the fiscal office to use a 2024 figure instead of 2026 for a key rate, producing an overstated cost in her view: "On page 6…
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