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State CTE director describes enrollment, concentrator outcomes and $121 million capital program
Summary
Wade Sick, state director for Career and Technical Education, briefed the committee on CTE enrollment and outcomes, student organizations, work‑based learning expansion and large capital grants for CTE centers funded through recent appropriations.
Bismarck — Wade Sick, state director for the North Dakota Department of Career and Technical Education, updated the Joint Education Committee on CTE enrollment trends, concentrator outcomes, workforce partnerships and recent capital investments to expand career‑tech access.
Sick said about 26,000 unique students enrolled in at least one CTE course in 2023–24, with roughly 9,700 identified as CTE concentrators (students completing at least two courses in the same pathway). He said CTE concentrators graduate at much higher rates than the statewide average: about 97.9% for CTE concentrators versus about 82% statewide. He also noted large disparities in subgroup outcomes: Native American students graduate at about 63%…
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