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CTE director briefs committee on enrollment, concentrator outcomes and capital projects
Summary
Wade Sick, state director for Career and Technical Education, reported rising enrollment in CTE courses, high graduation rates among concentrators, work‑based learning expansion and a multi‑million dollar capital grants program for local and regional centers.
Wade Sick, state director for the North Dakota Department of Career and Technical Education, told the Joint Education Committee the agency is expanding access to career and technical education, reporting increasing participation and strong outcomes for students who complete career pathways.
Sick said more than 26,000 unique high‑school students took at least one CTE course in 2023–24 — about 74% of the state’s secondary students by his count — and that roughly 9,700 students met the agency’s federal definition of a CTE concentrator (two or more courses in the same pathway). At the postsecondary level, he said roughly 8,500 students took at least one…
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