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Build Up Kansas initiative credited with boosting technical training and pipeline for construction jobs
Summary
AGC's Build Up Kansas program has grown high-school CTE participation and college enrollments in construction fields; AGC and education partners reported strong placement and starting wages for program graduates and called for more instructors and continued legislative support.
Mike Gibson of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Kansas described the Build Up Kansas program and the construction-sector workforce pipeline the program supports.
Gibson told the committee that the program has expanded access to construction trades curriculum in Kansas high schools and strengthened articulation pathways to community colleges and state universities. He said nearly 9,000 high-school…
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