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Students, parents ask legislature to expand career scholarship accounts and CTE funding
Summary
Students and families testified in favor of expanding Career Scholarship Accounts (CSAs) and CTE supports, saying the accounts fund credentials, equipment and pathways that lead to college credit or industry certifications. Several speakers gave personal stories of how CSA or district‑approved funding covered program costs and enabled training.
Multiple students and parents urged the subcommittee to expand Career Scholarship Accounts (CSAs) and career/technical education funding so more Hoosiers can pursue industry credentials and graduation pathways.
Margaret Bloomer, a Cardinal Ritter High School student, described how the CSA paid for scrubs, shoes, background checks, testing fees and equipment for a certified nurse aide (CNA) pathway: “This…
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