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Educators push for statewide standards and funding to scale dual‑credit and career‑connected pathways

Connecticut General Assembly — Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee · February 20, 2023
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Summary

School and university officials told the committee HB 6,869 should create common definitions and benchmarks for dual‑credit, expand dual‑credit access with standardized MOUs, and fund K‑12 and college positions to coordinate career‑connected programs that lead to stackable credentials.

District leaders, higher‑education program directors and workforce officials urged the committee to adopt HB 6,869, which would expand dual‑credit opportunities and standardize definitions.

Dr. Cara Casimaro, Danbury public‑schools superintendent, told the committee that dual credit should be embedded in a career‑connected,…

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