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Roger Williams urges renewed focus on trade schools and backs college-cost disclosure bill
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Congressman Roger Williams said Texas faces a large ninth-grade dropout problem and urged renewed vocational instruction and trade-school pathways, and said there is a bill to require four-year state colleges to disclose costs compared with trade programs.
Congressman Roger Williams said Monday that Texas needs to revitalize vocational education to keep students engaged and supply the skilled labor market. "We've got a 100,000 kids every year in Texas alone dropping out of school in the ninth grade," Williams said, arguing many of those students could be steered to trades such as welding, plumbing and carpentry.
Williams said trade careers can lead to steady work and…
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