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Rep. Roger Williams pitches trade-school expansion and proposals to curb ninth-grade dropouts
Summary
Rep. Roger Williams said he is promoting bills to encourage trade careers, including requiring state schools to show trade-school tuition comparisons to applicants and urging four-year colleges to offer trade degrees to address a workforce gap and student-debt concerns.
Rep. Roger Williams told host Stacy Washington that expanding trade-school pathways is a central part of his agenda for workforce development. Williams argued that many young people lose hope and leave school early, and that trade careers provide a debt-free route into stable employment.
Williams cited what he described as state-level…
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