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Longview CTE director outlines enrollment‑based funding, equipment upgrades and push for more coding and dual credit
Summary
CTE director Bill Austin told the board about enrollment‑linked funding (about $277,000 for high school enhancement last year and $84,000 from Perkins), recent equipment purchases (labs, simulators, $80,000 anatomy table), and priorities including dual‑credit expansion, healthcare aide and early‑childhood classes, and stronger middle‑school coding and robotics.
Bill Austin, Longview’s director of career and technical education, told the board Sept. 8 that CTE funding and program decisions are driven by student enrollment and that recent purchases and program growth aim to align student skills with local industry needs.
“All of our funding is based on our enrollment,” Austin said, explaining the district’s CTE finance mix. He told the board last year’s high school enhancement funding totaled about $277,000 and that the district received roughly $84,000 from the Carl D. Perkins grant, which Austin said he typically uses for supplies.
Austin described specific equipment investments across program areas: a modernized photo…
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