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Pennsylvania lawmakers: career-technical centers have wait lists, need more funding and coordination
Summary
Representatives at Keystone Education Report said career and technical centers have wait lists and too few instructors and seats, calling for changes to funding formulas, targeted equipment grants and regional coordination to keep skilled workers in Pennsylvania.
Representatives on the Keystone Education Report said Pennsylvania’s career and technical centers (CTCs) cannot keep pace with employer demand and urged more stable funding and better regional coordination.
Representative Chad Reichardt (90th Legislative District) said manufacturers in his region are routinely seeking welders, electricians and other skilled trades and that many current workers are retiring. "We don't have the workforce graduating with the skills needed to replace them," Reichardt said, and added employers are regularly advertising "help wanted" for family-sustaining jobs.
Representative Justin Fleming (105th Legislative District) described his…
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