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Monroe Career & Technical Institute warns of higher district costs as it adds first-responder program
Summary
MCTI told the Pleasant Valley School District board that enrollment growth and a new first-responder program will drive a roughly 3.92% consortium budget increase; MCTI described a $517,000 sewer feasibility study (half grant-funded) and said state vocational subsidy flat-funding raised Pleasant Valley’s net expense.
The Monroe Career & Technical Institute (MCTI) told the Pleasant Valley School District board on Feb. 26 that rising enrollment and a new first-responder program will push consortium costs up, increasing member districts’ bills for the coming year.
MCTI presenters said the consortium budget rose about 3.92% (roughly $416,000) and attributed about one-third of that increase to a planned first-responder program that will deliver introductions to criminal justice and firefighting and, importantly, EMT training through partnerships with St. Luke’s and Pocono Lehigh Valley. "Next year, we will be opening up our first responder program," the presenter said, adding that students who complete the program could leave with EMT certification and immediate employability.
The presentation emphasized enrollment as the…
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