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CTE director outlines shift in work‑based learning; general work‑experience program to be dissolved
Summary
The district’s CTE director told trustees that changes in state rules and enrollment declines prompted a decision to dissolve the standalone general work‑experience program and redeploy teachers; staff described efforts to expand paid internships, reported 755 work permits issued last year and said the district will handle work permits through high‑school career centers.
Stockton Unified’s director of career technical education told the board the district is refocusing work‑based learning toward program‑aligned internships and paid opportunities and away from a declining general work‑experience program.
Nathan Haley said legislative changes—chiefly fingerprinting requirements and more frequent job‑site visits—created operational challenges for general work‑experience. Enrollment in general work experience fell over…
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