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State’s largest trade schools to get additional funds in FY 2019
Amid budget negotiations dominated by talks of pay raises for K-12 teachers, some Arizona trade schools got a long-awaited boost in funding.
Technical education bill goes to governor after Senate vote
The Arizona Senate unanimously passed a bill restoring most cuts to high school technical education districts and Gov. Doug Ducey promptly signed it into law.
House agrees to JTED deal, but demands credit for it
Members of the state House agreed Tuesday to let the Senate version of a fix to career and technical education be the one signed by the governor -- but only if they get credit for acting first.
Battle over bragging rights keeps JTED funding in limbo
Legislative leaders are engaged in what amounts to a staring contest over what happens this coming week with legislation to restore funding for career and technical education programs.
Ducey halts advance of JTED restoration bill
Gov. Doug Ducey put a swift stop to a vote on a bill that aims to restore funding for technical education districts, sparking a standoff between him and legislators.
Support intensifies for restoration of technical education funding
The business and education communities have joined forces to restore funding for technical and vocational classes
State funding cuts endanger Joint Technical Education Districts, advocates warn
JTED educators across the state warn that these programs could go away in the next few years because of diminished state funding. One administrator calls the most recent budget cut by the State Legislature “non-survivable.”
Technical Education Districts continue trying to restore funding
With school districts and charter schools on the verge of benefiting from a settlement ending a school-finance lawsuit, the state’s Joint Technical Education Districts hope to persuade lawmakers to restore money that will disappear next fiscal year.
JTED funding still in limbo
While Governor Ducey and Arizona’s K-12 schools are eager to resolve the prolonged lawsuit over voter-approved inflation funding, JTEDs’ premier Career and Technical Education programs still face extinction starting in 2017.
Did lawmakers kill the goose that lays the golden eggs?
Joint Technical Education Districts (JTEDs) bolster the economy, not just in Arizona, but across the nation. Premier career and technical education (CTE) programs improve high school student achievement, dramatically reduce drop-out rates, and create skilled workers who are prepared to fill almost half the jobs in this country that are middle-skill positions.
