Career and Technical Education organizations issue joint statement on Perkins

 

POSTED ON Jul 26, 2018

 

The Association for Career and Technical Education and Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work have released a joint statement in response to the passage of H.R. 2353, reauthorizing the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.

The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) is the largest not-for-profit association committed to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for successful careers.

ACTE represents career and technical education professionals, researchers, school counselors, guidance and career development professionals and others at all levels of education.

Advance CTE is a non-profit that represents State leaders responsible for secondary, postsecondary and adult career technical education across all 50 states and U.S. territories. Established in 1920, Advance CTE promotes academic and technical excellence that ensures a career-ready workforce.

“We thank the House and Senate for their hard work and commitment to create a bipartisan Perkins reauthorization bill.

“Should the bill be signed into law by President Trump, we look forward to working with Congress to ensure that the legislative language and intent are clear to states and locals and that these federal resources are dedicated to specifically advancing career and technical education (CTE). This includes a commitment to ensure that every learner who chooses to participate in CTE has access to a high-quality program of study and is prepared for both postsecondary education and thriving careers. In addition, the new legislation should not impose on states and locals burdensome administrative requirements.

“As the CTE community looks towards implementation of this new law, it will take the full CTE stakeholder community—including state leaders, educators, administrators, policymakers and employers—working together to set the expectations high and provide the vision, supports and resources to ensure robust and high-quality CTE programs of study. Again, we thank both the Senate and House for their tireless efforts to reauthorize Perkins in a bipartisan manner.”