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During a tour of the Foster Career and Technical Education Center in Farmington on Friday, Gov. Janet Mills pitched the need to invest in all 27 centers statewide and touted their importance to the state s economy.
“Jobs in the trades bring with them good skills and good pay, as well as stable, lifelong careers, but it’s been decades since we’ve invested in the upgrades our career and technical education centers need to train students to fill those jobs,” said Mills.
She has proposed spending $20 million on program, facility and equipment upgrades for Maine s CTEs as part of the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, funded by the $1 billion in federal relief funds allocated to Maine under the American Rescue Plan.
Gov. Mills pushes for increased funding to career and technical education programs
The Governor visited Foster CTE Center in Farmington Friday. She s proposing $20 million for tech programs as part of Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan Author: Sean Stackhouse (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 9:42 PM EDT May 14, 2021 Updated: 10:16 PM EDT May 14, 2021
FARMINGTON, Maine Governor Janet Mills is looking to support Maine career and technical education programs as part of the Maine Jobs and Recovery Plan. She is proposing for $20 million to be invested into the state s CTE programs, something she said is long overdue. We know jobs in the trades bring with them good skills and good pay, along with stable lifelong careers, Governor Mills said.
FARMINGTON During a Friday tour of Foster Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center in Farmington, Governor Janet Mills highlighted the importance of Maine CTEs in training skilled workers and spurring economic recovery and long-term growth from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maine’s public education system has 27 CTE schools that provide Maine students with training for careers, including in welding, nursing and emergency medicine, computer programming and pre-engineering, electrical, heating and cooling systems, building trades, early childhood education, marine trades, automotive technology, horticulture, hospitality and culinary arts, among others.
Governor Mills has proposed investing $20 million for program, equipment and facility upgrades for the state’s 27 CTEs as part of the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, her proposal to invest more than $1 billion in discretionary federal relief funds allocated to Maine under the American Rescue Plan Act.
The following is a transcript of a radio address presented by Governor Janet Mills:
Seventeen years ago Maine people overwhelmingly voted to require the State to fund 55 percent of the cost of public education. This week, at long last, we proposed fulfilling that commitment.
Guess what? Funding education will go to two places your kid’s classroom and your pocketbook, by helping hold down property taxes that are dedicated to local education.
Hello, this is Governor Janet Mills and thank you for listening.
My administration has three strategies to spur economic recovery in the short-term and strengthen our economy in the long-term.
Investment in Maineâs Career and Technical Education Centers Critical to Economic Recovery, Says Governor Mills
May 14, 2021
Governorâs Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan proposes $20 million for CTEs to train students and strengthen Maineâs workforce
Farmington, MAINE â During a tour of Foster Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center in Farmington today, Governor Janet Mills highlighted the importance of Maine CTEs in training skilled workers and spurring economic recovery and long-term growth from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Governor Mills has proposed investing $20 million for program, equipment and facility upgrades for the stateâs 27 CTEs as part of the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan, her proposal to invest more than $1 billion in discretionary Federal relief funds allocated to Maine under the American Rescue Plan Act.