Chamber Corner: Worcester chamber successfully pushing for expanded vocational school access
David Sullivan
The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce is helping to take the lead statewide in advocating for increased access to the vocational technical education system in Massachusetts.
The chamber is a co-founding partner of the Alliance for Vocational Technical Education (AVTE), a statewide coalition of other chambers of commerce, workforce development groups, associations of school administrators and social justice groups. This year, AVTE has been focused on passing several bills through the state Legislature that expand access to vocational technical schools and programs.
These bills, S.357, S.348, H.666, and H.652, were recently referred to the Joint Committee on Education and received a hearing July 6. The chamber, as well as its allies in AVTE, testified in support at the virtual hearing.
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