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Career tech, arts supporters at odds
- 09-07-2011
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
In the zero-sum game that is California school funding, advocates for career technical education and those favoring broadening college prep curriculum are battling over a bill that would modify graduation requirements. CTE’s gain would be foreign language and arts instruction’s loss; at least that’s how AB 1330 is being framed. The bill, by Assembly member Warren Furutani, D-Long Beach, would allow high school students to substitute a year-long CTE course for the high school graduation requirement of one year of either a foreign language or visual or performing arts. The Legislature passed a similar bill last year, only for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, citing cost concerns, to veto it. With unanimous passage by the Assembly and approval expected this week in the Senate, Gov. Jerry Brown will have the final say. He has given no indication one way or the other. (more...)
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