The Michigan Department of Education has awarded an additional $44.7 million in state funding to 80 school districts to expand career and technical education programs across the state.<\/p>\n
The competitive grants aim to increase access to state-approved CTE programs for students in communities with limited options or documented gaps.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I\u2019ve visited schools throughout the state, I have heard from educators, students and community members about the importance of having high-quality, relevant CTE programs in their local schools,\u201d said State Superintendent Glenn Maleyko. \u201cThese funds will make a difference in districts across Michigan by providing the resources needed to create learning spaces for our students aligned with high-wage, high-skill and in-demand careers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The latest award brings the total to $68.5 million when first-round funding from April is included.<\/p>\n
Funds are being awarded over a three-year period and will fund 229 new CTE programs across 117 school districts statewide, including 57 middle schools.<\/p>\n
Modern programs include advanced manufacturing, mechatronics, construction trades, hospitality, health sciences, engineering, cosmetology, digital technology, agriculture and culinary arts.<\/p>\n
Oakland County districts earning grants:<\/p>\n
Arts and Technology Academy of Pontiac: Middle School Arts, Entertainment, and Design, Hospitality Administration\/Management, Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology, Cosmetology and Business, Management and Administration \u2013 $1,989,336<\/p>\n
Birmingham Public Schools: Mechanical Drafting \u2013 $332,980<\/p>\n
Hazel Park School District: Aeronautics\/Aviation\/Aerospace Science and Technology \u2013 $308,011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Michigan Department of Education has awarded an additional $44.7 million in state funding to 80 school districts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[15,181,23,100,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-505321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-education","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}