{"id":1724,"date":"2023-09-29T13:28:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T13:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2023-10-05T20:38:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T20:38:40","slug":"advancing-career-and-technical-education-cte-in-illinois","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/our-stories\/advancing-career-and-technical-education-cte-in-illinois\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing Career and Technical Education  (CTE) in Illinois"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Illinois has undoubtedly made progress in career and technical education (CTE) over the last decade\u2014both in expanding opportunities for students and in collecting disaggregated data to support equity. School leaders are clamoring for more CTE investment and it\u2019s a win-win proposal: smart for students and their individual futures&nbsp;<em>and&nbsp;<\/em>a strategic investment for Illinois\u2019 economy. Last year\u2019s budget saw a $4.6 million increase to the program; however, if Illinois had kept pace with inflation, the CTE appropriation would be about $80 million instead of $48 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"State Secondary CTE Appropriation line graph. X axis (time) 1999-2024. Y axis (appropriations) $10,000,000-90,000,000. The ISBE Appropriations line remains fairly constant over the years. In 1999 it is just above $40,000,000, and in 2024 it is just below $50,000,000. Adjusted for inflation, the appropriations would have been just under $80,000,000 in 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-1728 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/image.png 712w, https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/image-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/image-60x33.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">But strengthening CTE is not just about more funding. It\u2019s also about deliberate growth of programming in high-demand, high-skill, high-pay career areas, and equitable opportunities for students in every zip code. This report identifies four strategic policies to advance dual credit in Illinois:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Conduct a return-on-investment analysis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Commit to sustainable funding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Complete a capital needs assessment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide CTE course parity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We also hope this report is a helpful hub of CTE information \u2013 like historical budget information, funding allocation flowcharts, links to existing datasets, models from other states, exemplars from several school districts, and other pertinent resources related to Career and Technical Education, Workplace Learning, and Dual Credit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/il_2023_cte_report_v6.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of il_2023_cte_report_v6.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-45173416-6948-4437-ac58-0abca956c3f6\" href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/il_2023_cte_report_v6.pdf\">il_2023_cte_report_v6<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/09\/il_2023_cte_report_v6.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-45173416-6948-4437-ac58-0abca956c3f6\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois has undoubtedly made progress in career and technical education (CTE) over the last decade\u2014both in expanding opportunities for students and in collecting disaggregated data to support equity. School leaders are clamoring for more CTE investment and it\u2019s a win-win proposal: smart for students and their individual futures&nbsp;and&nbsp;a strategic investment for Illinois\u2019 economy. 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