Representative Kulp Releases Report on Youth Workforce Readiness
Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 -- 10:14 AM
-Rep. Bob Kulp released the report from the Speaker’s Task Force on Youth Workforce Readiness.The report includes recommendations to help encourage Wisconsin youth to enter careers in the trades, manufacturing industry and technical fields. The Task Force on Youth Workforce Readiness had five meetings, which included tours and input from stakeholders, since last September.
The task force report includes several recommendations to Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and the members of the Wisconsin State Assembly including modifying the school report card to value technical education, encourage high school entrepreneurship programs, one-time exceptions to levy limits for equipment purchases for technical education programs, integrate math skills in technical education curricula and visa-versa, modify DWD grant criteria and outcome goals and implement a clearinghouse for technical education curricula. The task force learned about the many barriers to student participation in technical education and training, which ranged from transportation to shortage of qualified instructors.
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