Dan Walters: Voc ed bill on right track, but facing uphill battle - Sacramento Politics - California Politics Sacramento Bee:
"The California Industrial and Technology Association and other CTE advocates, tired of playing defense, have gone on offense, pushing a controversial bill that would prohibit a local school district from mandating college prep unless it also 'adopts an optional graduation requirement that requires the completion of an equal amount of course-work to attain entry-level employment skills in business or industry upon graduation from high school,' as an Assembly Education Committee analysis summarizes it."
"The California Industrial and Technology Association and other CTE advocates, tired of playing defense, have gone on offense, pushing a controversial bill that would prohibit a local school district from mandating college prep unless it also 'adopts an optional graduation requirement that requires the completion of an equal amount of course-work to attain entry-level employment skills in business or industry upon graduation from high school,' as an Assembly Education Committee analysis summarizes it."
