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A Better Way in September

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House Republicans have been working to provide Americans A Better Way, moving forward with a bold policy agenda to tackle the country’s challenges. September was no exception, with the Committee on Education and the Workforce advancing positive solutions that will help individuals compete in the workforce, prepare for the future, and achieve a lifetime of success. Here are a few things we’ve been ... Read more »

On Overtime Rule, Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Colleges and Universities Ask Congress for More Time

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Today, the House will consider H.R. 6094, the Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools, and Nonprofits Act. Introduced by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, the legislation will provide a much-needed six-month delay in the effective date of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rule. Read more »

Providing Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Colleges and Universities More Time

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The clock is ticking on schools, small businesses, and charitable organizations across the country. In two short months, the Department of Labor’s extreme and partisan overtime rule will go into effect. Despite repeated warnings of harmful consequences, the administration looks determined to enforce this unprecedented rule starting December 1, 2016. Read more »

Improving Public Safety, Providing Vulnerable Youth a Second Chance

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Every child deserves an opportunity to achieve a lifetime of success. That’s exactly why Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) and Ranking Member Bobby Scott (R-VA) introduced the Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act (H.R. 5963). Approved by the committee last week, the bipartisan legislation reforms the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) to help state and local le... Read more »

A Better Way for Vulnerable Youth

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House lawmakers came together yesterday to provide more men and women A Better Way by strengthening career and technical education. Today, the committee is focused on another solution that will help individuals achieve a lifetime of success—individuals like Sloane Baxter. As a teenager, Sloane was on the wrong path. After entering D.C.’s juvenile justice system, he participated in a community-base... Read more »

A Better Way Through CTE Reform

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From speaking out in Sunday school to reciting Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches, Johnelle Simpson II was born a leader and public speaker. But the thought never crossed his mind that he could turn his childhood experience into a fulfilling career. That was before a teacher and student counselor at Seminole County Middle School and High School encouraged Johnelle to pursue the school’s career... Read more »

A CTE Home Run

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When Jasmine Morgan began her freshman year at Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia, a teacher recognized Jasmine’s talents and encouraged her to enroll in the marketing and entrepreneurship courses the school offered through its career and technical education (CTE) program. Jasmine quickly flourished in her program—even taking on leadership roles—and began to envision a career path for he... Read more »

Success Through CTE

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From electrical engineering to aeronautical re-manufacturing, career and technical education (CTE) plays an important role in helping students explore and pursue a career path in a wide variety of fields. Alex Wolff’s story is just one example. While attending school in Santa Barbara, California, Alex enrolled in the Santa Barbara County Regional Occupational Program/CTE Electronic Technology cour... Read more »

Another CTE Success Story

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Meet Rob Griffin. When Rob began school at Dalton High in Whitfield County, Georgia, he became interested in a series of engineering courses the school offered as an elective. It was these courses that would start Rob on the path to a fulfilling and successful career. Like many career and technical education (CTE) programs, the drafting and engineering coursework Rob took at Dalton helped him gain... Read more »

#TBT: Gov. Pence on the Importance of CTE

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Policymakers across the country—and on both sides of the aisle—have long recognized the critical role career and technical education (CTE) plays in helping prepare students for future success. In February 2015, one of those policymakers, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, appeared before the committee and discussed how the Hoosier State was “offering new pathways to success for all of Indiana’s students... Read more »

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