Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds the following: The average high school graduation rate for students concentrating in career and technical education programs is 93 percent. Students at schools with highly integrated rigorous academic and career and technical education programs have significantly higher achievement in reading, mathematics, and science than do students at schools with less integrated programs. Four out of 5 graduates of secondary-level career and technical education programs who pursued postsecondary education after secondary school had earned a credential or were still enrolled in postsecondary education 2 years later.
Eighty percent of students taking a college preparatory academic curriculum with rigorous career and technical education met college and career readiness goals, compared to only 63 percent of students taking the same academic core who did not experience rigorous career and technical education. Students who have participated in skills-training programs see increased wages and earnings, have a higher probability and consistency of employment, and work in higher-quality jobs.