Advocacy for CTE: Responding to Budget Cuts

1. An Economic & Education
Crisis In The Making

2. Two Peas in a Pod
Our economy thrives when it has a robust,
high quality education system.
Education is more likely to be resourced
appropriately when the state’s economy is
strong.
Education
Economy

3. Two Peas in a Pod
We believe or at least want to believe that our Governor
and Legislature share this perspective.
Education
Economy

4. Every citizen of our state should support efforts
to get our fiscal house in order.
Doing this requires policy makers to make
tough choices.
Business people understand the process of
aligning revenue with cost and protecting
margin. Across the board cuts are usually not
the answer. You have to invest in what works.
A Strong State Economy

5. Arizona has taken:
A big step backwards in
supporting
Education Quality and
 Enhancing the fiscal health of the state

6. The legislature cut funding for Career and
Technical Education (CTE) by 50% this year on top
of a similar cut in 2010.
The result will be dramatically less students in
CTE.
The predictable outcome of less students in CTE is
–
• Lower high school graduation rates
• Lower academic performance
• Reduced post-secondary transitions
• Reduced workforce development
• Increased social costs
• Few young people achieving economic
independence

7. High School Graduation and
Academic Performance
The Facts

8. CTE
96%
89%
96%
Az Avg.
76%
70%
75%
2013 Grad Rate
2013 AIMS Math
2013 Aims Reading

10. On the Rise
ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy
The analysis of data from Tucson Unified School District
and Mesa Public Schools found:
1. The hazard of dropping out was reduced by 70% for
Mesa students and 50% for Tucson students who had
taken 2 or more CTE courses
2. Taking two or more CTE courses reduced absenteeism
by 3 days for CTE students in Tucson.
Compared to students who shared the same socio-
economic and academic characteristics but
did not take CTE
Source: On The Rise report, http://morrisoninstitute.asu.edu/products/rise-role-career-and-technical-education-arizonas-future

11. If Arizona’s 2012 HS-graduation rate had been
90% instead of 72%
Estimated benefits to the state’s economy would be:
 $164 million in increased annual earnings
 $128 million in increased annual spending
 $324 million in increased home sales
 $17 million in increased auto sales
 1,500 new jobs
 $225 million in increased annual gross state product
 $11 million in increase annual state/local tax revenue
 $25 million in increased annual federal tax revenue
Source: Alliance for Excellent Education

12. Social Costs
The Facts

13. By The Numbers: High School Dropouts
Donna Krache, CNN
Earnings:
1. 2008 median earnings for full time workers age 25 and older
who did not have a high school diploma
$24,300 vs. $33,800 with H.S. diploma
Poverty and crime:
1. Dropouts make up almost half the heads of households on
welfare.
2. High school dropouts commit about 75% of crimes in the
U.S. (and prison beds in AZ?)
Let's put Arizona to Work!

14. $35,000
Minimum earning threshold
for family of four to be
considered middle class
81%
Of high school dropouts
earn less than $35,000
per year by mid-career

15. Workforce Development
The Facts

17. Post Secondary Transitions
The Facts

19. A less robust economy
• Workforce
• Social costs
A lower quality educational system
The facts are clear. Less
students in CTE means….

20. Benson School District
We Should Expect The Opposite
to be True

21. Invest in what works
Divest from what doesn’t
CTE Works

22. Some Specifics on the CTE
Funding Cuts

23. Reduction to State Aid for JTEDs
0
10,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
50,000,000
60,000,000
70,000,000
80,000,000
90,000,000
100,000,000
2010-11 2015-16 2016-17
State Aid
State Aid

24. What Does the Loss of Funding
Mean to CTE/JTED?
A. Insufficient funding to maintain programs at
industry standard level
B. In the first year of cuts it is projected that
30% of CTE teachers will be let go. Those
programs will close
C. As programs close, enrollment will drop
generating less ADM so more programs will
close the following year

25. JTEDs will enter a death spiral

26. Where do the cuts fall?
1.Satellite CTE/JTED Programs
sustained DEVASTATING cuts.
2.Central CTE/JTED Program
sustained SIGNIFICANT cuts

27. Perception of
Double Dipping

28. Call To Action
The cut made by the legislation to CTE have
to be reversed
Contact the Governor and your legislator and
insist they take action to reverse this decision
because it hurts the state economy and the
quality of our education system

29. Questions & Discussion