Today, ACTE and Advance CTE released their tenth annual report, State Policies Impacting CTE: 2022 Year in Review. In 2022, 36 states enacted 123 CTE-related policy actions across five categories:
- Industry partnerships and work-based learning
- Funding
- Access and equity
- Data, reporting and/or accountability
- Industry-recognized credentials
The Year in Review publication highlights major trends in CTE and career readiness policies, including legislative, budget and executive actions. The report does not describe every policy enacted within each state but instead focuses on policy trends across the nation. Readers looking for specific state policies can visit the companion online state policy tracker and filter by state; system level; and/or analysis tags such as funding, industry-recognized credentials or work-based learning.
2022 caps a decade of reviews by Advance CTE and ACTE of key state policy trends impacting CTE and career readiness. During this time, at least 1,470 policies connected to CTE have been enacted across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Since 2019, access and equity has consistently replaced dual/concurrent enrollment, articulation and early college as one of the top five policy categories, representing an increased focus among states on how CTE-related policies can more equitably serve learners.
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