City of Baltimore - File #: 19-0157R

• File #: 19-0157R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Vocational Education in Baltimore City Public Schools
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 7/22/2019
• In control: Education and Youth Committee
• Final action: 12/7/2020
• Title: Informational Hearing - Vocational Education in Baltimore City Public Schools For the purpose of inviting the CEO of the Baltimore City Public School System, the Executive Director of College and Career Readiness, the Interim Director of Career Readiness, and the Chief Achievement and Accountability Officer to provide information about vocational education programs in City Schools and how these programs will be improved.
• Sponsors: Robert Stokes, Sr., Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Ryan Dorsey, Bill Henry, Kristerfer Burnett, Eric T. Costello, Zeke Cohen, John T. Bullock, Mary Pat Clarke, Danielle McCray, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Edward Reisinger
• Indexes: Baltimore City Public School System, Education, Informational Hearing

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/7/2020	0	City Council	Failed - End of Term
7/25/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
7/25/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
7/25/2019	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore City Public School System
7/22/2019	0	City Council	Assigned
7/22/2019	0	City Council	Introduced

Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill ___

Introduced by: Councilmember Stokes


A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
title
Informational Hearing - Vocational Education in Baltimore City Public Schools
For the purpose of inviting the CEO of the Baltimore City Public School System, the Executive Director of College and Career Readiness, the Interim Director of Career Readiness, and the Chief Achievement and Accountability Officer to provide information about vocational education programs in City Schools and how these programs will be improved.
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Recitals

The Baltimore City Public School System’s vocational programs, known as the Career and Technical Education programs, are supposed to help students specialize in skilled trades such as nursing, information technology, construction, and advanced manufacturing. Through some of the programs, students can receive industry-recognized certificates that they can use to begin careers once out of school, from which the former students can make a decent living. In 2014, 44% of City students were involved in a Career and Technical Education program. The programs are supposed to provide students with marketable skills that will help them begin careers that will provide them with adequate salaries to live and raise a family in Baltimore once they graduate. However, a recent audit of the Career and Technical Education programs found that the vocational programs are failing City students. The audit found that, six years after completing one of the programs, former students earned an annual median salary of only $13,000, which is less than half the salary a single adult likely needs to live in the City...