Washington ACTE Legislative/Policy Goals for 2025 Draft:

Overall - Clarify and simplify rules for approved CTE Programs: Resulting in greater ability for comprehensive secondary CTE to support workforce development in Washington State.

1. Expand approved CTE programs and Funding to include 6th grade.

a. Open middle school to all 6 CTE Program Areas, expanding beyond STEM

b. Create a single CTE apportionment model for Approved CTE Programs 6-12. Establishes a single apportionment and expenditure formula for 6-12 CTE.

2. Return “Class Size Ratio” for all 6-12 CTE to 19.5:1 from the current 23:1.
3. Create a “45-day Grace Period” for temporary CTE replacements.

• For vocational courses taught by a substitute teacher, to claim the student for vocational enhanced funding, the course must have been taught by an instructor with a valid endorsement for the subject area within twenty consecutive school days to the count day. (Current Enrollment Reporting Handbook, Section 6-D)

For further information or clarity please contact Tim Knue, Executive Director for Washington Association for Career and Technical Education: tim@wa-acte.orgtim@wa-acte.org or 360-202-5297 (cell) or Jesse Taylor, Coordinator of Strategic Advocacy: jesse@wa-acte.org or 253-208-9071 (cell)