Clearlake >> State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson recently announced that that the Sutter County Office of Education in conjunction with Yuba Community College District (YCCD), and a coalition of school districts in Sutter, Yuba, Colusa and Yolo Counties, were awarded a $7.7 million grant through the California Career Pathways Trust. The objective of the Career Pathways Trust Grant is to develop innovative, comprehensive, sustainable programs of study from grades 9-14 that simultaneously prepare students for college and careers in high wage/high demand industries.
The proposal was one of 40 selected out of 197 applicants, and it was one of the 10 to receive the highest level of funding. YCCD will receive approximately $1.5 million of that grant. The Sutter County Superintendent of Schools Office is the lead agency in control of the state’s grant money; half will be distributed this summer and the rest in installments over the next two years.
The full grant will serve approximately 7,000 secondary, post-secondary, middle school and special population students. The bulk of the funding will help schools purchase materials, supplies, equipment, staff and fund professional development. Upon completion of the program students will receive a Career Ready Certificate that will be recognized regionally.
“The funding that NCSPC (Northern California STREAM Pathways Consortium) received will allow YCCD to further strengthen our partnerships with industry and K-12 public schools,” YCCD Chancellor Douglas Houston said, “and we will be helping students with the necessary skills and career technical training that will result in them finding good paying jobs.”
The NCSPC is a partnership between education, business, and workforce entities. NCSPC focuses on braiding highly technical industry relevant curriculum with rigorous academic curriculum in STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading (Technical) Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) subjects.
