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January 10, 2012
OPM RELEASES CT TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL TASK FORCE REPORT
(HARTFORD, CT) - The Connecticut Technical High School System (CTHSS) Task Force today released a report outlining recommendations designed to improve the system's role in educating Connecticut's workforce.
The Task Force was charged by Governor Dannel P. Malloy and the General Assembly with studying the finance, management and enrollment of the CTHSS and the merits of transferring operating responsibility from the State Board of Education to local entities. It found that the CTHSS should continue to be operated by the State in order to maintain quality and statewide standards.
Governor Dannel P. Malloy praised the work of the Task Force, which was chaired by Mark Ojakian, now the Governor's Chief of Staff.
"We must ensure that all students have the strongest possible foundation - that is how Connecticut will regain competitiveness and strengthen our economy," said Governor Malloy. "This report is our blueprint for moving forward to make our technical high school system the best in the nation, and to prepare our students to enter the highly skilled and highly technical Connecticut workforce."
The report makes several recommendations to improve the technical high school system, including recommendations to improve collaboration by state and private entities to prepare students for the jobs and skills needed by employers, and to make the system more efficient and fiscally accountable.
Recommendations include:
  • Continuing State operations of the CTHSS.
  • Requiring the State Department of Education to develop CTHSS's strategic plan in conjunction with the Departments of Labor, Economic and Community Development, Higher Education, and specific business and industry consortiums.
  • The State should establish a separate CTHSS board to set standards. The Superintendent would be accountable to the new CTHSS governing board.
  • The Dept. of Education should endeavor to benchmark standards against international leaders.

The Task Force was established under section 191 of Public Act 11-48, "An Act Implementing Provisions of the Budget Concerning General Government". The complete report is attached and available here .
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For Immediate Release: January 10, 2012
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