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NC Senate bill targets teacher shortage, expands community college workforce training

An NC Senate committee on May 13 unanimously advanced Senate Bill 991, which would expand workforce training for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities from 15 to 25 community colleges, commission a study of accelerated teacher pathways, and fund a $4.9 million digital credential system.

David N. Bass
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NC Lagging in Workforce Development

RALEIGH — A lack of education and vocational training has left North Carolina lagging in the competitive race of building a competent workforce to attract new corporations and businesses to the state. Community colleges leader Martin Lancaster said the system is doing its best to bridge the gap across the state through tech prep and other programs, but he thinks the state is on a collision course with disaster.“Forty-eight percent of recent high school graduates that enroll in community college need remediation in either reading, writing, or mathematics,” he said. “It’s a very bad sign that puts the North Carolina economic future at risk.”

Karen Welsh

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