Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito has visited our award-winning Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech High School. The school is a national model of excellence for vocational education. I've always been a very strong advocate of vocational schools and it's great to see Governor Charlie Baker in alignment with the same thinking. His administration has sought to seek increases in vocational school expansions.

According to the Taunton Daily Gazette, Governor Charlie Baker met with continuing education students at Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School on Tuesday, March 15 to help propel the vocational careers of students in the state.

The Alliance for Vocational Technical Education supports Baker's request and is not asking for any more.

"The alliance and Baker both support doubling to $2 million the fiscal 2017 funding for qualified high school students to take college courses and the authorization for state government to borrow $75 million to buy equipment for vocational schools. The additional borrowing is contained in Baker's proposed jobs bill."

With additional reporting by Sal Lopez

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