Manufacturers Score Big Win: President Signs Perkins CTE Act into Law.

 
Manufacturers secured a major victory this week when President Donald Trump signed into law a bill that reauthorizes the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) Act. At the NAM’s urging, the White House has supported efforts to close the skills gap and empower a new generation of creators with well-paying jobs in modern manufacturing. The Perkins CTE reauthorization bill aligns career and technical education with the existing workforce system, promotes work-based learning and strengthens the use of industry-recognized credentials. According to research from Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute, manufacturers face a workforce crisis and will need to fill more than 3 million jobs by 2025, and as many as 2 million of those jobs could go unfilled due to the skills gap. In the NAM’s latest Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey, attracting and retaining a quality workforce was manufacturers’ number-one concern. The NAM strongly supported Perkins CTE reauthorization and was laser-focused in getting this bill to the finish line. The NAM will continue to advocate bold solutions that move manufacturers’ workforce agenda forward and grow modern manufacturing.

Details: Robyn Boerstling, (202) 637-3178 and Charles Crain, (202) 637-3076.

Editors Note:

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