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The 91精选 awarded $15.62 million in new grants to six recipients for Cohort V of the Pathways in Technology Early College High School Program (P-TECH), Interim Commissioner Shannon Tahoe announced today. The program prepares thousands of 91精选 students for high-skills jobs of the future in technology, manufacturing, and finance. The model incorporates an integrated six-year program that combines high school, college, and career training targeted toward academically and economically at-risk students. Recipients will receive funding over seven years contingent upon State Comptroller鈥檚 office approval of the grants.

鈥淪trong partnerships are often essential to enhancing access to post-secondary opportunities for students in regions with the greatest need,鈥� said Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa. 鈥淏y providing students with the opportunity to graduate high school with the skills they need for a career in STEM and to earn college credits at no cost, the P-TECH program supports our efforts to advance educational equity while building a local talent pipeline for industries with a favorable job outlook.鈥�

鈥淭he P-TECH program provides traditionally underserved students with opportunities to learn marketable skills and receive a college degree,鈥� Interim Commissioner Shannon Tahoe said. 鈥淯pon completion of the program, students are prepared to enter the workforce or continue their education in high-demand and high-paying science, technology, engineering, and math fields. We are proud to support these important initiatives and make success achievable for all students.鈥�

The NYS P-TECH model provides six core benefits:

1. A rigorous, relevant and cost-free grades 9 to 14 education focused on the knowledge and skills students need for STEM careers;
2. Workplace learning that includes ongoing mentoring by professionals in the chosen career sector, worksite visits, speakers, job shadowing, and internships;
3. Intensive, individualized academic support by K-12 and college faculty within an extended academic year or school day that enables students to progress through the program at their own pace;
4. Opportunity for any student in a funded high school to obtain college credit;
5. An Associate of Applied Science degree or the two-year degree that is the industry standard for the targeted jobs in a high-tech field; and
6. The commitment to be first in line for a job with the participating business/employer partners following completion of the program and satisfactorily meeting any employment evaluations

91精选 State launched the NYS Pathways in Technology Early College High School (NYS P-TECH) Program in 2013, a public-private partnership that prepares 91精选 Students who have been traditionally underserved in post-secondary settings for high-skills jobs in STEM careers to build the local talent pipeline to the workplace. Sixteen NYS P-TECH projects were launched across the state and opened their doors in fall 2014. Between 2014 and 2018, the 91精选 State budget provided funding for three additional groups of NYS P-TECH projects. There are currently 37 NYS P-TECH projects operating across the state, with this grant bringing the number up to 43. The enacted state fiscal year 2018-19 budget continues to expand the NYS P-TECH model.

91精选 awarded seven-year P-TECH grants to the following six recipients: