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and threatens the quality of education not only for machinists, but
other hands-on trades as well. These include heating, ventilation and
air conditioning (HVAC) installation-repair, electrical, carpentry
and masonry.
"This bill is an attempt to address a real problem we face in the [Con-
necticut Technical High School System], but I believe the unintended
consequences will hurt student learning," Angelucci wrote in testimony.
Ed Leavy, president of the State Vocational Federation of Teachers,
said the difficulty in hiring manufacturing talent is no different than it
is in the licensed trades and it's "the licensed trades where they have
trouble getting teachers.''
The best thing for the vo-tech instructors and their pupils, Leavy
said, is for the state to end talk about closing vo-tech schools, or trim-
ming their budgets.
Deputy Majority Leader Michelle Cook, a Torrington Democrat
whose district is heavily manufacturing, says education/training is
too vital to cut, adding that producers and other trades must have
ways to enhance and accelerate both.
"We're not looking to under-educate the educators,'' said Cook,
who sits on the education and human-services committees. n House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz (left) at Sirois Tool Co. Inc. in Berlin.
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