A tour of some of Iowa’s top technical schools and academies is scheduled this week for a group of key state lawmakers and officials with the Association for Career and Technical Education, or A-C-T-E. Jarrod Nagurka, the public affairs manager for A-C-T-E, says eight stops are planned.

Nearly 100-thousand Iowa high school students are enrolled in some form of career and technical education program, along with another 11-thousand students at the post-secondary level. Nagurka says the demand for skilled labor is growing — and so is the interest among students.

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