Bakersfield College gets $1 million to create, expand Career Technical Education programs - JOSEPH LUIZ, Bakersfield.com

Bakersfield College will further expand its services to communities outside of Bakersfield starting this fall. The college is receiving $1 million as part of the 2018-19 state budget to help fund Career Technical Education programs next school year, and all will go toward expanding services for students outside of the Bakersfield campus. The college held an event there Tuesday celebrating the new funding. “For too long, our friends in northern and southern Kern County have been plagued with high unemployment numbers, high poverty rates, and frankly that’s just unacceptable,” said Kern Community College District Trustee Romeo Agbalog. “Because of this gift, we’ll be able to expand our efforts to provide the infrastructure that’s needed and offer more CTE courses in these communities.” http://www.bakersfield.com/news/bakersfield-college-gets-million-to-create-expand-career-technical-education/article_70f12982-7f15-11e8-bb80-b3df537fd45d.html