Further Prepare Minnesota's Youth For Trade School

 

The purpose of this bill is to prepare high school students for trade school. I’ve noticed that while school is there to

teach you and help you grow into a well-rounded person, it also helps to prepare you for the possibility of college.

While what I’ve stated are all good things, something I’d like to improve is how a lot of schools don’t include an

option for people who would like to explore the possibility of going to trade school, or for those who already know that

they want to do it, but because it’s not an option available to them at their school, they have no experience in it.

This bill would redirect some government funds and create trade school courses in high schools around Minnesota. A

program like this would be an elective and count as a 0.5 art credit. This is not a mandatory class but something that

would be helpful for students looking into trade school. Some schools already have courses like this, but this class

wouldn’t just cover one topic like Welding or Mechanics; it would have units on many different subjects commonly taken

in trade school. This law will not only be helpful to the schools in the development process of this course, but also

because I know firsthand how many schools wish they could offer something like this to their student but are not

financially able to. This is something that will assist in and why it is such an important thing to offer to our youth.

 

 

I’ve already stated some of the benefits of the course above, but to make myself even clearer, this bill with be helpful

to our schools, our youth, and in turn our entire community. Firstly, I am planning for it to help many students.

Everyone is different, and while some kids are very book smart others prefer more hands on learning which is why it will

be nice to have another class that can cator to that and while this bill is going to be offered to students with the

intention of being used as preparation for trade school, it’s going to teach helpful life skills, and even if students

don’t have plans to go to a trade school for further education after graduation, it will still continue to make them

well-rounded and even more intelligent students. These are all perks; however, the primary goal of this bill is to help

kids planning on attending trade school. I mentioned this when I was discussing the purpose of this bill but a lot of

the things we learn in high school is to prepare us for collage and to help us decide why type of career we want to

pursue, so I wondered why we don’t have anything for the kids that know they don’t want to go to colagge or my

specifically, trade school. I’m also aware of the fact that a lot of schools would love to offer a program like this,

but a lot of schools, especially charter schools, don’t have the budget for it. These are just some of the reasons why

this bill is going to improve Minnesota's youth, in turn improving Minnesota's future.

 

 

“Youth” This is the period between childhood and adulthood

“Preparation” The process of being ready for something

“Prioritizing” Designate something to be more important than other things or tasks

“SME” This is a Subject Matter Expert; they are experts in their field

“Trade school” This is an institute dedicated to hands-on training in specific careers

 

 

Designing a curriculum isn’t a fast or cheap thing. With the estimate that it would take 180 days to design, with an SME

working for the cause, it would cost around $25,000. The average designing process costs around $11,000 because of pay

and materials and with the help of an SME costing approximately $7,500, the cost would be $18,500, but the addition of

materials brought the calculations to $25,000. Funding for a school’s curriculum and instruction comes from the state

and local government and is based on how many students are enrolled in the school. Because funding is such a small

amount, the school boards will have the option to allocate the money from somewhere else in their general budget. They

will do this under the expectation that this course will better prepare the students for trade school, and by creating a

well-rounded youth, they will also be benefiting the community and creating a better generation. The materials included

in the cost are welding materials, different electrical experiments, construction, and even materials for automotive

projects. This class would also cover topics like discussing healthcare options in trade school and studying culinary

arts.

 

 

This curriculum will be introduced to the schools by the state government, but will then be enforced by the schools. It

will be expected to be immediately used and put into place in the beginning of the school year, and if not, and if

reported, a federal official must supervise and see if the claim is true; they must deal with it accordingly (they may

use their personal judgment to decide). If the curriculum is not designed within the given time, they will be notified

and given a two-week advance, but if it still ceases to be completed, the project leader will be fined 200 a week until

the project is completed.

 

 

The curriculum will have a total of 180 days to be completed, starting on January 1st 2027 (Giving the law over a year

to be approved and passed). The end date will be May 31st of 2026. On June 30th the curriculum will be introduced and

given to schools to implement. They will have the following months before school starts to hire teacher(s) for the job

of the Trade school teaching position.