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Career and technical education has been ranked as the number one issue for bipartisan action by the general public while their representatives ranked the issue as number three on their list.
The National Institute for Civil Discourse will prepare a brief on congressional bills aimed at advancing career and technical education with the help of the CommonSense American program.
The program, which is made up of 56,000 Republican, Democrat, and Independent voters, created The CommonSense Top 10. The list identifies the top issues they believe to have the most potential for bipartisan action.
The Institute, which was founded at the University of Arizona, met with senior White House staff and 40 congressional offices to identify their top issues that needed to be addressed in the Congressional Top Ten.
Congressional Top 10 and the CommonSense American Top 10 include a wide range of other issues that include farm bill reauthorization, rural health care access, and immigration reform.
“These survey results provide useful insights into what a divided Congress can realistically achieve this year now that the debt ceiling has been resolved,” institute co-chair Tom Daschle said in a press release.
Congressional Top 10
Farm bill reauthorization Opioid crisis Career and technical education Permitting reform Small business support Mental health Technology privacy Rural healthcare access Healthcare transparency and competition Immigration reform
CommonSense American Top 10
Career and technical education Mental health Immigration reform Healthcare transparency and competition Farm bill reauthorization Opioid crisis Permitting reform Technology privacy Rural healthcare access Small business support
Keith Allred, the executive director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse, says these rankings represent a widespread interest in improving technical education opportunities.
“The news for more career-connected learning achieved greater bipartisan consensus among both everyday Americans and members of Congress than any other issues,” Allred said.
In the past, the program has helped inform Congress in passing legislation that ended surprise medical billing, invested in physical infrastructure, and enforced peaceful transitions of power through the Electoral Count Reform Act.
“With a three-for-three track record of helping pass common-sense legislation, we look forward to engaging Congress again this year with our results showing which bills are attracting bipartisan grassroots support,” National Institute for Civil Discourse co-chair Christine Todd Whitman said.
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