Early College High School Program, known as P-TECH, extends schooling for students through grade 14, with graduates receiving a high-school diploma, a two-year college degree and a promise of being “first in line” for a job with a partnering private company.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced Wednesday that sixteen schools across the state will be part of a partnership between colleges and private businesses that will give students an opportunity to obtain an associate’s degree at no cost.
About $4 million was included in the state budget earlier this year to expand the program, which started in Brooklyn in 2011, as a partnership between computer giant IBM, New York City public schools, and the City University of New York system.
The schools will be open to about 6,000 students and will be located throughout the state, while each individual program will come up with an enrollment procedure for students, according to Cuomo's office.
“This groundbreaking program will give students across the state the opportunity to earn a college degree without taking on significant debt from student loans while also starting on a pathway to a good-paying job when they graduate," Cuomo said.
All parties involved plan to spend the next year creating a program geared toward new ways for teaching math, science and technology to students who might otherwise not succeed in these areas.
Among the new P-TECH partnerships are:
Finger Lakes
Businesses - Genesee County Economic Development Center
Higher Education - Genesee Community College
K-12 - Regional consortium led by Genesee Valley Educational Partnership with fiscal lead Byron-Bergen Central School District
Businesses: Regional consortium led by Wegmans Food Markets
Higher Education - Monroe Community College
K-12 - Rochester City School District
Hudson Valley
Businesses - Avon, Fairway Testing, All Bright Electric, Hightech Security
Services and Wick Arborists
Higher Education - Rockland Community College, Westchester Community College and SUNY IT
K-12 - Regional consortium led by Rockland BOCES with fiscal lead North Rockland Central School District
Businesses - Hudson Valley Council of Industry
Higher Education - Ulster Community College, Dutchess Community College, Orange Community College, Sullivan Community College and SUNY New Paltz
K-12 - Regional consortium led by Ulster BOCES with fiscal lead Kingston City School District
Businesses - Fuller D’Angelo and Yonkers Workforce Investment Board
Higher Education - Westchester Community College
K-12 - Yonkers Public Schools
Southern Tier
Businesses - Lockheed Martin MS2, Rockwell-Collins, Delta Engineers, Architect & Land Surveyors, P.C., Bothar Construction, Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc., and United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.
Higher Education - Broome Community College
K-12 - Regional consortium led by Binghamton City School District
Western New York
Business - Catholic Health System
Higher Education - Trocaire College
K-12 - Regional consortium led by Lackawanna City School District
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