Support and expand career education and trade schools.

We’ve eviscerated all the trade schools... both parties have done a terrible job of supporting career education, supporting the trade, supporting small businesses like mine.

She commits to restoring support for career education and trade schools to rebuild the workforce.

Washington’s 3rd Congressional District debate: Republican Joe Kent and Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez - OPB
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In Congress, she is working to increase access to apprenticeships and technical training and reduce the number of jobs that require applicants to have expensive college degrees.

Commits to expanding apprenticeships and technical training and reducing unnecessary degree requirements.

Issues - Marie Gluesenkamp Perez for Congress
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Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez requested FY27 funding for a new skilled and technical facility for Raymond School District’s Career and Technical Education programs, saying the current facilities are no longer sufficient to safely accommodate students seeking hands-on technical training.

She is actively seeking federal funding to expand local CTE infrastructure, which is concrete support for career education and trade training.

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Gluesenkamp Perez Seeks More than $40 million for 20 Community Projects Across Her District
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In a May 22 district post, the office said Gluesenkamp Perez has championed forestry workforce training through the Jobs in the Woods Act, which connects young people with rewarding careers and training in forestry and had passed the House this spring.

This is official confirmation that she has backed and advanced a workforce-training bill tied to skilled trades and forestry jobs.

partial same_term A for effort

Gluesenkamp Perez Tours Sawmill, and Speaks with Veterans About VA Services
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