Over the year, Advance CTE and the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) tracked state activity, cataloged final state policy actions, and categorized trends based on the policy areas of focus. State Policies Impacting CTE: 2023 Year in Review provides an analysis that spans 47 states that enacted 115 policies, which marks the second-highest number of states in the past decade, surpassed only by the landmark year of 2017 when all 50 states implemented CTE-related policies. The policy areas that states focused on in 2023 were similar to previous years with industry partnerships and work-based learning as the top policy area for the second consecutive year.
In addition to the report, you can now access an expanded state policy tracker of final legislative, budget, and executive actions connected to CTE since 2013.
View the State Policies Impacting CTE: Year in Review series page.
