Frequently Asked Questions
During the 2005-06 school year, 263,439 Missouri high school students and adults took part in career education training programs in public high schools, area career centers, community colleges, and four-year colleges and universities.
Missouri's Career Education delivery system consists of 519 local education agencies. These local education agencies include 440 comprehensive high school districts (53 with area career centers), one state technical college (which also is an area career center), 12 community college districts (four with area career centers), eight four-year institutions, and two state agencies. The network of 58 area career centers provides an economical source of occupational-specific skill training which is available to residents within each school's service delivery area.
Missouri Career Education combines academics and occupational skill training to prepare students of all ages. Trainig programs are offered in Agricultural, Business, Health Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences, Industrial, and Marketing and Cooperative Education. Within these major program areas, training is provided in over 268 specific sub-areas identified in the National Center for Education Statistics, Classification of Instructional Programs.
In addition to the classroom programs offered, the Customized Training Program links the resources of area career centers and postsecondary institutions with state funding to provide needed training programs for employers.
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