Early training of health-care pros

Too many of us lie awake worrying about what will happen if someone in our family gets seriously ill. Will I be able to find affordable health care? Do we have enough nurses and doctors in our rural, community hospitals?

That’s why, as your legislator and vice chair of the House Education Committee, I’m committed to tackling our health care workforce on the front end – with our students.

This legislative session, I introduced House Bill 2236 which expands and strengthens career and technical education in our high schools by creating the Core Plus Allied Health Care program.

Today’s Core Plus p...