Funding shift puts Utah's career and technical student organizations at risk

SALT LAKE CITY — Career and technical student organizations (CTSOs) that help students build real-world skills could lose their dedicated state funding. Lawmakers say the money hasn't disappeared, but how it's distributed has changed, leaving students and teachers worried about what happens next.

Inside Jordan Academy for Technology Careers, students are creating business plans and planning their futures.

"Being a DECA advisor for me is a life-changing thing," Randall Kammerman, a DECA advisor at Jordan Academy for Technology Careers, said.

Kammerman says those life-changing programs help students build leadership and workforce skills. But after legislative changes, their future could look different. "It's an investment in our future workforce that gets killed," Kammerman said. "When th