Students navigate redundant and convoluted career education path. Newsom plans to fix it

THE TOWN OF Reedley has about 25,000 people — and five different public institutions that offer career education to its residents. There’s the high school, the adult school, the community college, the job center and the regional occupational program. In some cases, they work together to teach skills, such as welding. 

Other times, they compete for the same students.