Georgia students embark on German-style apprentice program

Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle is working with college and career academies, school systems and business people to create similar partnerships around the state, but Coweta's is the first to get off the ground, The Times-Herald reported.

State lawmakers then tweaked state law and local educators adjusted curriculum so the Georgia Consortium for Advanced Technical Training Program could have its first-ever class of industrial mechanics apprentices.

The consortium will allow students to begin their apprenticeships in 10th grade with a combination of traditional high school classes, college level manufacturing courses, and apprenticeship modules that will pay them $8 an hour, the newspaper reported.