BUTLER TWP — The Butler Vocational-Technical School is among 42 schools in the state sharing a $1.7 million career and technical education grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Butler Vo-Tech will get more than $17,500. Some of the schools will get as much as $50,000 from the grant.

“This funding will allow these schools to acquire new, state-of-the-art equipment for students to train for the jobs of tomorrow,” said Carolyn Dumaresq, acting Secretary of Education, in a statement.