Where I live in California public high school students are graduating with up to 3 years of programming course work and with Solidworks certifications. Not to m

Where I live in California public high school students are graduating with up to 3 years of programming course work and with Solidworks certifications. Not to mention reading, writing, math, fundamental science, history, and economics. I understand many students underachieve and some schools let students down, but it's important to pay attention to the successes and make efforts to replicate them. Out of curiosity, how do you feel about employer cutbacks to employee training programs? It seems to me they're shifting those costs to tax payers...