Minding the Gap: Career and Tech Grant Funding Program

February 21, 2018 
Zach Hands
Conduit Street

MACo submitted written testimony in support of House Bill 1098 and Senate Bill 515, “Career and Technology Education and Workforce Investment Act”, to the House Appropriations and Senate Budget and Taxation Committees.

These bills would established a grant program for career and technology education facilities, while also repealing certain spending mandates on scholarships by making them optional. Local jurisdictions would have to match the State input of the grant allotted by the governor up to $2 million. This affords counties more flexibility and allows them to address growth and facility concerns in different ways.

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