• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Education / Vilsack wants to change job training program

Vilsack wants to change job training program

November 15, 1999 By admin

Governor Vilsack wants to re-focus a new state program designed to help Iowans gain new, high-tech work skills. Vilsack calls his revamped idea “CORE” which stands for Career Opportunities and Resources for Education. Vilsack wants to limit it to skills in just eight industries, and he wants to hand out grants to the students enrolled, although he doesn’t have any idea how much grant money he’ll ask legislators to set aside.The program currently provides money to community colleges to expand their facilities. Beyond “bricks and mortar,” Vilsack wants the available seven-and-a-half million dollars to be used for computers or hardware, too.Lieutenant Governor Sally Pederson says there’s a need to help Iowans gain new skills so they can land higher-paying jobs.Under the program, businesses provide the money to hire the community college instructors. Last spring, Vilsack vetoed the portion of the program which would have provided a state tax credit to participating businesses.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Education, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Employment and Labor, Tom Vilsack

Featured Stories

Bill would limit placement of solar arrays on farm ground

Marquette casino moving to land, leaving only 2 casino boats in Iowa

Reynolds signs her ‘school choice’ bill into law

Governor Reynolds touts 2024 Iowa Caucuses in Inaugural Address

University of Iowa grad presiding over U.S. House Speaker vote

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

No coaching changes coming for Iowa football

Iowa State names new receivers coach

No. 2 Iowa visits No. 1 Penn State in wrestling dual Friday night

Iowa’s Clark brings increased exposure to women’s basketball

No. 18 Iowa State women visit TCU

More Sports

Archives

Copyright © 2023 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC