Omdahl corrects last week s column about the North Dakota Legislature funding technical education centers.
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Contrary to what we reported last week, the Legislature did appropriate money for the technical education centers proposed by Sen. Rich Wardner. They stripped the bonding bill of the proposed $60 million and passed $70 million for the centers in general appropriations. (And lost me in the process.)
If effectively administered, the technical education centers will mean a new day for thousands of North Dakotans – young people not interested in 4-year college degrees, workers whose jobs disappeared in COVID, convicts hoping for a new start, and older-than-average students who want to join the new economy.
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