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$3M awarded in Career Academy Incentive Fund grants to expand workforce training Monday, February 15, 2021 3:25 PM Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education today awarded three $1 million competitive grants through the new Career Academy Incentive Fund. The grants are designed to help schools prepare more high school students for success in college, postsecondary training and the workforce. Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, Indian Hills Community College and Waterloo Community Schools each won a $1 million grant to increase access to career academy programs in high-demand fields through new and expanded regional centers. EICC’s grant will be used to create a new regional center in De Witt to serve students from eight rural districts in eastern Iowa. Waterloo’s funds will be used to expand its career center, which serves seven surrounding school districts and three nonpublic schools. Indian Hills will establish a new regional center in Ce
By Sue Danielson
Feb 15, 2021
(Des Moines, IA) The state of Iowa is awarding three $1 million dollar grants to a new Career Academy Fund. The Iowa Department of Education says goal of the program is to prepare more high school students for success in college and postsecondary training.
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, Indian Hills Community College, and Waterloo Community Schools each won a $1 million dollar grant to increase access to programs in high demand fields.
The program involves industry partnerships. It also allows students to earn high school and college credit, while gaining an academic and technical education.
The Career Academy Incentive Fund aligns with the Future Ready Iowa goal of 70 percent of the workforce having education or training beyond high school by 2025. This is the second round of awards.
Maryland-College Park Announces Weeklong Sequester The University of Maryland's main campus in College Park on Saturday announced that all on-campus students would sequester in place for at least a week and that all instruction would move online beginning Monday. University officials cited a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases: Maryland's pandemic dashboard shows a total of 74 cases
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