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Tallo Celebrates Career Technical Education Month Alongside New Partner, the CTECS
February 1, 2021 GMT
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (BUSINESS WIRE) Feb 1, 2021
Just in time for Career Technical Education Month, Tallo, a digital platform that connects talent with opportunities, announced it is joining forces with the Career and Technical Education Consortium of States ( CTECS ), through which members develop competency-based career and technical education resources validated by business, industry, and labor.
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CTECS creates custom assessments and services for students that are designed to help meet the skills needs of individual CTECS members and business partners. Through Tallo, students can showcase their unique abilities in order to make meaningful career connections with the more than 700 companies, colleges, and organizations on the platform.
ATLANTA â Georgia lawmakers again are considering whether to legalize casino gambling in the Peach State.
A constitutional amendment introduced in the Georgia House of Representatives Tuesday calls for a statewide referendum to authorize a limited number of âcasino resortsâ across the state.
A portion of the proceeds would go toward the HOPE Scholarship and other tuition and grant programs at both public and private colleges and universities as well as Technical College System of Georgia campuses. The money also would help cover the casinosâ operating expenses and fund programs for prevention and treatment of addictive gambling.
The legislation is sponsored by several longtime supporters of legalizing casinos, including Republican state Reps. Ron Stephens of Savannah, and Alan Powell of Hartwell, and Democratic Rep. Calvin Smyre of Columbus.
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Lawmakers returned to the Capitol despite the downpour of rain and quickly got down to work for the people of Georgia. The first task tackled was the House Appropriations Committee taking action on its complete recommendations for the FY 2021 Amended Budget. After hearing the presentation of the recommendations by Chairman Terry England (R-Auburn) which he acknowledged had been on a “harried pace”, and swiftly moving the legislation forward out of the Committee, the Chairman announced that HB 80 would be on the floor of the House on Thursday morning. Our team will keep you posted as the budget makes its way through the process. The Committee Substitute on HB 80 is found in this link. The Committee Tracking Report is in this link, showing differences between the Governor and House versions of the proposed FY 2021 Amended Budget.
House Subcommittees Drop Hints on Amended FY21 Budget
Moving quickly after last week’s budget hearings, the subcommittees of the House Appropriations Committee convened in sequence this morning to sign off on their assigned agency budgets. While actual tracking sheets were not released to the public, subcommittee chairs shared some highlights and hints about what we are likely to see in the full Appropriations Committee tomorrow:
Public Safety
The Public Safety Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, chaired by Representative Bill Hitchens (R-Rincon), reviewed the changes to the Governor s proposed budget for Amended FY21, which include:
Provision of funds for a temporary judge on the Court of Appeals;
Dinah Wayne, longtime leader in technical education and Flowery Branch, dies at 77 Dinah Wayne, longtime member of the Technical College System of Georgia board, died on Jan. 20, 2021.
Photo courtesy Technical College System of Georgia
On Wednesday, Jan. 20, Dinah Wayne, champion of technical education and visionary of Flowery Branch, died after complications with COVID-19.
Alex Wayne, Dinah’s son, said she was 77 years old and married to his father, Alan Wayne, for 53 years.
“She was an amazing mother, and was so dedicated to my brother (Daren Wayne) and I,” he said. “She supported us, promoted us and made us know beyond a shadow of a doubt how much we were loved.”