Governor Greg Abbott announced fourteen Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants have been awarded to schools in North Central Texas, Borderplex, North Central Texas, and Heart of Texas Workforce Development Areas by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The JET grants will support career and technical education training programs by helping the schools purchase and install equipment to initially train over 2,000 students for high-demand occupations, including mechanical engineers, bus and truck mechanics, bioengineers, registered nurses, and food service managers.
The JET grants include:
- Venus Independent School District (ISD): a $398,125 grant to train 77 students as mechanical engineers in partnership with Hill College.
- Weatherford ISD: a$337,354 grant to train 298 students as first-line supervisors of mechanics in partnership with Weatherford College, a $151,813 grant to train 225 students as bus and truck mechanics in partnership with Weatherford College, and a $129,341 grant to train 647 students as food service managers in partnership with Weatherford College.
- Fairfield Independent School District (ISD): a $471,408 grant to train 130 students as welders in partnership with Texas State Technical College.
- Groesbeck ISD: a $749,293 grant to train 127 students as welders in partnership with Navarro College.
- Maypearl ISD: a $696,605 grant to train 126 students as first-line supervisors of mechanics in partnership with Navarro College.
- Navarro College: a $349,999 grant to train 129 students as welders.
- Oakwood ISD: a $146,968 grant to train 80 students as welders in partnership with Navarro College.
- Rice ISD: a $40,030 grant to train 76 students as registered nurses in partnership with Navarro College and a $45,785 grant to train 79 students as maintenance and repair workers in partnership with Navarro College.
- Wortham ISD: a $69,538 grant to train 30 students as medical assistants in partnership with Navarro College.
- Triumph Public High Schools: a $330,665 grant to train 126 students as computer user support specialists in partnership with El Paso Community College.
- Ysleta Independent School District: a $490,808 grant to train 110 students as bioengineers in partnership with El Paso Community College.
Learn more about TWC’s JET grant program.