Texas needs to step up its support for community colleges and technical schools to build...
build a pool of skilled workers andfrom statewide and local business development groups.
The report called on the state to spend more to shore up a creaky community college and technical school system that can provide this trainingOver the past 40 years, the state’s share of funding for community colleges — just $2.2 billion in this biennium — plunged to 26 percent from 68 percent, putting more of a burden on students, many of whom say rising tuition has forced them to drop out, according to the report.
Community colleges and technical schools have a critical role to play in closing the resulting “skills gap,” the report said. It recommended that state provide more direct support to community colleges — in the form of grants, for example — as well as enlisting the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to facilitate coordination between community college districts.
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