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Board tables $113,649 Workforce Solutions training grant request for Rio Grande City ISD pending further review

3071458 · April 16, 2025
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Workforce Solutions presented a $113,649 high-demand job training proposal that would require a $56,866 EDC match. The board voted to table the request so staff can confirm needs at a second high school and return with revised numbers.

Workforce Solutions representatives asked the Rio Grande City EDC to contribute $56,866.22 in matching funds to secure a Texas Workforce Commission high-demand job training grant for Rio Grande City ISD, but the board moved to table the item pending additional information.

John Murphy, identified himself as the business relations and information manager with Workforce Solutions, introduced the program and said the EDC's contribution would be leveraged dollar-for-dollar by the Texas Workforce Commission. Paolo Macastro, the Workforce Solutions business relations…

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