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Representative Clancy seeks $1.8 million for skill-based education platform pilot
Summary
Rep. Clancy and SkillCo founder Steve Lockhart asked the committee for a $1.8 million one-time appropriation to support skill-based education platforms and competitive grants to implement skill-tracking tools in high schools and postsecondary partners.
Representative Clancy presented a request for appropriation on Jan. 30, 2025 seeking one-time funding to support skill-based education tools and tracking. Steve Lockhart, founder of SkillCo, described a platform intended to let students track skills acquired in individual courses and translate those skills toward workforce credentials or postsecondary pathways.
Lockhart said SkillCo spent three years in product research and development and that Utah Valley University served as a cornerstone higher-education pilot partner in the past year. He said students using skill-based outcomes reported greater clarity about how coursework translates to workforce skills and career pathways. Representative Clancy asked the subcommittee to consider a competitive-grant approach and identified a requested funding level of $1.8 million one-time to allow providers to pilot skill-tracking implementations in secondary and postsecondary settings.
Why it matters: Advocates said a skill-focused approach can increase student engagement by tying coursework directly to employable competencies and career planning.
Next steps: The committee received the request; no formal vote or appropriation was recorded during the meeting.
