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Manatee Technical College outlines Project EDGE program for students with unique abilities
Summary
Manatee Technical College described the first year results of Project EDGE — a state-supported postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities — reporting student completions, early employment placements and plans to expand a second cohort beginning August.
Manatee Technical College officials updated the Bates County School Board on Project EDGE, a postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities that launched its inaugural cohort this past year.
The college presented completion and placement details and described how state funding and scholarships from the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities support tuition, books, materials and staffing. Dr. Paul Gansmer, who led the presentation, said the program is intentionally small and hands-on: “We believe that Manatee Technical College is one of the best technical colleges in the state,” he told the board.
Project EDGE is structured in stages. Stage 1 provides a year of life and employment skills on MTC’s East campus and…
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