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Technical College of the Lowcountry urges expanded workforce training in Colleton County, cites SCWIN funding opportunity

2497195 · March 5, 2025
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Summary

Officials from the Technical College of the Lowcountry asked the council to support expanded local training facilities so Colleton County residents can use SCWIN (state scholarship) funds locally for workforce credentials including CDL, welding, nursing and cybersecurity.

Representatives of the Technical College of the Lowcountry (TCL) told the Colleton County Council they are expanding operations in Colleton County and urged support for a larger local facility that could host workforce programs currently only available outside the county.

TCL officials reported that, for the July 1 to Dec. 30, 2024 period, 276 Colleton County residents applied to TCL: 12 applied to college-credit programs and 64 to workforce (noncredit) training. The…

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