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Local workforce boards urge central role in workforce Pell implementation
Summary
Workforce development leaders told the Education Department that local workforce boards and America Job Centers should help approve and oversee short‑term workforce Pell programs to ensure training responds to local employer demand and that wraparound supports enable completion.
Local workforce leaders told the Department of Education that alignment with existing workforce systems is essential for workforce Pell to deliver on its goals.
Ryan Hunt, CEO of the Michigan Works Association, said local workforce boards have “unmatched knowledge of our regional labor markets” and should help identify and validate short‑term programs (testimony cited an 8–15 week…
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