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Technical colleges pitch workforce buildings: diesel, trades and manufacturing remodels

Legislative Appropriations Committee (Higher Education/Transportation items heard) · January 29, 2026

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Summary

Representatives from Southwest Tech, Bridgerland and Dixie presented capital requests to expand diesel, automation and trades training. Asks included $3.5M for Southwest Tech diesel program, $3.81M for Bridgerland remodel and about $41.7M for Dixie Tech’s Trades & Technology building.

Southwest Technical College, Bridgerland Technical College and Dixie Technical College presented separate capital requests focused on workforce training and manufacturing pipelines.

Southwest Tech requested $3.5 million for a diesel technology building, proposing an initial two‑bay facility scalable to four bays and citing rapid program growth, high completion and…

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