With BOTH the Federal stimulus plan and State Budget passed in their respective legislative bodies, the fiscal concerns of the nation and state are at the moment relieved. For Community College students, this is a welcomed relief...

Community Colleges See Stimulus Bill as Bonanza for the Students

By MEGAN ECKSTEIN - Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Community colleges are touting the economic-stimulus bill as a big win for their job-training programs, which under the mammoth legislation would be eligible for billions of dollars in grants.

The bill, which President Obama is expected to sign today, would also broaden the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and programs authorized by the Workforce Investment Act by allowing community colleges to participate in them more directly.

The stimulus package would provide $3.95-billion for the Department of Labor to spend on training and employment services. Almost $3-billion of that amount would support programs under the Workforce Investment Act, a 1998 law that provides vouchers to individual students to use for job training.

Read more here at the Chronicle of Higher Education