Governor Bill Lee visited McCloud Mountain in July and returns to Campbell County this morning.

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF) – Governor Bill Lee will be on campus at TCAT Jacksboro today to briefly discuss his Governor’s Investment in Vocational Education (GIVE) initiative.     

The governor announced the initiative back in February of 2019 with the goal of expanding access to vocational and technical training for Tennessee students.

According to tn.gov and the office of the governor, the GIVE initiative is a “two pronged approach that utilizes regional partnerships to develop work based learning and apprenticeship opportunities. Communities will now have the funding and flexibility to build programs that best reflect local needs and work directly with private industry to structure programming.”   The initiative also provides funding for high school juniors and seniors to utilize four, fully funded dual enrollment credits for trade and technical programs. Previously students only had access to two fully funded dual enrollment credits.  The dual enrollment part of the initiative is grant funded through the state lottery.

“I believe that expanding our vocational and technical offerings will be transformational for Tennesseans and the future of our state,” Governor Lee said in February of 2019 after introducing GIVE.  (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 01/09/2020-6AM)

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