Collin College and Tarrant County College District will receive welding equipment grants under more than $20 million in statewide career training awards that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Monday.<\/p>\n
The Texas Workforce Commission awarded<\/a> 84 Jobs and Education for Texans (JET<\/a>) grants for 2026. The equipment will support<\/a> training for more than 7,400 students in the first year, the governor\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n \u201cStudents deserve a clear and affordable path to high-paying careers,\u201d Abbott said in the October 12 press release. \u201cThrough more than $20 million in career training grants, Texas students will have the opportunity to earn licenses, certificates, or college degrees that lead to high-wage jobs. By investing in our students today, we are building a stronger Texas for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n A total of 27 public junior, technical, and state colleges, as well as 57 Texas school districts and open charter schools, were awarded grants.<\/p>\n Collin College\u2019s $346,697 grant targets training for 120 welders. Tarrant County College District will receive $55,673 to train 140 welders, according to the release.<\/p>\n Other recipients include Blue Ridge Independent School District, which will receive $346,185 for welding training in partnership with Collin College. Harmony Public Schools North Texas will receive $185,297 for industrial engineering training with Dallas College.<\/p>\n JET grants were awarded to schools and institutions providing training for a variety of other career paths, including nursing, radiology, engineering, HVAC, automotive technology, aircraft mechanics, trucking, petroleum systems, electrical systems, machining, food service, and more.<\/p>\n The grants pay for purchasing and installing equipment. Participating courses must lead to a license, certificate, or postsecondary degree in a high-demand occupation, the state\u2019s Tri-Agency Workforce Initiative explained<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Texas Legislature supplies the program\u2019s funding. The awards support schools\u2019 career and technical education programs rather than direct payments to individual students.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, six Southeast Texas schools received a separate announcement of more than $1.7 million in JET awards, as The Dallas Express<\/a> previously reported. That funding targeted initial training for 410 students, including future nurses, welders, and information security analysts.<\/p>\n TWC also expanded eligibility this year to include the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, juvenile boards and juvenile probation departments under Senate Bill 1728<\/a>. The agency adopted<\/a> those changes in rules that took effect August 16, according to the Texas Register.<\/p>\n TWC plans to release its request for 2027 grant applications later this fall, the governor\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collin College and Tarrant County College District will receive welding equipment grants under more than $20 million in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[133335,46470,102,104,103,392,158177,430,6005,27,4462],"class_list":["post-464118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-career-training","tag-collin-college","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-greg-abbott","tag-jet-grants","tag-north-texas","tag-tarrant-county-college","tag-texas","tag-texas-workforce-commission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}