TWC Awards Nine JET Grants to Five School Districts and Lamar State College - Port Arthur
On September 14, 2023, Chairman Bryan Daniel, Commissioner Representing the Public for the Texas Workforce Commission, presented nine Jobs and Education for Texas (JET) grants totaling nearly $2.6 million to help five school districts and Lamar State College - Port Arthur purchase and install equipment to train students in high demand health, manufacturing and construction occupations.
The Deep East Texas 9 JET grants included:
- Lamar State College - Port Arthur:
- a $310,616 grant to train 10 students as licensed nurses at the Deep East Texas College and Career Academy in Jasper.
- Woodville Independent School District (ISD):
- a $97,812 grant to train 126 students as plumbers in partnership with Lee College.
- a $516,024 grant to train 126 students as welders in partnership with Lamar Institute of Technology.
- Deweyville ISD: a $257,386 grant to train 126 students as HVAC mechanics in partnership with Lamar Institute of Technology.
- Spurger ISD: a $368,058 grant to train 30 students as welders in partnership with Lamar Institute of Technology.
- Newton ISD: a $99,512 grant to train 76 students as welders in partnership with Lamar Institute of Technology.
- Jasper ISD:
- a $564,658 grant to train 45 students as welders in partnership with Lamar Institute of Technology.
- a $127,956 grant to train 25 students as nurses in partnership with Lamar State College – Port Arthur.
- a $171,057 grant to train 30 students as electricians in partnership with Lamar State College – Port Arthur.
