Education to fight unemployment

By ConnPolitics.tv Staff on Mar 17, 2010 | In News, General Assembly | 3 feedbacks »

Hartford, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut lawmakers are pushing legislation that would subsidize higher education to help reduce unemployment.

The legislature’s Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee has recommended a bill that would forgive loans for students who work in green jobs, life sciences and health information technology.

The committee proposed a separate bill that would waive up to $5,000 in tuition per year for up to two years for unemployed or lower income students who enroll in regional community-technical colleges. Students must earn a degree in yet-to-be-defined high-demand fields, emerging industries or entrepreneurship program.

Representative Roberta Willis, co-chairwoman of the committee, says top lawmakers hope to work with Gov. M. Jodi Rell to draft one bill with elements of both and include funding.

Comment from: Give me a Break [Visitor]
Who is going to pay for all this? Hate to sound like a broken record but I am continually amazed at the failure of these politicians to realize the state and country is going bankrupt!!!!
03/17/10 @ 18:36
Comment from: joe [Visitor]
Education will fight unemployment but business is not leaving CT because of uneducated peole. It is leaving because of the high cost to operate here.
03/17/10 @ 19:02
Comment from: Able [Visitor]
Yes, and jobs flee the United States to work in other nations. Therefore, should we lower our standards, wages, benefits and allow children to work?
03/18/10 @ 09:29

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