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Gov. Kasich to Consolidate Workforce Development Programs

Gov. John Kasich wants to replace Ohio’s existing job training efforts with a new system that will be run directly from his office. Former lobbyist Richard Frederick is the new assistant policy director for workforce training. He will eliminate some workforce development progams, “merge others and settle on a single cohesive training plan linking high school education to community colleges and four-year universities to the business community,” the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

Still, Kasich said business is a major part of the problem.
“What we’re going to try to do is get businesses to forecast in the short term. Like, what do you need next year? What do you need in three years?” Kasich said. “A lot of businesses don’t want to do that. They want to complain that they don’t have workers but they don’t want to tell you what they need.”

Read more at: www.cleveland.com

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