“This $15 million in career training grants will support career and technical training programs for thousands of Texas students across our great state."
Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Governor Greg Abbott today announced 60 career training grants totaling over $15 million have been awarded to Texas higher education institutions and independent school districts (ISD) to train students for high-demand, good-paying jobs after graduation. These Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grants awarded through the the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) will help public junior, state, and technical colleges; school districts; and open-enrollment charter schools buy equipment for career and technical education (CTE) programs that help students across the state go into high-demand industries.
“As Texas’ economy continues to grow, it is critical that we invest in our future workforce,” said Governor Abbott. “This $15 million in career training grants will support career and technical training programs for thousands of Texas students across our great state. I thank the Texas Workforce Commission for their continued partnership with Texas’ high schools, colleges, and universities to help students achieve high-demand, good-paying jobs after graduation. The work being done at the Texas Workforce Commission and in our educational institutions across Texas ensures Texans have opportunities that lead to a better job and a bigger paycheck.”
This $15 million in career training grants will give Texas students the chance to earn licenses, certificates, or college degrees that lead to good-paying jobs in high-demand industries. In the first year alone, the new equipment will help train more than 6,900 students.
“As the Texas economy grows, so does the demand for a skilled workforce,” said TWC Chairman Bryan Daniel. “The JET grant program helps meet that demand by providing opportunities for Texans to gain valuable, hands-on experience that will prepare them to step into those high-demand careers.”
TWC is now accepting applications for the 2025 JET grant program. Texas public junior, state, and technical colleges; school districts; and open-enrollment charter schools may apply.
The complete JET application packet can be downloaded from the TWC Procurement Portal website. For questions or more information about this opportunity, e-mail RFAGrants@twc.texas.gov.
The 2024 JET grants will be used to purchase and install equipment at the following public junior, technical, and state colleges:
- Alamo Colleges District-San Antonio College: a $332,507 grant to train 250 students as software developers and software quality assurance analysts and testers.
- Alvin Community College: a $349,980 grant to train 165 students as petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers.
- Amarillo College: a $311,476 grant to train 120 students as emergency medical technicians and paramedics.
- Angelina College: a $337,026 grant to train 90 students as welders.
- Austin Community College District: a $64,774 grant to train 120 students as HVAC and refrigeration mechanics and installers.
- Clarendon College: a $97,025 grant to train 11 students as nursing assistants.
- College of the Mainland: a $324,916 grant to train 85 students as registered nurses.
- Collin County Community College District: a $144,827 grant to train 101 students as medical assistants.
- Dallas College: a $164,293 grant to train 108 students as heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers.
- Del Mar College: a $313,833 grant to train 85 students as automotive service technicians and mechanics.
- Frank Phillips College: a $331,298 grant to train 100 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- Grayson County College Junior College District: a $350,000 grant to train 24 students as semiconductor processing technicians.
- Hill College: a $260,870 grant to train 96 students as heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers.
- Lamar State College Orange: a $98,799 grant to train 94 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- Lamar State College Port Arthur: a $142,500 grant to train 12 students as heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers.
- Lee College: a $94,227 grant to train 60 students as HVAC and refrigeration mechanics and installers.
- Lone Star College: a $245,317 grant to train 90 students as automotive service technicians and mechanics.
- Navarro College: a $349,009 grant to train 100 students as industrial machinery mechanics and technicians.
- North Central Texas College: a $331,656 grant to train 130 students as registered nurses.
- Paris Junior College: a $332,450 grant to train 60 students as industrial machinery mechanics and technicians.
- San Jacinto Community College: a $109,020 grant to train 20 students as radiologic technologists and technicians.
- Temple College: a $224,136 grant to train 20 students as industrial machinery mechanics and technicians.
- Texas Southmost College: a $84,614 grant to train 30 students as welders.
- Victoria County Junior College: a $227,050 grant to train 75 students as chemical plant and systems operators.
- Wharton County Junior College: a $316,189 grant to train 35 students as automotive service technicians and mechanics.
- Academy ISD: a $330,535 grant to train 218 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- Banquete ISD: a $350,000 grant to train 35 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- Blooming Grove ISD: a $314,047 grant to train 16 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- Boerne ISD: a $319,709 grant to train 200 students as registered nurses.
- Bullard ISD: a $ 89,480 grant to train 266 students as registered nurses.
- Calhoun County ISD: a $ 79,277 grant to train 150 students as registered nurses.
- Carthage ISD: a $135,027 grant to train 50 students as welders.
- Corpus Christi ISD: a $ 57,312 grant to train 30 students as electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians.
- Cotulla ISD: a $350,000 grant to train 25 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- Culberson County Allamoore ISD: a $265,620 grant to train 50 students as registered nurses.
- Cumby ISD: a $181,574 grant to train 31 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- Denton ISD: a $271,638 grant to train 72 students as heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers.
- Denver City ISD: a $319,520 grant to train 141 students as registered nurses.
- Dilley ISD: a $179,403 grant to train 76 students as welders.
- Edinburg CISD: a $350,000 grant to train 505 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- Forestburg ISD: a $131,838 grant to train 33 students as welders.
- George West ISD: a $314,945 grant to train 20 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- Granger ISD: a $341,180 grant to train 75 students as welders.
- Harmony Schools Houston North: a $233,225 grant to train 125 students as civil engineers.
- Harmony Schools South Texas: a $350,000 grant to train 100 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- Iraan-Sheffield CISD: a $277,101 grant to train 40 students as welders.
- Palacios ISD: a $105,970 grant to train 21 students as medical dosimetrists, medical records specialists, and health technologists and technicians.
- Paris ISD: a $328,894 grant to train 175 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- Queen City ISD: a $277,590 grant to train 70 students as welders.
- Quitman ISD: a $350,000 grant to train 70 students as mechanical engineers.
- Rice ISD: a $134,671 grant to train 90 students as registered nurses.
- Roma ISD: a $216,226 grant to train 100 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- San Diego ISD: a $350,000 grant to train 87 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- Seagraves ISD: a $340,145 grant to train 100 students as industrial engineering technologists and technicians.
- Shepherd ISD: a $350,000 grant to train 130 students as licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
- South Texas ISD: a $215,184 grant to train 50 students as medical assistants.
- Vidor ISD: a $254,777 grant to train 100 students as welders.
- Warren ISD: a $298,470 grant to train 60 students as welders.
- Weslaco ISD: a $308,490 grant to train 1455 students as nursing assistants.
- Windham School District: a $295,742 grant to train 77 students as welders.
Through funding provided by the Texas Legislature each biennium, TWC uses JET grants to defray start-up costs to develop career and technical education programs for public community, state, and technical colleges; school districts; and open-enrollment charter schools. Equipment funded through JET grants must be used to train students for jobs in high-demand occupations.
Learn more about TWC’s JET grant program.
