Va. Code § 23.1-627.2

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 23.1-627.2 - New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; purpose

The New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program is established for the purpose of (i) creating and sustaining a demand-driven supply of credentialed workers for high-demand occupations in the Commonwealth by addressing and closing the gap between the skills needed by workers in the Commonwealth and the skills of the available workforce in the Commonwealth; (ii) expanding the affordability of workforce training and credentialing; and (iii) increasing the interest of current and future Virginia workers in technician, technologist, and trade-level positions to fill the available and emerging jobs in the Commonwealth that require less than a bachelor's degree but more than a high school diploma.

Va. Code § 23.1-627.2

2016, cc. 326, 470.
Added by Acts 2016 c. 588, § 1, eff. 10/1/2016.