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Riverside County has donated $2.5 million to the Mt. San Jacinto College Foundation, money the school will use to bolster its career and technical education programs.
The donation from the county’s American Rescue Plan Act funds was arranged by Supervisor Chuck Washington, whose third district includes the community college’s Temecula Valley campus, according to a statement on the school’s website.
Despite people returning to work in the aftermath of the pandemic, the county has experienced shortages in several job sectors, which has slowed its economic recovery.
“This support has a significant impact on our students and the communities we serve,” said Roger Schultz, the college’s president and superintendent, in the statement. “Relevant courses help students build skills to earn jobs and satisfy the communities we serve.”
Much of the funding will help pay for a K-16 program that will train people for jobs in general automotive maintenance, construction, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, and utilities according to the statement.
