Letter to the Editor — The Blade – McColley

College grants to aid labor pool

As Henry County’s economic development director, I have seen firsthand the struggle local manufacturers go through to recruit and maintain skilled labor .

Our skilled-labor shortage is an alarming issue that must be dealt with proactively by supporting our community colleges, which are the main suppliers of skilled labor. Yet, Ohio prevents community college students from participating in the OCOG program.

OCOG supplements student tuition at nearly any post-secondary institution, public or private, in Ohio and even at some institutions in Pennsylvania. But it is not extended to students at the very institutions that will play the most crucial role in continuing our economic recovery.

I hope the legislature will soon allow community college students to participate in OCOG.

ROBERT McCOLLEY

Napoleon
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