Thank you.
So remember, Governor Gavin Newsom welcomed with applause at Shasta
College in Redding.
He made this appearance in this part of California known
as the North State.
To announce this, we're putting out our Career Master plan.
Specifically, the $100 million plan calls for the creation of
what will be known as the Career passport.
In essence, the Career passport will be a tool that
will combine traditional academic records like college transcripts with verified
skills and credentials earned outside of the classrooms, such as
military service, job training or volunteer work.
This is a big deal.
Newsom says the idea is to ensure U.S., military veterans
and others are not left behind while pursuing an education
and career.
For service members.
That had, as an example, basic training not to come
back to a Community College and have to take courses
that they're well familiar with and basic requirements for their
education that they've already received in the military so they
get credit for prior learning.
Newsom also announcing his administration has removed college degree requirements
for nearly 30,000 state government jobs.
This is around recognizing that we needed to create a
framework where you can get the benefit of a life
well lived that again, doesn't include some fancy, you know,
degree.
In a bipartisan move, newly elected Republican Assembly member Heather
Hadwick attended and spoke at this press conference to show
her support for Newsome's proposal.
No matter what side of the table we sit on,
we can all agree that we need to invest in
our youth and our workforce because that's, that's our future.
On the issue of a bipartisan effort, that's what this
has been from day one.
We never considered it RS&D's and and use and Rs
and context of rural, urban.
This process was always about people coming together.
And.
The governor says his plan will cost about $100 million
in state funding.
For it to move forward, the Legislature will need to
review it and approve it during state budget negotiations this
spring.
Reporting on the campus of Shasta College in Redding.
Covering local news that matters.
Eitan Wallace.
FOX 40 News.