Senator Rob Portman Visits Zane State College

 Senator Portman toured Zane State’s new Advance Science and Technology Training Center and met with some students and administrators.

“I was really impressed with what I saw here today at Zane State. I do a lot of work in Washington to try and pass legislation that helps our community colleges and helps to connect our career and technical schools at the high school level through community colleges. There are a lot of jobs out there and unbelievably high unemployment in some areas and yet we have a lot of jobs that are open and part of that reason is the skills gap, “ said Portman.

Portman is the author of the “Education for Tomorrow’s Workforce Act” which raises the quality of career and technical education programs at schools in Ohio and across the country.

“We have two bills that we are working on here right now to get passed. One directly related to what we are seeing here today, because it provides grants from the federal government for shorter-term workforce training programs and skills training. Second we have legislation to try and ensure that the career in technical schools are providing the kind of education that really provides our students with access to immediate jobs,” said Porter.

Portman said that if these bills pass, it will help you people get good jobs, which then also will be beneficial for the economy.