College Governing Board awarded Chino Valley $300,000 in 2022-2023 budget for truck driving program; however, no truck driving classes scheduled so far for fall 2022 in Camp Verde
Senator Mark Kelly
Senator Krysten Sinema
The District Governing Board was told at its May 17 meeting that Yavapai Community College has applied for a $1.7 million “ear-mark” grant from the federal government via its two state senators: Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema. The application was made in April 2022 by the College’s Regional Economic Development Center.
The largest portion of the request, $1.1 million, will go toward funding the Community College’s Career Services Center. The remaining $600,000 included in the grant request will be used to purchase new trucks for the well-developed Chino Valley truck driving program and apparently, although no information was forthcoming about it, a truck driving program in Camp Verde.
Including Camp Verde in the request came as a surprise to most. The College has not publicly announced any plans to develop a truck driving program in that community. Currently, there are no courses in truck driving being offered there, according to the College Registration database.
The District Governing Board had already approved an independent appropriation from the 2022-2023 budget of $300,000 for the existing truck driving program based on the Chino Valley Campus.
A video clip providing the background of the grant request and the possibility of success in obtaining the $1.7 million grant as explained by Community College Vice President Rodney Jenkins to the District Governing Board can be see by clicking here .