LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- Governor Rick Snyder says he wants to spend his last year in office focused on creating a workforce to fill more than 800,000 current and future openings.
He calls it a “Marshall Plan” for developing talent. The governor’s proposal to invest in training for jobs in skilled trades, information technology, and health care is named for the massive effort to rebuild Europe after World War II. He made the announcement at a science museum in Detroit.
The governor’s said he’s made filling positions in sought-after high-tech fields a priority already.
“But we need a capstone accelerator. That’s what the Marshall Plan is – to accelerate this,” he says.
Snyder wants to spend $100 million on helping with scholarships and childcare, classroom equipment, and training programs in schools.
Details still need to be worked out in the budgeting process.