Community colleges tout success of state-sponsored business partnerships

By: Brooklyn Draisey

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: March 4, 2026

Words: 828

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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Representatives from Iowa’s community colleges and their business partners gathered in the Iowa Capitol Tuesday to showcase their unique programs and partnerships to lawmakers, with some hoping to convince the Legislature to not eliminate a state program responsible for collaboration between business and education.

The state’s Industrial New Jobs Training (260E) Program was a focus of the Iowa Community Colleges Day on the Hill event. The Iowa DOGE task force report and proposed legislation …

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