Schaffer Announces Funds for Local Career Technical School

COLUMBUS - State Senator Tim Schaffer (R-Lancaster) today announced that Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools has been awarded $4,026,819 from the Career Technical Construction Program. 35 career tech planning districts will receive nearly $200 million to construct or expand facilities that target the jobs of tomorrow. 

"I was proud to support this program in the state budget process, and I'm even more thrilled it will have a profound impact in Fairfield County," Schaffer said. "Eastland-Fairfield will continue their mission for countless students in their welding program, preparing them for the hundreds of jobs coming to Ohio."

The Career Technical Construction Program allows eligible vocational school districts to renovate, improve, or build facilities that support occupations on Ohio's Top Jobs list or that qualify for the Innovative Workforce Incentive Program under the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.

House Bill 33, the state's main operating budget, allocated these dollars for the grant program, which is administered by the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission. Funding was provided by the American Rescue Plan Act.