Rendell Budget Focuses on Improving Workforce Development System

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Other educational initiatives include $3 million to develop advanced
technology skills for workers at our institutions of higher learning, and
$60,000 to establish guidelines for workers to get credit for prior learning.7 million for
high school reform targeted to creating small learning communities and
increasing students' understanding about what it takes to be successful in the
workplace. Results from the first year of the Plan's implementation are expected
in late 2005. Additionally, we need to secure pension
benefits, and make it easier for workers to save for retirement by enhancing
and strengthening investment vehicles like 401(k )s and IRA plans, and provide
clear information on retirement investment options.

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"If we expect our workforce to keep up with the changing economy, we must
provide working adults with better access to continuing education," Deputy
Secretary for Workforce Development Sandi Vito said.
Meanwhile , existing federal workforce funds will be used as incentives to
create high performance Workforce Investment Boards and CareerLinks, and align
the 22 fragmented workforce development programs spread over five state
agencies. According to the 2000 Census, over 2 million
African American seniors get Social Security benefits and nearly one-fifth of
all African Americans who receive Social Security benefits are children.

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Long range goals include holding CTE students to high academic
standards by targeting tutoring to students who need help, connecting courses
to industry needs and upgrading equipment.

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An additional $15
million will support programs to train workers in all industries with the
skills their employers require to remain competitive.

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5 million
will be invested in improvements to the state's Career + Technical Education
(CTE) system."
"For minorities in this country, this privatization plan would jeopardize
the protections in Social Security that have and continue to be of particular
importance to people of color. For
41 percent of elderly Hispanics, Social Security is their only source of
retirement income.

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Grants, financial aid, and loans will help part-
time students pay for their education, complete certificate degree programs
and assist with the cost of room and board or child care.
Third, Pennsylvania's workforce development system will be improved by
preparing youth for the careers of tomorrow.

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"Governor Rendell is taking bold steps to improve a workforce development
system that has not kept pace with the changing needs of Pennsylvania's
workers and industries," Schmerin said. Social
Security was designed as a social program not a private investment program.

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Additional investments include $38 million for tutoring in high schools;
$9 million in student grants; $5 million to support dual enrollment so
qualified high school students can earn college credits; and $4. As a member of the Social Security
subcommittee of the Ways and Means Committee , I want all Americans to
understand how his plans for privatizing Social Security by adding individual
investment accounts would adversely affect the people of this country.

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Schmerin announced today.

"Community colleges play an increasingly important role in workforce
development," Schmerin said.

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"The Department of Labor + Industry will work with the other four state
workforce development agencies - Corrections, Community + Economic
Development, Education and Public Welfare - to put these four critical
strategies into action."
First, to strengthen Pennsylvania's industries and build a more skilled
workforce, Governor Rendell is proposing $5 million to grow and support
industry partnerships that have already proven successful in a variety of
industries including powdered metals and food processing.

"Today at the White House, President Bush will discuss his plans to
overhaul our Social Security system.

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"His budget proposal provides the
tools necessary to address four critical strategies needed to ensure that both
incumbent workers - people already working - and our youth have the skills
that businesses tell us they need to remain competitive in the global economy.
Fourth, an investment of this magnitude requires that workforce
development programs be held to rigorous accountability standards.

WASHINGTON, Today, Congresswoman Tubbs Jones
released this statement as President Bush prepares to discuss his plans to
privatize the Social Security System.

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Specifically, funding will support recommendations
from the Pennsylvania Center for Health Careers to increase the number of
nurse educators, expand clinical education for nursing students, and attract
and retain those same students.
However, Social Security does much more than that, most notably providing
benefits to many disabled workers, as well as minor children of deceased
parents.

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This budget leverages a $40
million commitment that the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
(PHEAA) made last week to address the state's critical health career needs
over the next four years.

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"It is for these reasons and many others that I, along with my Democratic
colleagues, believe that long-term balance for Social Security can be achieved
through modest revenue and benefit adjustments that will begin to reduce the
deficit within the next 10 years.

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"This Administration's plans to privatize Social Security by establishing
private accounts will be detrimental to the nest egg that many Americans,
particularly minorities, depend on in their retirement.

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"This budget proposal invests $22. In fact, the tax cuts President Bush gave away to the
wealthiest one percent of Americans could have covered the amount of the long-
term Social Security shortfall and there would have still been money left over
for other important priorities."

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Incumbent workers and
businesses in manufacturing industries already are benefiting from the $5
million Manufacturing Incumbent Worker Training Program launched last
September. "Too often , the
financial burden of taking part-time classes while working full-time keeps
people from continuing their education.8 million in
our community college system to make their funding stream more predictable and
help them keep up with increased enrollments, as well as incentives to support
development and offering of courses in high priority occupations. In the coming year, $1.

CONTACT: Barry Ciccocioppo, Pennsylvania Department of Labor + Industry,
+1-717-787-7530.
"The truth is that Social Security will be fully solvent for the next
forty to fifty years, and even after that it will continue to be able to pay
80 percent of benefits.

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Second, the budget proposal will increase education and career
opportunities for Pennsylvania residents by directing investments to growing
occupations that pay good wages and benefits."
Governor Rendell's budget leverages another $10 million commitment
announced by PHEAA last week to provide financial aid for working adults
taking part-time classes. Last July,
Pennsylvania implemented its first-ever, program -wide Performance Management
Plan. Without Social
Security nearly 50 percent of our seniors would be living in poverty.

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"Social Security has worked in America for almost 70 years.

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, Governor Edward G. Rendell's
proposed 2005-2006 budget will invest $101 million in new state funds to keep
Pennsylvania competitive and create opportunities for our workers and
businesses by improving the state's out-dated workforce development system,
Secretary of Labor + Industry Stephen M.

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This new fund will be focused on nine industry sectors in
Pennsylvania, including: Life Sciences; Business and Financial Services;
Education; Advanced Materials and Diversified Manufacturing; Building and
Construction; Agriculture and Food Production; Information and Communication
Services; Logistics and Transportation; Lumber, Wood and Paper.
Most people think of Social Security as a retirement benefit program for
people as they grow older and can no longer compete in the labor market.

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