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TSBPE high school/trade school program can test for license

Dorothy Gurka | Published on 12/8/2022
ATTN: Educators! 

Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, acting on the authority granted by the legislature, has paved the way for students who successfully complete a high school/trade school program to immediately test to become licensed tradesman plumbers. 

Texas Workforce Commission's Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Program supports those efforts by providing funds for training equipment supporting in-demand occupations like plumbing. The JET Program provides grants to public junior, state and technical colleges, open enrollment charter schools, and school districts to purchase and install equipment for the development of career and technical education courses or programs that lead to a license, certificate or postsecondary degree in a high-demand occupation

Programs interested in teaching the approved high school curriculum may find more information on the TEA website at https://tea.texas.gov/cte. To learn more about applying for funding,
visit www.twc.texas.gov/JET or contact TWC's Outreach and Employer Initiatives Division at 512-463-9509 or jetgrants@twc.texas.gov.

The TSBPE has partnered with the Texas Workforce Commission to offer financial grants to high schools and trade schools interested in teaching our approved plumbing curriculum. Check out the breaking news below.

https://tsbpe.texas.gov/twc-jetgrants/