He also wants to give employers who hire graduates of the Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges a $2,000 tax credit per student.
James Comer would give employers a $2,000 tax credit for each graduate of the Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges they hire.
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Evidence
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Comer said he wanted to give employers who hire graduates of the Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges a $2,000 tax credit per student.
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The official congressional page points users to legislation sponsored and co-sponsored by Congressman Comer and to the House and Senate's latest votes, but it does not identify any employer tax credit for Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges graduates in the current materials reviewed.
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Kentucky's current Department of Revenue tax-credit directory lists business credits including Economic Development Tax Credits, Employer GED Incentive Tax Credit, Employer's Unemployment Tax Credit, inventory, broadband, research, railroad, recycling, and other credits, but it does not list a $2,000 employer credit for hiring Kentucky Community and Technical College System graduates.
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The 2026 Kentucky General Assembly Workforce topic page lists workforce-related measures such as an apprenticeship tax credit, KCTCS prison education program, Kentucky Talent Recruitment Grant Program, and skills training investment credit changes; it does not list a measure creating the promised $2,000 credit for employers hiring KCTCS graduates.
Assessments
The evidence identifies the promise as a 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial campaign proposal, not a federal-office commitment. Available state tax-credit listings and Kentucky workforce legislation do not show a $2,000 employer credit for hiring Kentucky Community and Technical College System graduates, and the reviewed congressional materials do not show Comer sponsoring or materially advancing an equivalent enacted federal measure. There is also no evidence of a serious failed legislative or executive attempt by Comer on this specific credit.
The promise was made during James Comer's 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial campaign and concerned a state-targeted employer tax credit for hiring Kentucky Community and Technical College graduates. Comer did not become governor, and the evidence provided does not show that he later enacted, sponsored, or materially advanced this specific tax credit in federal office or that it otherwise became law with meaningful Comer contribution. Current congressional materials reviewed also did not identify the promised credit. Because there is no evidence of delivery or a serious legislative/executive attempt that failed, this should be marked never without an effort badge.