I prioritize creating and expanding job training, apprenticeship programs, and skilled trade programs so that Michiganders who don’t go to college can get the skills they need to work hard and get a good paying job.
I will prioritize creating and expanding job training, apprenticeship programs, and skilled trade programs.
Occurrences
The SAFE Transit Act , which would cut red tape and streamline federal transit projects.
The funding will be used to purchase advanced manufacturing training equipment for high school students and adult learners.
I prioritize creating and expanding job training, apprenticeship programs, and skilled trade programs so that Michiganders who don’t go to college can get the skills they need to work hard and get a good paying job.
Evidence
The funding will be used to purchase advanced manufacturing training equipment for high school students and adult learners. Specifically, the funding will be used to equip the Career Tech Center and Goodwill workforce programs with Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines, welding equipment, robotics trainers, and precision tools.
...advancing their training and connecting them with education and employment... Where will students continue their job training? ... Job Corps has provided training to more than 2 million individuals since its founding.
Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03) secured several of her key legislative priorities and major wins for West Michigan in the BUILD America 250 Act... The package invests roughly $580 billion in the nation’s transportation systems... 'Transportation policy affects every single one of us... to the countless good-paying jobs it supports'
Scholten's ongoing work to bring federal investment back to Michigan's Third Congressional District and strengthen the region's critical infrastructure.
Assessments
Scholten’s promise was broad and framed as prioritizing expansion of job training, apprenticeships, and skilled trades rather than guaranteeing a specific federal program. The cited same-term community project funding for advanced manufacturing training equipment directly supports skilled-trades and workforce training for high school students and adult learners, including CNC, welding, robotics, and precision tools. Her intervention on Job Corps also shows direct prioritization of a federal job-training pipeline. The record is not comprehensive across every apprenticeship/training category, but it is enough to count the promise as delivered in the federal representative context.
Evidence shows Scholten took concrete same-term actions aligned with the promise: she announced $750,000 in community project funding for advanced manufacturing and skilled-trades training equipment for students and adult learners, and she worked to protect Job Corps access for Michigan students. She also touted infrastructure legislation supporting good-paying jobs, but the cited material does not show a clear delivered outcome specifically creating or expanding apprenticeship programs or broad job-training/skilled-trade programs at the scale implied by the pledge. Because there are tangible training-related wins but not enough proof of full fulfillment of the full promise, partial is the best fit.