Vallejo City Unified is among eight California adult education providers that are finalists in the U.S. Department of Education’s “Rethink Adult Education Challenge,” a program that can lead to immediate job skills for its students, state schools chief Tony Thurmond said in a press statement Friday.

He said federal education officials recognized the Solano County school district’s pre-apprenticeship programs “that equip people with the knowledge and skills they need to enter and succeed in apprenticeship programs.” As a result, the district and the seven other state finalists will move on to Phase 2 of the challenge and compete with other finalists nationwide for $750,000 in prizes.

“I am pleased to see so many California adult education providers receive national recognition for programs that focus on pre-apprenticeships,” Thurmond said in the prepared statement.

Source: Vallejo City Unified gets recognition as a top California adult ed provider – The Reporter