MALDEN – The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced $250 million in funding on Tuesday for adult education services over the next five years.
The funding provides for adult education services to expand to new programs not currently funded, provide 5,000 total seats for adult basic education students, and more than 16,000 seats for adult English learners.
In the first year of funding, fiscal year 2024, $48.2 million will be awarded in competitive grants to adult education service providers and an additional $2 million to adult education programs in state correctional institutions.
Of the grants awardees announced on Tuesday, four are in Worcester County:
- Quinsigamond Community College – $1,595,752
- Worcester Public Schools – $731,719
- Webster Public Schools – $377,757
- Training Resources of America – Worcester $258,030
