Gov. Tom Wolf, making an appearance Thursday in Lancaster County, defended his proposal to keep the county’s celebrated career and technical college flat-funded this year, saying his administration has provided $20 million for other recent capital projects at the school.
He said those additional funds, as well as Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology’s option to apply for specific workforce development grants, is why the basic subsidy line-item did not include an increase despite the college’s output of graduates who go on to high-paying technical work that’s in demand.
“So I think we’re in pretty good shape here,” Wolf said after being introduced by Thaddeus Stevens’ president, William Griscom, at an event at High Steel Industries in East Lampeter Township.