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Biden will visit Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount, a
suburb near Minneapolis and St. Paul, which has programs to
train workers to build, operate, and maintain infrastructure
supported by the infrastructure law.
He will focus on how the law will "deliver concrete results for
communities, create good-paying union jobs, and position America
to compete and win the 21st century," press secretary Jen Psaki
told reporters on Monday.
She said Dakota County Tech, which serves 2,900 credit students
and 10,000 non-credit students, offered an example of
institutions nationwide that will train the next generation of
workers and rebuild America's infrastructure.
The infrastructure law, coupled with $24 billion in investments
in the $1.75-trillion "Build Back Better" spending measure, will
prepare millions of workers for high-quality jobs in growing
economic sectors, the White House said.
Biden had pushed to include two years of free community college
in the massive spending package, but that funding was cut in a
compromise with moderate Democrats concerned about the bill's
steep price tag.
It still includes $5 billion for community colleges to expand
workforce training programs in partnership with employers,
unions, public systems and community bodies, with $5 billion for
large-scale training for jobs in high-demand sectors such as
clean energy, manufacturing, education and caregiving.
Under the infrastructure law, Minnesota will receive $4.5
billion in federal aid to rebuild highways, about $302 million
for bridges, and $818 million to improve public infrastructure,
the White House said.
It will also fund expansion of a network to charge electric
vehicles and measures to give state residents access to
high-speed internet.
(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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