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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris issued the following statement on a proposed Community College
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">"I enthusiastically applaud President Barack Obama's administration for creating a tax credit plan that will simultaneously strengthen
community college workforce programs and give students the training and skills they need to move into good-paying jobs," said Harris. "The demand for skilled workers in California, and across the country, is constantly growing. This proposal is a victory for
both employers and employees to help close the skills gap and fulfill local, regional and state labor market needs."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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