Mike Levin: “the National Governors' Association strongly supports allowing vocational education training to count toward meeting the…”

“the National Governors' Association strongly supports allowing vocational education training to count toward meeting the work requirement under the welfare law. The current law allows a 12-month limit. The old requirement was 24 months. The Governors argue and the community colleges argue--and I think it is very persuasive--that being in vocational education should count toward that work requirement. There is no cost to the Treasury. It will help people to complete a community college education and to count that toward the work requirement under the welfare bill.”