{"id":739,"date":"2023-06-23T13:43:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T13:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/?p=739"},"modified":"2023-06-23T13:48:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T13:48:03","slug":"michigan-reconnect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]
\n

Eligibility\u00a0<\/span>for Tuition-Free Education\u00a0<\/span>Will<\/span>\u00a0Increase<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>Include\u00a0<\/span>All Those\u00a0<\/span>21<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Older<\/span>\u00a0Without a Degree<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

LANSING, Mich. (<\/span>Jun 23<\/span>, 2023) \u2013 Yesterday, Sen<\/span>s<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Sarah Anthony<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(D-Lansing)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Mary Cavanagh<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(D-Redford Township)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>introduced two bills<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>SB\u00a0<\/span><\/span>406<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>SB 407<\/span><\/span><\/a>,<\/span>\u00a0to expand the Michigan Reconnect Program<\/span>\u00a0\u2014<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>temporarily\u00a0<\/span><\/span>increasing eligibility from 25 to 21 years of age.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\u201c<\/span>Michigan Reconnect has\u00a0<\/span><\/span>already\u00a0<\/span><\/span>connected thousands of Michiganders with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tuition-free\u00a0<\/span><\/span>higher education and skills training,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Anthony<\/span><\/span>. \u201c<\/span>As we continue to attract new investment in our state, expanding Michigan Reconnect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and investing in our workers is critical in maintaining our positive economic trajectory.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Launched in February 2021 and spearheaded by then-Rep.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Anthony<\/span><\/span>, Michigan Reconnect is the largest effort in state history to ensure that more than 4.1 million Michiganders who are 25 or older\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with no<\/span>\u00a0college degree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can<\/span>\u00a0earn a tuition-free associate degree or skills certificate.\u202f<\/span>Since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inception<\/span>, Michigan Reconnect has had over 122,000 applicants.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

\u201cMichigan Reconnect has proven to be a critical component of our statewide education and workforce development goals,\u201d said\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Cavanagh<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u201cBy expanding the program, this legislation affords even more Michiganders the opportunity to a quality education, setting our residents and Michigan as a whole on the path to a stronger economic future.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Michigan Reconnect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pays<\/span>\u00a0tuition cost<\/span>\u00a0f<\/span>or eligible adults\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>enroll in an associate’s program or a skills certificate program at their local community college. More than 70 private training schools with 120 programs that offer certificates in high-demand professions in sectors like manufacturing, construction, information technology, healthcare or business management are part of the program<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

Learn more about the program at\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Michigan.gov\/Reconnect<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

###<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eligibility\u00a0for Tuition-Free Education\u00a0Will\u00a0Increase\u00a0to\u00a0Include\u00a0All Those\u00a021\u00a0and\u00a0Older\u00a0Without a Degree\u00a0 \u00a0 LANSING, Mich. (Jun 23, 2023) \u2013 Yesterday, Sens.\u00a0Sarah Anthony\u00a0(D-Lansing)\u00a0and\u00a0Mary Cavanagh\u00a0(D-Redford Township)\u00a0introduced two bills,\u00a0SB\u00a0406\u00a0and\u00a0SB 407,\u00a0to expand the Michigan Reconnect Program\u00a0\u2014\u00a0temporarily\u00a0increasing eligibility from 25 to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"yoast_head":"\nSens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\u00a0 - Senator Sarah Anthony<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Senator Sarah Anthony\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-23T13:43:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-23T13:48:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1366624414.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2121\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1414\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/#\/schema\/person\/d70eb43c43b9d6128dac1bd664ee6466\"},\"headline\":\"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-23T13:43:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-23T13:48:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1366624414.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Press Release\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/\",\"name\":\"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\u00a0 - Senator Sarah Anthony\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1366624414.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-23T13:43:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-23T13:48:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/#\/schema\/person\/d70eb43c43b9d6128dac1bd664ee6466\"},\"description\":\"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1366624414.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1366624414.jpg\",\"width\":2121,\"height\":1414,\"caption\":\"Diverse graduates smile and cheer for photo taken by families Senator Anthony\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/\",\"name\":\"Senator Sarah Anthony\",\"description\":\"Michigan Senate Democrats\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/#\/schema\/person\/d70eb43c43b9d6128dac1bd664ee6466\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3da2887db706dfa8587baba5d85c3807e267a58764ccea2e0a413b3f0364806c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3da2887db706dfa8587baba5d85c3807e267a58764ccea2e0a413b3f0364806c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/senatedemssandbox.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\u00a0 - Senator Sarah Anthony","description":"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\u00a0","og_description":"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program","og_url":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/","og_site_name":"Senator Sarah Anthony","article_published_time":"2023-06-23T13:43:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-23T13:48:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2121,"height":1414,"url":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1366624414.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_description":"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/#\/schema\/person\/d70eb43c43b9d6128dac1bd664ee6466"},"headline":"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\u00a0","datePublished":"2023-06-23T13:43:59+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-23T13:48:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/"},"wordCount":340,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1366624414.jpg","articleSection":["Press Release"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/","url":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/","name":"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\u00a0 - Senator Sarah Anthony","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1366624414.jpg","datePublished":"2023-06-23T13:43:59+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-23T13:48:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/#\/schema\/person\/d70eb43c43b9d6128dac1bd664ee6466"},"description":"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1366624414.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2023\/06\/GettyImages-1366624414.jpg","width":2121,"height":1414,"caption":"Diverse graduates smile and cheer for photo taken by families Senator Anthony"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/2023\/06\/23\/michigan-reconnect\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sens. Anthony, Cavanagh Introduce Legislation to Expand Michigan Reconnect Program\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/#website","url":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/","name":"Senator Sarah Anthony","description":"Michigan Senate Democrats","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/#\/schema\/person\/d70eb43c43b9d6128dac1bd664ee6466","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3da2887db706dfa8587baba5d85c3807e267a58764ccea2e0a413b3f0364806c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3da2887db706dfa8587baba5d85c3807e267a58764ccea2e0a413b3f0364806c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/senatedemssandbox.com"],"url":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":743,"href":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions\/743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/anthony\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}