Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced $4.84 million in grant awards to 10 community colleges in Iowa to support new equipment and the creation or remodeling of driver training facilities. The grants will help support the building, purchasing or remodeling of training infrastructure that prepares drivers for meeting commercial driver’s license requirements. The funding will allow the colleges’ CDL programs to add an estimated 1,305 more program participants to their annual class size. Funds will be administered as reimbursement, and programs must offer competency-based training courses and/or a training course that allows students to complete training and take the licensing exam within a 30-day window. Colleges receiving grant funds have agreed to a five-year tuition freeze for their CDL programs once the project from the award is complete. For more information about the program and a list of the awardees, click here.