Northwest Iowa Community College (NCC) in Sheldon, and ten other community colleges have received a grant from the State of Iowa of a combined $4.8 million, which will provide an opportunity to support CDL programs at these community colleges.
The 301-thousand-dollar grant will allow NCC to build infrastructure for their CDL program. This will include the construction of a storage building, and the purchase of two truck-trailer semis and a bus. They will also add testing for a CDL permit, which will make NCC a fully accredited license testing center. NCC would then be able to train 80 additional students a year for CDL licensure. A new instructor for the program has also been hired.
