{"id":1453862,"date":"2025-10-30T03:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1453862"},"modified":"2025-11-01T23:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T04:01:36","slug":"texasworks-debuts-in-tyler-offers-free-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1453862","title":{"rendered":"TexasWorks debuts in Tyler, offers free education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/10\/TexasWorks_Logo_V6-1-1925830888-200x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1453863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/10\/TexasWorks_Logo_V6-1-1925830888-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/10\/TexasWorks_Logo_V6-1-1925830888.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>TYLER \u2014 According to our news partner KETK, a new educational program called \u2018TexasWorks\u2019 was launched Wednesday at Premier High School in Tyler, East Texas, offering tuition-free high school diplomas and career certifications for adults aged 18 to 50. The program aims to equip adults with the skills needed for high-demand jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re also going to earn an industry-based certification. So that could be in drone and in aviation.\u201d Dr. Elizabeth Camarena, Superintendent of TexasWorks said. \u201cWe also have a certification in cybersecurity that we\u2019re launching and plenty of others, including business and entrepreneurship, business and finance and also security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony and spoke about the importance of programs like \u2018Texas-Works\u2019 in building a skilled workforce to support the booming industries in East Texas. With the launch of \u2018Texas-Works\u2019, adults in East Texas have new opportunities to advance their education and career prospects, contributing to the region\u2019s economic growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u2014 According to our news partner KETK, a new educational program called \u2018TexasWorks\u2019 was launched Wednesday at Premier High School in Tyler, East Texas, offering tuition-free high school diplomas and career certifications for adults aged 18 to 50. The program aims to equip adults with the skills needed for high-demand jobs. \u201cThey\u2019re also going &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1453862\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TexasWorks debuts in Tyler, offers free education<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1454201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/10\/TexasWorks_Logo_V6-1-1925830888-200x200.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1453862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 16:37:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/10\/TexasWorks_Logo_V6-1-1925830888-200x200.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1453862"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1454609,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453862\/revisions\/1454609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1454201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1453862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1453862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1453862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}