Bill Creates Prison Workforce Pipeline for Trucking Industry

Mar 10, 2022 at 04:41 PM CST
A General Assembly committee heard testimony Mar. 9 on legislation creating a public-private partnership to address the state’s historic truck driver shortage. CBIA testified in support of SB 334, which requires the Department of Correction to partner with a nonprofit to establish a commercial driver’s license training program for incarcerated people. According to the American Trucking Association, United States companies saw a record deficit of 80,000 drivers last year.

Mar 10, 2022 at 04:41 PM CST

A General Assembly committee heard testimony Mar. 9 on legislation creating a public-private partnership to address the state’s historic truck driver shortage. CBIA testified in support of SB 334, which requires the Department of Correction to partner with a nonprofit to establish a commercial driver’s license training program for incarcerated people. According to the American Trucking Association, United States companies saw a record deficit of 80,000 drivers last year.