Dr. Olga Rubi Salinas, a PSJA alum and practicing dentist, told the conference she hosts students in her practice through a PSJA–South Texas College partnership and recently added a second practice in Pharr.

TOLES, Madison County’s career-technical site, told commissioners enrollment has doubled in four years, nursing and manufacturing programs are expanding, and the school is pursuing state capital funds for a vertical search-and-rescue training facility.

Nevada initiates Health Care Workforce Pathway to enhance career education and training.

Secretary Susie Shawan of Louisiana Works told the House Education Committee the state must measure training programs by long-term Louisiana employment and wages, expand short-term credential access, and pair education with wraparound services and regional employer partnerships to address rural and statewide health workforce shortages.