Written Testimony on HB 386 - Kent Trofholz, Ohio-Michigan Association of Career Colleges and Schools

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Written testimony on HB 386 by Kent Trofholz, Executive Director of the Ohio-Michigan Association of Career Colleges and Schools (OMACCS), to the Ohio House of Representatives Economic and Workforce Development Committee, dated February 10, 2020. The testimony states that HB386 establishes the Commercial Truck Driver Student Aid Program and that OMACCS applauds bills designed to increase the number of Ohioans who work in the trucking and heavy equipment industries. It states that member schools have provided CDL training for several decades and that the schools boast nearly 100% job placement rates. It says OMACCS strongly supports the measures.

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                                                                                           111 Westgate Drive
                                                                                           Newark, Ohio 43055




                                                          Ohio House of Representatives
                                               Economic and Workforce Development Committee
BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                                   HB 386
                                                        Written Testimony of Kent Trofholz
PRESIDENT
Andrea Fricks                      Executive Director, Ohio-Michigan Association of Career Colleges and Schools
 Columbus, OH                                                   February 10, 2020
PRESIDENT-ELECT
Michael Nease                 Chairman Zeltwanger and members of the Economic and Workforce Development
  Great Lakes Truck Driving
  School                      Committee. My name is Kent Trofholz, and I am the Executive Director of the Ohio-Michigan
  Columbia Station, OH        Association of Career Colleges and Schools (OMACCS). Thank you for the opportunity to
SECRETARY
                              provide written testimony for HB386, that establishes the Commercial Truck Driver Student
Jackie Marshall               Aid Program.
  Ohio Business College
  Sandusky, OH
                              OMACCS applauds the introduction of bills designed to increase the number of Ohioans who
TREASURER                     work in the trucking and heavy equipment industries. These bills are intended to make it
Diane Brunner
  Davis College               easier, especially for young people, to obtain their Commercial Driver’s License (CDL).
  Toledo, OH

Lance Craven
                              As you know, member schools of the Ohio-Michigan Association of Career Colleges and
  Dorsey Schools              Schools have been providing CDL training for several decades. Doris Young, owner and
  Madison Hts., MI            operator of the Great Lakes Truck Driving School in Columbia Station, has been in the truck
John Girard                   driving industry for over 30 years; Fortis College in Cuyahoga Falls, has been in operation for
  Ohio Media School           almost 50 years while offering a CDL training program for the past five years; as well as
  Valley View, OH
                              newer schools within the truck driving industry: Ohio Business College Truck Driving
Peter Martinello              Academy in Dayton and Capital Transportation in Columbus, Ohio. Our Association also
  Fortis College              supports our newest CDL members within the past few months: 160-Driving Academy in
  Westerville, OH
                              Cleveland and Napier Truck Driving Training in Hamilton, Ohio. All of the aforementioned
Peter Perkowski               schools work closely with Ohio employers and boast nearly 100% job placement
 Valley College
 Cleveland, OH
                              rates. Demand for CDL trained drivers routinely outnumber available prospective
                              employees.
Sharon Treumuth
  Ross Education, LLC
  Clinton Township, MI        HB386, when enacted, will undoubtedly address the shortage that Ohio employers are
                              experiencing when recruiting and hiring trained CDL drivers, and is a valuable component of a
ASSOCIATE MEMBER
Sharon Kobelak                comprehensive effort to address current challenges facing Ohio trucking businesses. HB386
  McGraw-Hill                 is a valuable resource for qualified drivers while addressing financial barriers, and is one piece
  Learning Solutions
                              of the puzzle for addressing the known problems in our State’s growing economy. The Ohio-
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR            Michigan Association of Career Colleges and Schools strongly support these measures and
Kent A. Trofholz
                              encourages the members of this committee to do the same.

                              Thank you for your time and for your ongoing support for the students of our schools, our
                              Association and sector of higher education. Any questions you may have can be directed to
                              my attention at ktrofholz@omaccs.org.

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