The League of Iowa Human & Civil Rights Agencies

An internal review obtained by The Associated Press is calling for changes to Iowa's system of training new workers after finding the program is the most expensive in the nation. The review by the Department of Economic Development found that Iowa spent $62 million on the Industrial New Jobs Training Program in 2007. That's $10 million more than was spent by second-ranked California. "Iowa paid on average $13,000 for each new worker's training costs, national average was $525 per worker," the review said. "Iowa's training costs far exceeded the costs of all other states."

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