Banks Co. High School awarded work ready grant

ATLANTA - Banks County High School is one of 31 high schools throughout the state that has been awarded Georgia Work Ready training grants.

The grants provide three-year access to the initiative's skills gap training software, which help students improve their Work Ready Certificate levels.

The funding was made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will provide each school $5,000 of software.

Gov. Sonny Perdue made the announcement Friday.