State official seeks rebid of workforce training grant
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) – A cabinet secretary in Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration wants elected officials to rebid a multi-million-dollar workforce training grant.
The Lexington Herald-Leader (reports the grant was awarded to the Bluegrass Area Development District in early January.
State Education and Workforce Development Secretary Hal Heiner says Bluegrass provided “incomplete and inaccurate” information to locally elected officials about its 2014 state auditor examination and investigations by two state agencies.
Bluegrass was one of three bidders for the federal grant that provides training for under-employed and unemployed workers in a 17-county region that includes Fayette County.
Bluegrass executive director David Duttlinger says it complied with requirements of the bid request and was not trying to hide anything to those that scored the bid.
Local officials say they’ll review Heiner’s request.
