Madisonville Community College is among eight community and technical colleges in Kentucky receiving grants to help students attend school in coal-producing communities.
The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority is awarding a total of $366,857 dollars to schools through the Kentucky Coal County College Compensation Student Services Grant program.
Other schools include Ashland, Big Sandy, Henderson, Owensboro, Hazard, Somerset and Southeast.
The grant program was enacted during the 2014 Kentucky General Assembly.
