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Byline: Hannah Sampson
Aug. 19--High school kids have long heard a version of this lecture: If you don't go to college, you'll never get a good job or make any money.
Thursday, state education officials sang a slightly different tune, announcing millions of dollars in grants to help students get an education in fields that don't require four or more years of college.
Two different grant programs, funded by the Florida Legislature, will provide $31 million to aid "career education" programs and to relieve the shortage of teachers and nurses.
"Career education today is not your father's shop class," Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings said at a press…