Because demand for drivers is so strong, Salina Area Technical College is starting a professional trucking program.
Vice president of instruction Pedro Leite says the technical school is looking for seed money; the college hopes to have the program up and running by next spring.
Fort Scott Community College in southeast Kansas offers the only truck driving school in Kansas that's affiliated with the Board of Regents.
Salina Tech will be the second, and much of the necessary equipment has been donated by local industry players.
Great Plains Trucking and Apac-Kansas Shears Division have each supplied a truck. Apac and Schwan's Global Supply have added trailers to the project.