Act provides expanded funding opportunities for Yavapai Community College and local high school CTE programs
Congress passed a bipartisan overhaul of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Wednesday, July 25 and sent it to the President who is expected to sign it. The $1.1 billion program, last reauthorized in 2006, is a principal source of federal funding to states and discretionary grantees for the improvement of secondary and post-secondary career and technical education programs across the nation. The purpose of the Act is to develop more fully the academic, career, and technical skills of secondary and post-secondary students who elect to enroll in career and technical education programs Some of the ways it may be used include:
- Strengthen the academic, occupational and technical skills of students.
- Provide students with strong experience in and understanding of all aspects of an industry, including partnerships/collaboration with local industry representatives.
- Develop, improve or expand the use of technology in CTE.
- Provide professional development programs to instructors, counselors and administrators.
- Develop and implement evaluations of CTE programs.
- Initiate, improve, expand and modernize quality CTE programs
- Provide services and activities that are of sufficient size, scope and quality to be effective.