Located in:
- Career and Technical Education Programs Authorized Under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
- f. Financial Requirements
As noted above, in addition to the narrative information provided below, you must submit an updated budget (Item B.1a below) for the upcoming program year using the link to the Perkins State Plan Portal below.
- f. Financial Requirements
f. 1. C. You Must Provide the Specific Dollar Allocations Made Available by the Eligible Agency for Career and Technical Education Programs Under Section 132(a) of the Act and How These Allocations Are Distributed to Postsecondary Institutions Within the State. (section 122(c)(6)(a); Section 202(c))
Current Narrative:
Under the provisions of Section 132(a) of the Act awarding grants to eligible recipients for the purpose of operating postsecondary and adult programs based upon an amount that bears the same relationship to the amount of funds available under this section as the number of Pell Grant recipients enrolled in programs meeting the requirements of Section 132 offered by such institutions in the preceding fiscal year bears to the number of such recipients enrolled in such programs within the State in the current year does not result in a distribution of funds to eligible institutions within the State that have the highest numbers of economically disadvantaged individuals. This formula would, in fact, exclude eligible institutions that serve the State as providers of apprenticeship programs and institutions that provide CTE programs of adult education through the James H. Groves Adult High School program. The James H. Groves Adult program serves almost exclusively economically disadvantaged students that do not receive assistance from Pell Grants. Despite the fact these individuals are eligible for such assistance, the delivery system (including local educational agencies) for this adult program does not qualify as a provider of Pell assistance.
Therefore, institutions eligible to receive funds for postsecondary and adult programs in the State include:
1. An institution of higher education.
2. A local (secondary) education agency serving adults.
3. An area CTE school serving adults that offers or will offer a program that meets the requirements identified under the description of use of funds for postsecondary and adult programs.
Furthermore, funds are to be used to provide CTE programs that:
1. Are of such size, scope, and quality as to be effective,
2. Integrate academic and CTE in such programs through coherent sequences of courses so that those students achieve both academic and occupational competencies, and
3. Provide equitable participation in such programs for the special populations consistent with the assurance and requirements of the Act.
In order to meet the scope of such CTE programs, the State will not provide grants for local plans that are less than $50,000. In the event funds available for distribution from this allotment are not requested during any given fiscal year of the State Plan, remaining amounts from the allotment shall be redistributed to eligible institutions with approved plans. These approved plans will be renegotiated to properly use redistributed funds. Each eligible institution receiving funds under this section shall use no more than five percent of such funds for administrative costs.
Funds may not be used to supplant available State or local salary sources but may be used to supplement new program initiatives. All funds available from this allotment will be provided to eligible institutions on a competitive basis.