1. FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants
Nina Roa
Lead Specialist, CTE Instructional Branch
Division of Career and College Readiness
Maryland State Department of Education
Phone:

2. FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants
Release Date
Monday, January 16, 2018
Via
MSDE Blackboard site
Due Date
Friday, March 23, 2018
Via Docushare
All applications and signatures must be in by COB Friday, March 23, 2018
All appendices are available for download thru the MSDE Blackboard
Due date is firm. Extensions will not be given to an individual school system

3. Eligibility: FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants
FY 2019 Funding Streams:
Perkins Reserve Funds ~ $630,000
Perkins Funds Eligibility:
Located in a rural area;
High percentages of career and technology education completers; or
High numbers of career and technology education students
The $630,000 is an estimate and could go up based on amounts of returned FY 2018 funds.
Eligible systems and colleges are listed in Appendix D. All school systems and colleges are eligible for FY 2019.

4. Priority Areas: FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants
Priority 1: CTE Programs of Study at the secondary level: Academy of Health Professions, Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Database Academy – ORACLE, Networking Academy – CISCO, PLTW Computer Science (new and enhancement sites) Priority 2: CTE Programs of Study at the Community College Level Priority 3: Preparing high school and college students for further education and careers Priority 4: Providing comprehensive, on-going professional development for CTE instructors, faculty, administrators, and counselors

5. Priority 1: FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants Secondary CTE Programs of Study
Academy of Health Professions
Support implementation of AHP core and specialty courses
$5,000 maximum request (including all indirect/admin costs)
List of allowable MOI for core and specialty courses in Appendix I
Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Support for new and existing sites
$8,000 maximum request (including all indirect/admin costs)
Sample budget on page 12 of RFP

6. Priority 1: FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants Secondary CTE Programs of Study
Database Academy – ORACLE
Support for new and existing sites
$7,500 (including all indirect/admin costs)
Networking Academy – CISCO

7. Priority 1: FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants Secondary CTE Programs of Study
Project Lead The Way Computer Science
Support for new and enhancement sites (separate applications)
$30,000 in year 1, $45,000 over 2 years (including all indirect/admin costs)
See allotted amount for schools that are eligible for PLTW Computer Science enhancement grants
Use the PLTW Investment Tool to develop budget

8. Priority 1: FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants Secondary CTE Programs of Study
Important to Note for all Priority 1 Grants:
Professional development (PD) must be included in the application
Do not submit separate PD grant
All budgets include indirect and/or administrative costs
Use the rubric as a guide in the development of the grant applications
Note limits on stipends, mileage and per diem rates
No funds for substitute teachers
No funds to support consultants for this priority
Consultants for the programs in Priority 1 are the MSDE CTE Cluster Teams…..

9. Priority 2: FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants CTE at the Community Colleges
To develop, improve and/or expand a CTE Program of Study
If requesting funds to continue an activity previously funded with federal funds, then include data on how the activity has been successful
Up to $20,000 (including all indirect/admin costs)
One year of funding
Articulate to a secondary CTE program
All budgets include administrative costs
Use the rubric as a guide in the development of the grant applications
Note limits on stipends, mileage and per diem rates

10. Priority 3: FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants Preparing High School and Community College Students for Further Education and Careers
Up to $8,000/application (including all indirect/admin costs)
One year of funding
Funds may be used to support:
Establishment/Expansion of Technical Assessment Centers
- Funds to support training of the assessment coordinator, cost of
licensing and lab fees
- 50% match for technology expenditures
Career guidance and academic counseling services to CTE students (both secondary and postsecondary) that improve graduation rates, completion rates and provide information on further education and career options

11. Priority 3: FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants Preparing High School and Community College Students for Further Education and Careers
Provide appropriate academic interventions to CTE students who take the PSAT, Accuplacer assessments
- Pre and post test interventions
Support 3rd party accreditation or certification (re-acred. and re-cert) for specific CTE programs
- ACF, NATEF, NCCER, NIMS, Print Ed
Develop and implement a CTE marketing campaign
Budgets includes all indirect/administrative costs
Use the rubric as a guide in the development of the grant applications
Note limits on stipends, mileage and per diem rates
If you are asking for funds to continue, improve upon or expand a previously funded activity, please provide evidence of past success. This is in question A2 on page 28 in Priority 3 of the FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund RFP. Ex include numbers of students served, increase in scores

12. Priority 4: FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants Professional Development
Must support a specific CTE program of study at either the secondary or postsecondary level
Up to $10,000/application and may include multiple PD opportunities (including all indirect/admin costs)
One year of funding
Use the rubric as a guide in the development of the grant applications
Budgets includes all indirect/administrative costs
Note limits on stipends, mileage and per diem rates
Cannot write a PD grant for AHP, HSEP, ORACLE, CISCO or PLTW CS if you are also writing a Priority 1 grant for those programs (at the same school)

13. FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants Grant Application Submission and Review Process
All applications and signature forms must be received by COB on Friday, March 23, 2018.
Via Docushare
Signatures in BLUE ink (Assurances)
Jeanne-Marie Holly, your CTE Coordinator and me when grant applications have been uploaded to DocuShare
All applications undergo a technical review to check for required forms and signatures
Applications not meeting the technical review will not be considered for funding
Technical review means: in by the deadline with all required signatures in BLUE INK – basically the Assurances page is the only items that must be signed upon the initial submission.
me when you upload to DocuShare. I do not troll DocuShare on a daily basis looking for new items.

14. FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants Grant Application Submission and Review Process
Do not submit more than 6 grant applications
Prioritize the 6 grant applications (use appendix E)
MSDE staff, including cluster team members along with external partners, will review and score grant applications
Unofficial s will be sent ASAP (late April) indicating funding levels for each grant request to assist with Perkins planning purposes
Letters will be sent to the application coordinator indicating funding level and may request revised information and a wrap-around budget

15. FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants Required Submissions
Signature Forms include:
Proposal Cover Pages
One for each grant request
Make sure dollar amount is listed on the cover page and matches the budget form associated with the grant request
Initial Submission Does Not Have to be Signed
Assurances Page
One Assurance Page for all grant submissions
Make sure it is signed by the Superintendent/College President in BLUE ink
Budget Forms
Submit a budget form for each grant request
No need to submit a wrap-around budget on
initial submission

16. FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants Spending Authority
FY 2019 funds will not be released to Local School Systems (LSS) or Community Colleges (CC) until:
The LSS or CC has an approved FY 2019 local plan; and
All outstanding FY 2018 documents have been submitted to MSDE
Mid-year reports from the previous fiscal year
Final program reports prior to the previous fiscal year
LAUPL Attestation forms
Spending authority is effective on the first day of the month that all required elements are received in approvable form, but not before July 1, 2018

17. FY 2019 CTE Reserve Fund Grants Spending Authority
Reminder for FY 2019 (this was new in FY 2018 CTE Reserve Fund Grants):
30% of FY 2019 CTE Reserve Funds will be awarded on July 1, 2018 (or when all required elements have been received in approvable form)
the remaining 70% will be awarded on October 1, 2018

18. Questions?
Contact Information
Nina Roa