1. Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century
Perkins
Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century
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2. What is Perkins? Funds career prep programs
Higher education for high schoolers
More education providers and hiring availability
Main federal funding source for CTE programs
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3. What is Perkins? Gives students skills to enter the workforce
Teaches accountability
High school and college alignment
Partners academic skills and life skills
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4. Career and Technical Education program
Prepares young adults fulfill occupations
Fills struggling American company jobs
Who it has affected
8.3 million high school students
3.6 million college students
254,000 adults
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5. Examples of Perkins Programs
Funds high schools
Classes
CTE Explorers
CTE Concentrators
After school programs
DECA
FBLA
Potentially FIRST
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6. Funding Over 1 billion dollars nationally
States apply for grants every 5 years
Amount depends on per capita income level
15% given to state
85% given to local
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7. Reauthorization Goes into effect July 1, 2019
First year will be a transition year
NC State government will submit spending plans Spring 2019
Funding in NC has gone up significantly
Apply to your state for funding
Flexible at local level
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8. How it Impacts FIRST Funds teams to expand FIRST mission
Could be used to fund robotics courses
Grant programs
Coding
Machining
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9. Any Questions?
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