
This resource discusses the new mechanisms in Perkins V to broaden and diversify the pipeline of prospective learners that enter secondary CTE programs by expanding CTE in the middle grades, as well as examples of how states have successfully approach offering CTE in the middle grades.

This expansion of funding eligibility to the middle grades has the potential to broaden and diversify the pipeline of prospective learners that enter secondary CTE programs. This document provides the state definitions and answers basic questions around the implementation of size, scope and quality for secondary and postsecondary basic grant recipients. States are now able to use Perkins V funds to support the expansion of CTE and career exposure opportunities as early as the fifth grade. All Perkins eligible recipients are required to meet the states definition of size, scope, and quality in order to spend Perkins funds. Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 1965 the Strengthening Career and. This resource builds on the knowledge from Advance CTE's review of state Perkins V plans to share promising practices and strategies for state CTE leaders to leverage when implementing their state plans so that a learner's CTE experience can begin in the middle grades. The Every Student Succeeds Act, 2015, is the most recent reauthorization of the.

Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, and provides nearly 1. This bipartisan measure reauthorized the. It represents the largest federal investment in secondary education. Last Fall, Advance CTE provided an analysis of all 50 states and Washington D.C.'s Perkins V plans, identifying common aspects that are indicative of a comprehensive and cohesive state plan, a number of which go beyond the law’s requirements and expectations to achieve a CTE without limits. Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, otherwise known as Perkins V (Act, Legislation), was signed into law by President Donald J. The Perkins Act is the main piece of legislation addressing CTE in the United States. Perkins Vocational and Applied-Technology Education Act. funds jointly-as well as grants under the Carl D. and linking high school programs to post-secondary technical education programs. Allows states and districts, with approval from the department, to apply for some E.S.E.A. In the summer of 2018, The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) was reauthorized, continuing the investment in secondary and postsecondary Career Technical Education (CTE) programs across the nation. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 - The act was renamed.
