When: Perkins Grant operates on a 5 year plan with application due annually base based on the fiscal year (July-June) 5 Year Perkins Improvement Plan: Expires June 30th, 2013 (continue on our current plan until the Feds reauthorize the Perkins Grant) March: Local Applications shared with Board for the next fiscal year April: Submit Perkins Local Application Budget for next fiscal year July: Begin Allocation of Perkins funds for the current fiscal year July-June: Reallocate Perkins funds as needed (carryover funds are typically made available in January or February of the fiscal year) June: All Perkins funds must be obligated September: All previous fiscal year purchases must be liquidated December and June: Semi-Annual Certification Forms Annual: collect and track Local Improvement Plan data What: The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act was first authorized by the federal government in 1984 and reauthorized in 1998. Named for Carl D. Perkins, the act aims to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the economy. On August 12, 2006, the president signed into law the reauthorization of the Act of 1998. The new law, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, was passed in late July, 2006. The new law includes three major areas of revision: Using the term “career and technical education” instead of “vocational education” Maintaining the Tech Prep program as a separate federal funding stream within legislation Maintaining state administrative funding at 5 percent of a state’s allocation The new law also includes new requirements for “programs of study” that link academic and technical content across secondary and postsecondary education, and strengthened local accountability provisions that will ensure continuous program improvement. Purpose: The purpose of the Perkins grant is to award federal funds to post-secondary institutions that enroll students in career and technical education programs. The primary use of the funds is to expand career education and improve student academic and technical performance. Notes: When preparing the Perkins Annual Local Application, the college must implement procedures to ensure that career technical education funds are used only for allowable
When: Perkins Grant operates on a 5 year plan with application due annually base based on the fiscal year (July-June) 5 Year Perkins Improvement Plan: Expires June 30th, 2013 (continue on our current plan until the Feds reauthorize the Perkins Grant) March: Local Applications shared with Board for the next fiscal year April: Submit Perkins Local Application Budget for next fiscal year July: Begin Allocation of Perkins funds for the current fiscal year July-June: Reallocate Perkins funds as needed (carryover funds are typically made available in January or February of the fiscal year) June: All Perkins funds must be obligated September: All previous fiscal year purchases must be liquidated December and June: Semi-Annual Certification Forms Annual: collect and track Local Improvement Plan data What: The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act was first authorized by the federal government in 1984 and reauthorized in 1998. Named for Carl D. Perkins, the act aims to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the economy. On August 12, 2006, the president signed into law the reauthorization of the Act of 1998. The new law, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, was passed in late July, 2006. The new law includes three major areas of revision: Using the term “career and technical education” instead of “vocational education” Maintaining the Tech Prep program as a separate federal funding stream within legislation Maintaining state administrative funding at 5 percent of a state’s allocation The new law also includes new requirements for “programs of study” that link academic and technical content across secondary and postsecondary education, and strengthened local accountability provisions that will ensure continuous program improvement. Purpose: The purpose of the Perkins grant is to award federal funds to post-secondary institutions that enroll students in career and technical education programs. The primary use of the funds is to expand career education and improve student academic and technical performance. Notes: When preparing the Perkins Annual Local Application, the college must implement procedures to ensure that career technical education funds are used only for allowable
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