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Perkins IV OverviewPerkins IV Overview

Public HearingsPublic Hearings February 28-29, 2008February 28-29, 2008

Hitting the Mark!Hitting the Mark!

Perkins considered Perkins considered “wildly popular” “wildly popular”

True bipartisan and True bipartisan and bicameral supportbicameral support

Perkins IV became Perkins IV became law on August 12, law on August 12, 20062006

Authorized until Authorized until 20122012

Spirit of the New LawSpirit of the New Law

Leading CTE into the 21Leading CTE into the 21stst centurycentury

-- Global competition-- Global competition

-- Program -- Program improvementimprovement

-- Ensuring modern, -- Ensuring modern, durable and rigorous durable and rigorous CTE programsCTE programs

Purposes of the ActPurposes of the Act

Develop Develop challenging challenging academic and academic and technical technical standards and standards and related related challenging, challenging, integrated integrated instructioninstruction

Purposes of the ActPurposes of the Act Increase Increase

opportunities for opportunities for individuals to individuals to keep America keep America competitivecompetitive

A focus on high A focus on high skill, high wage, skill, high wage, high demand high demand occupationsoccupations

Purposes of the ActPurposes of the Act

Provide Provide increased increased flexibility flexibility

Conduct and Conduct and disseminate disseminate research and research and information on information on best practicesbest practices

Purposes of the ActPurposes of the Act Promote Promote

partnerships partnerships (education, (education, workforce workforce boards, business, boards, business, industry, etc.)industry, etc.)

Provide technical Provide technical assistance and assistance and professional professional developmentdevelopment

Local PlansLocal Plans

The law outlines the minimum The law outlines the minimum requirements.requirements.

States may add more requirements, States may add more requirements, set parameters, restrictions, etc.set parameters, restrictions, etc.– Prioritize uses of fundsPrioritize uses of funds– Connect accountability to uses of Connect accountability to uses of

fundsfunds– Set % or # minima or maximaSet % or # minima or maxima


Provide at least one CTE program of Provide at least one CTE program of studystudy

Describe how local recipients will Describe how local recipients will encourage students to take “rigorous encourage students to take “rigorous and challenging” core academic coursesand challenging” core academic courses

Programs aligned to rigorous technical Programs aligned to rigorous technical standardsstandards

All aspects of the industryAll aspects of the industry Size, scope and qualitySize, scope and quality


Performance targetsPerformance targets

Evaluate and continuous Evaluate and continuous improvement with special emphasis improvement with special emphasis on special popson special pops

Local Uses of Funds: RequiredLocal Uses of Funds: Required

Very similar to current lawVery similar to current law

Professional Development activities must be Professional Development activities must be intensive and more than one day in intensive and more than one day in duration.duration.

Funds must be spent on programs of study Funds must be spent on programs of study (non-duplicative sequence of courses (non-duplicative sequence of courses starting in secondary and proceeding to starting in secondary and proceeding to postsecondary).postsecondary).

Local Uses of Funds: RequiredLocal Uses of Funds: Required

Supporting activities that prepare Supporting activities that prepare special populations, including single special populations, including single parents and displaced homemakers parents and displaced homemakers who are enrolled in CTE programs, who are enrolled in CTE programs, for high skill, high wage or high for high skill, high wage or high demand occupations that will lead to demand occupations that will lead to self sufficiency.self sufficiency.

Local Uses of Funds: Permissive Local Uses of Funds: Permissive

Very similar to current lawVery similar to current law

New uses of funds include:New uses of funds include:

-- Entrepreneurship programs-- Entrepreneurship programs

Local Uses of Funds: Permissive Local Uses of Funds: Permissive

Dual Dual credit/enrollment credit/enrollment programsprograms

Smaller, Smaller, personalized, personalized, career-themed career-themed learning learning communities communities

Special PopulationsSpecial Populations

Individuals with disabilitiesIndividuals with disabilities Individuals from economically Individuals from economically

disadvantaged families, including foster disadvantaged families, including foster childrenchildren

Individuals preparing for non-traditional Individuals preparing for non-traditional fieldsfields

Single parents, including single Single parents, including single pregnant women pregnant women

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Special PopulationsSpecial Populations

Displaced homemakers, andDisplaced homemakers, and

Individuals with limited English Individuals with limited English proficiencyproficiency

Increased Accountability Increased Accountability

– Separate Separate secondary and secondary and postsecondary postsecondary measuresmeasures

– Performance levels Performance levels at state and local at state and local levelslevels

– Sanctions Sanctions

Increased AccountabilityIncreased Accountability

Data reported Data reported must be must be disaggregated disaggregated by special by special populationspopulations

Achievement Achievement gaps must be gaps must be identified and identified and quantifiedquantified

Improvement PlansImprovement Plans

Failure to meet Failure to meet performance performance target for target for any any measure measure

-- Must develop -- Must develop and implement and implement an improvement an improvement planplan

Sanctions are real!Sanctions are real!

Sanctions possible if states:Sanctions possible if states:

-- Fail to implement improvement plan OR-- Fail to implement improvement plan OR

-- Fail to show performance improvements -- Fail to show performance improvements once an improvement plan is in place ORonce an improvement plan is in place OR

-- Fail to meet 90% of the same measure’s -- Fail to meet 90% of the same measure’s performance target 3 years in a rowperformance target 3 years in a row

SanctionsSanctions StateState

-- Secretary of Education can withhold -- Secretary of Education can withhold some or all fundssome or all funds

-- Sanction comes out of -- Sanction comes out of admin/leadership pot of fundsadmin/leadership pot of funds

LocalLocal-- Sanction language mirrors that of the -- Sanction language mirrors that of the

state state -- Eligible agency can withhold some or -- Eligible agency can withhold some or

all of the local grantall of the local grant

Will there be regulations?Will there be regulations?

Limitation on Limitation on regulations regulations within the lawwithin the law

Timeline ???Timeline ???

FY 2008 is FY 2008 is considered a considered a transition year.transition year.

States submit States submit five-year plan in five-year plan in April, 2008.April, 2008.

Thank you!Thank you!

Any Questions? Any Questions?