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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
Local PlansLocal Plans
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
Local PlansLocal Plans
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.