Grant Purpose:
The goal is to promote promising practices and to continuously improve career-technical education delivery. These funds may support grantees in the ongoing development of local data collection systems to improve decision-making and planning. The goal is to also improve access, engagement, and outcomes for all career-technical education students with an intentional focus on students included in Perkins V’s defined special populations.
Note: Eligible secondary entities must have an approved CTE-26 workforce development career pathway application for the year of the grant application. Eligible postsecondary entities must have approved career-technical education programs through the Ohio Department of Higher Education. CTE-26-approved Industry-Only Credential and Career-Based Intervention programs are not eligible to receive funds through this grant.
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Competitive Preference:
- Emphasize collaboration between secondary and postsecondary schools.
- Seek to employ strategies that focus on promotion or expansion of programs of study aligned with state-identified high-skill, high-wage, and in-demand occupations.
- Seek to implement strategies for improving access to Work-Based Learning or postsecondary apprentice/internships, and/or
- Seek to implement strategies to attract and retain competent teachers and promote policies to ensure the addition of program staff who reflect the population of the school or district.
