Career and Technical Programs

Carl Perkins Guidelines

1. Involve parents, businesses and labor organizations in the design, implementation and evaluation of vocation of vocational and technical programs.

3. Provide internships, cooperative education, school-based enterprises, entrepreneurship, and job shadowing experiences.

4. Provide programs for special populations.

5. Local business-education partnerships.

6. Assist vocational and technical student organizations.

7. Mentoring services.

8. Leasing, purchasing, upgrading or adapting equipment for instructional use.

9. Teacher preparation programs.

10. Improving or developing new vocational and technical education courses.

11. Provide vocational and technical education programs for adults and school dropouts.

12. Provide assistance to participants in finding an appropriate job and continuing their education.

13. Support nontraditional training and employment activities.

14. Support other vocational and technical education activities that are consistent with the Act..

Required

1. Provide activities that strengthen the blending of academic, vocational and technical skills of students.

2. Provide students with experiences in all aspects of an industry. Respond specifically to workforce development needs.

3. Develop, improve or expand the use of technology in vocational and technical education.

• Train vocational and technical education personnel in the use of new technology.
• Provide students with the skills necessary to enter high technology or the telecommunications field.
• Encourage business education partnerships that provide students with internships and mentoring programs.

4. Provide professional development programs that offer training in state-of-the-art vocational and technical education programs.

• Support vocational teacher education programs.
• Provide internship programs that provide business experience for teachers.
• Provide activities that train teachers in the use and application of technology.

5. Develop and implement an evaluation program assessing the activities carried out with vocational and technical education funds.

6. Initiates, improve, expand, and modernize quality vocational and technical education programs.

7. Provide services and activities that are of sufficient size, scope and quality to be effective.

8. Link secondary and postsecondary vocational and technical education programs, including implementing tech prep programs.

Eligible and Ineligible Cost

Costs generally considered to be eligible
1. Personnel Services (time records)
2. Operating Expenses*
3. Stipends
4. Consultants
5. Instructional Materials*
6. Travel
7. Instructional Equipment
8. Administrative Costs (not to exceed 5%)