Perkins Legislative Update

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Perkins Legislative Update

• The Latest News and Steps
• That We Can Take Now

Margaret A. Ellibee CTE Team April 21, 2006
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Presentation Overview

• Preparing for the Future
• Setting the Context
• Themes in New Legislation
• Thoughts for Us to Consider

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Context Matters!!!

• Economic
• Social
• Policy

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National Policy Influencers Economic

• Presidents FY07 proposal cuts education,
  workforce social service programs by close to
  5 billion
• Many competing pressures on budget
• International Presence
• Tax cuts
• Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid
• Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
• National Security

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National Policy Influencers - Economic

• The World if Flat influence.
• Globalization and its impact on Americas
  competitiveness.
• Concern about growing trade deficit.
• Concern about job loss is not just low level, but
  also mid-level.
• Concern about skills gap.

source Dept. of Commerce
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Social Influencers

• Education remains top domestic issue.
• Increased awareness about student achievement
  (school report cards, etc.)
• More careers require postsecondary experiences
  (degree, certificate or credential).
• High remediation rates.
• High drop out rate both secondary and
  postsecondary.
• Disconnect between what we need to support our
  economy and student interest.

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Social Influencers

• Demand for public accountability
• Demonstrated return on investment
• Focus on the use of public funds on demonstrated,
  effective strategies

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Major Legislative Themes

• Increased Accountability
• NCLB as academic achievement measure
• Separate secondary and postsecondary measures
• Performance levels negotiated with the state
• Accountability with teeth -
• Improvement plan
• Loss of funding

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Major Legislative Themes

• Leading CTE of the 21st Century
• Global competition
• Eliminating restrictions to sub-baccalaureate
  careers
• Entry level, narrow preparation is not sufficient

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Major Legislative Themes

• Seamless-Rigorous Education
• Creating options by ensuring dual preparation
  college and careers
• Strengthen articulation
• Extend integration
• Increase rigor technical assessments

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Major Legislative Themes

• Responsiveness to the labor market
• High skill
• High wage
• High demand
• Increased career information

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Leading Change in CTE Career Pathways

• Minimally, each local grant recipient is required
  to implement at least one career pathway/model
  sequence of courses. Must include BOTH the
  secondary and postsecondary portion..

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Thoughts to Ponder

• What is our states vision for CTE?
• This should be a plan not an application for
  federal funding.
• Be true to the legislative intent these funds
  are to lead change and improve programs.

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Thoughts to Ponder

• State leadership role
• How we will negotiate with Perkins recipients.
• Defining a career clusters/pathway. Level scope
  develop approval process.
• Overall approval and monitoring process.

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Thoughts to Ponder

• Engaging all our stakeholder groups.
• How will the local application take shape? The
  focus must be on quality and it is suggested (at
  this point) that the following be included
• Business advisory committees
• Documented alignment to standards
• Use of data in decision-making
• Role of regional occupational demand/LMI
• Caps or mandatory minimums on uses of funds for
  certain items.