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The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 is designed to improve and expand services for students enrolled in career and technical education (CTE) programs. CTE Programs prepare students for further education and careers in current or emerging employment sectors of high skill, high wage, or in-demand occupations. The courses within CTE programs include competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills of students.
Career and Technical Education reports are available on KDSE’s Data Central https://datacentral.ksde.org/cte.aspx to meet the requirements of state dissemination of actual levels of performance.
Each district that is eligible for Perkins funding (standalones and each member of a consortium) must post a link to Data Central on their district’s CTE webpage.
Comprehensive Local Needs Assessments (CLNA) are a required component of Perkins V Strengthen Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. Needs assessments are updated at least every two years and can be found on the Kansas Board of Regents Perkins V webpage.
https://www.kansasregents.org/workforce_development/perkins_grants/perkins-v
CTE Quick Links:
CTE Main Page CTE Table of Contents Page CTE Listserv Sign-up Kansas Civil Rights Authenticated Applications
Perkins Quick Links Non-Traditional Fields
Coordinator Helen Swanson (785) 296-4912 hswanson@ksde.org
Assistant Director Career and Technical Education Natalie D. Clark (785) 296-4351
KSDE Secondary-Level CTE Contacts
Deputy Commissioner: Division of Learning Services
Dr. Ben Proctor (785) 296-2303 bproctor@ksde.org
Director: Career, Standards and Assessment
Beth Fultz (785) 296-3142 bfultz@ksde.org
Assistant Director: Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Natalie D. Clark (785) 296-4351 ndclark@ksde.org
Assistant Director: Curricular Standards
Dr. David Fernkopf (785) 296-8447 dfernkopf@ksde.org
Assistant Director: Assessment
Julie Ewing (785) 296-2325 jewing@ksde.org
Assistant Director: Kansas Volunteer Commission
Dr. Jessica Dorsey (785) 296-3163 jdorsey@ksde.org
The Kansas State Department of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. (more information...)
To accommodate people with disabilities, on request, auxiliary aides and services will be provided and reasonable modifications to policies and programs will be made. To request accommodations or for more information please contact the Office of General Counsel at gc@ksde.org or by 785-296-3201.