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Plan: Minnesota PYs 2016-2017
Combined Plan C

Section: Perkins Career and Technical Education Program

Narrative: f. 1. A.

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f. 1. A. You Must Describe How Your Agency Will Allocate Funds it Receives Through the Allotment Made Under Section 111, Including Any Funds That You Choose to Consolidate Under Section 202(a), Will Be Allocated Among Career and Technical Education at the Secondary Level, or Career and Technical Education at the Postsecondary and Adult Level, or Both, Including the Rationale for Such Allocation. (section 122(c)(6)(a); Section 202(c))

Current Narrative:

Minnesota Rule 3505.1700 specified that an annual agreement between the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education and the Chancellor of the Minnesota State colleges and Universities will specify the distribution of federal career and technical education funds between secondary and postsecondary entities. Minnesota agreed to a split of 42% for secondary allocation and 58% for postsecondary. The factors that were considered in this decision were the following: Full-year equivalent student counts Population with disabilities Economically disadvantaged Limited English proficiency Equity/nontraditional students Single Parent status. h1>Minnesota will comply with the applicable requirements of Titles I, II, and II of the Act. Additionally all fiscal procedures for the MnSCU, MDE, or contractors will adhere to applicable state and federal regulations. Minnesota’s accounting framework is based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Internally policies and procedures are reviewed to ensure that our practices are sound. This review occurs on an annual basis.

For documentation purposes the 2015–2016 Formula and Reserve for state FY16 and relevant requirements of the federal Perkins CTE Act and MN State CTE Plan have been used. Census data, and other variable are updated on an annual basis to calculate allocations to the local consortia.

The calculations for the consortium will be based on:

Local Consortium Formula Allocation amounts:

Secondary formula:

  • 2013 U. S. Census data for the population by school district of individuals aged 5–17
  • 2013 U. S. Census data for the population by school district of individuals aged 5–17 in households of poverty
  • Description (70% District population 5–17 in poverty/state population 5–17 in poverty times the total secondary formula amount) plus 30% district population 5–17/state population 5–17 times the total secondary formula amount for the state from the OCTAE allocation–42% or $5,360,774 est. in 2015–2016 ) is calculated for each district. The secondary consortium formula=the sum of the amounts calculated for each district member of the consortium.

Postsecondary formula:

  • 2013–2014 CTE Postsecondary Pell Recipients
  • Description (Pell recipients in the college in Perkins eligible programs/ Pell recipients in the state in Perkins eligible programs times the total postsecondary formula amount for the state from the OCTAE allocation–58% or $7,402,973 est. in 2015–2016) is calculated for each college. The postsecondary consortium formula=the sum of the amounts calculated for each college member of the consortium.

Local Consortium Reserve Allocation amounts:

Reserve: As per the MN State CTE Plan, allocations amounts to the whole consortium are based on 50% sum of the area for member districts in the consortium/area for all districts in the state; 37.5% on the sum of secondary participants for member districts in the consortium/ total secondary CTE participants in the state and 12.5% on the sum of postsecondary participants for member districts in the consortium/ total CTE postsecondary participants in the state based on the following data:

  • School district area to account for certain district consolidations
  • 2013–2014 CTE Secondary Participants
  • 2013–2014 Perkins CTE Participants

Step 1:

The total reserve allocation for the consortium (including secondary and postsecondary) is calculated by taking the sum of the following calculations

+ .5 x the total geographic area for school district members of the consortium/total geographic area for school districts in the state x the total state reserve allocation

+ .375 x the total HS CTE participants of school district members of the consortium/total HS CTE participants in the state x the total state reserve allocation

+ .125 x the total PS CTE participants of college members of the consortium/total PS CTE participants in the state x the total state reserve allocation

Step 2: Once the total reserve allocation for the consortium is determined in Step 1, the allocation amounts to Secondary Reserve and to Postsecondary Reserve are determined according to the 42% secondary: 58% postsecondary:

  • Secondary reserve local consortium allocation amount:

o .42 x the total reserve allocation for the consortium

  • Postsecondary reserve local consortium allocation amount:

o .58 x the total reserve allocation for the consortium