Located in:
- Career and Technical Education Programs Authorized Under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
- a. Planning, Coordination, and Collaboration Prior to State Plan Submission
As noted above, in addition to entering your Perkins State Plan and any revisions for the upcoming year, you must submit a request to extend your Perkins State Plan using the link to the Perkins State Plan Portal below. You are not required to hold separate hearings for the Perkins portion of your WIOA Combined State Plan unless your State determines that there is a “significant and relevant” change in: (1) the information or assurances in the Perkins plan; (2) the administration or operation of the Perkins plan; or (3) the organization, policies, or operations of the State agency that received the grant, if the change materially affects the information or assurances in the Perkins plan. See Question A.12 in the Department’s Perkins IV Non-Regulatory Guidance Q&A -Version 4.0, released April 24, 2015. Accordingly, if your State determines that no significant or relevant change is being made, you are not required to provide or revise this Section I, Planning, Coordination, and Collaboration Prior to State Plan Submission, unless your State chooses to do so.
- a. Planning, Coordination, and Collaboration Prior to State Plan Submission
a. 1. C. The State Must Develop the State Plan in Consultation with Academic and Career and Technical Education Teachers, Faculty, and Administrators; Career Guidance and Academic Counselors; Eligible Recipients; Charter School Authorizers and Organizers Consistent with State Law; Parents and Students; Institutions of Higher Education; the State Tech Prep Coordinator and Representatives of Tech Prep Consortia (if Applicable); Entities Participating in Activities Undertaken by the State Boards Under Section 101 of the WIOA; Interested Community Members (including Parents and Community Organizations); Representatives of Special Populations; Representatives of Business and Industry (including Representatives of Small Business); and Representatives of Labor Organizations in the State. the State Also Must Consult the Governor of the State with Respect to Development of the State Plan. (section 122)
Current Narrative:
Minnesota Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) State Plan Advisory Task Force. Serving an advisory role, a 45–member Minnesota Perkins Career and Technical Education (CTE) State Plan Advisory Task Force was constituted in December 2007 as a time limited work group. The charge statement for this Task Force and the Task Force membership is available at www.cte.mnscu.edu. Task Force membership was determiend by expanding upon the existing Education Action Committee for the Governor’s Workforce Development Council to fill in categories of participation specified in the Act. The Task Force met on January 18, 2008 and January 25, 2008 to review the draft State Plan. Presentations pertaining to the plan content were made and discussion addressed specific plan content. A final meeting was scheduled for February 22, 2008 to review comments from the public hearings.