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. E. The State Must Develop the Portion of the State Plan Relating to the Amount and Uses of Any Funds Proposed to Be Reserved for Adult Career and Technical Education, Postsecondary Career and Technical Education, Tech Prep Education, and Secondary Career and Technical Education After Consultation with the State Agency Responsible for Supervision of Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, or Other 2-year Postsecondary Institutions Primarily Engaged in Providing Postsecondary Career and Technical Education, and the State Agency Responsible for Secondary Education. if Any of Those State Agencies Finds That a Portion of the Final State Plan is Objectionable, That State Agency Must File Its Objections with the Eligible State Agency. the Eligible State Agency Must Respond to Any Objections it Receives in the State Plan That it Submits to the Secretary of Education. (section 122(e)(3))
Current Narrative:
Minnesota Rule 3505.1700 specifies 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. This plan identifies the factors that are considered in this decision and the formula through which such decision is made.
The Financial Requirement Section (Section Six of the full plan) provides the details of how the total Perkins and Tech Prep funds Minnesota receive annually is allocated between the State (Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Office of the Chancellor) and local high schools and colleges. In addition, the Financial Requirement Section details how the funds are allocated between secondary and postsecondary and proposes an alternative mechanism for distributing Reserve funds since Minnesota has decided to combine the Basic (Title I) and the Tech Prep (Title II) programs.