Located in:
- Career and Technical Education Programs Authorized Under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
- e. Tech Prep Programs
As noted above, Congress eliminated a separate allocation for Title II, Tech Prep under Perkins IV in the 2011 Continuing Resolution. States are not required to provide or revise this Section V, Tech Prep Programs, unless your State chooses to do so.
- e. Tech Prep Programs
e. 1. E. You Must Describe How Your State Plans to Enter into an Agreement with Each Consortium Receiving a Grant Under Perkins Iv to Meet a Minimum Level of Performance for Each of the Performance Indicators Described in Sections 113(b) and 203(e). (section 204(e)(1))
Current Narrative:
The local negotiation process in Minnesota is implemented at the consortia level and occurs jointly with both secondary and postsecondary. The local negotiation process for reaching agreement on local adjusted levels of performance includes the following general steps:
- Development and distribution of proposed consortia accountability targets. Secondary and postsecondary state staff review and analyze the available data to develop proposed consortia level targets for local performance levels that will allow the state to meet the state negotiated performance level. As Perkins IV focuses on continuous improvement, the proposed consortia targets assume that all consortia will do at least as well as they did in the base year, even if that level is higher than the performance level negotiated between the state and the Federal grantee.
- Consortia review of proposed targets. Based on their review of the proposed targets and a review of their local data, each consortium decides to either accept the state’s proposed targets or to propose changes. Consortia are asked to develop and document the rationale for any proposed changes. State staff provide workshops and training to assist secondary and postsecondary consortia staff in using their data both for the negotiations process and for continuous improvement efforts.
- Consortia response provided to the state, including explanations and rationale for any proposed changes to the proposed local performance levels.
- Notification by the State. Each consortium is notified whether any proposed changes to the targets are accepted, if further negotiation is required or if the state proposed targets will be the final targets.