Located in:
- Career and Technical Education Programs Authorized Under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
- d. Accountability and Evaluation
In addition to the narrative information provided below, you must submit your measurement definitions (Items 3 and 11 below) and proposed performance levels (Items 5 and 11 below) for the upcoming program year using the link to the Perkins State Plan Portal below.
- d. Accountability and Evaluation
d. 1. F. You Must Describe Your Process for Reaching Agreement on Local Adjusted Levels of Performance if an Eligible Recipient Does Not Accept the State Adjusted Levels of Performance Under Section 113(b)(3) of the Act and Ensuring That the Established Performance Levels Will Require the Eligible Recipient to Continually Make Progress Toward Improving the Performance of Career and Technical Education Students. (section 113(b)(4)(a)(ii); Sec. 122(c)(10)(b)) 7. You Must Describe the Objective Criteria and Methods You Will Use to Allow an Eligible Recipient to Request Revisions to Its Local Adjusted Levels of Performance if Unanticipated Circumstances Arise with Respect to an Eligible Recipient. (section 113(b)(4)(a)(vi))
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 OVAE.
- 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.