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b. 9. The State Plan Must Describe How Career and Technical Education in Your State Relates to Your State’s and Region’s Occupational Opportunities. (wioa Section 122(c)(16))
Current Narrative:
Minnesota is implementing a new CTE consortium structure of secondary and postsecondary institutions, wherein at least one high school district and at least one college combine to plan programmatic and support services at the local level for CTE students. In nearly all cases, the new local consortia that are being formed are within one of the six Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) regions. Labor market information (LMI) exists for these six regions, and the new local consortia will be expected to use the regionally–based LMI. Such information will be useful to local consortia for program planning purposes, developing new programs of study, and maximizing key business and industry partnerships, all based on regional LMI.
As a partner of the State WIOA Combined Plan there is opportunity for regional gathering of stakeholders in the development and implementation of regional plans in which one to three career pathways will be identified as priority work initiatives. (WIOA career pathway definitions correlate closely with our Perkins Rigorous Program of Study (RPSO) criteria.) WIOA regional planning needs will be compared to RPOS, gaps identified, and plan implemented to meet that need.