Narrative: b. 2. G.

Minnesota will continue to promote secondary career and technical education opportunities as a strategy to encourage students to remain in school through graduation. Career and technical education is an identified strategy under a separate dropout prevention grant through the Minnesota Department of Education, and successful practices from that grant will be disseminated to all Minnesota school districts.

Minnesota also continues to support a wide array of educational alternatives, including area learning centers, charter schools, contract alternative schools, etc., designed to support the needs of students in special populations. Presentations are made annually to the Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs to share new initiatives in career and technical education and to promote effective use of CTE for students with special learning challenges. The transition-disabled specialist within the Minnesota Department of Education has also worked closely with staff in the Department’s special education unit to promote effective work-based learning opportunities for students with disabilities.