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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:
The Minnesota 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 is the direct structure that links the Perkins work with the six Minnesota regional workforce regions included in the state WIOA plan. Labor market information (LMI) exists for these six regions, and the new consortia are using the regionally-based LMI to support and inform their programs of study and needs assessment for Perkins expenditures. The information provides local consortia direction of partners 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.