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b. 12. B. The State Plan Must Provide a Description of the State’s Governance Structure for Career and Technical Education.
Current Narrative:
The Minnesota Legislature established Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) to serve as Sole State Agency to perform the functions of the State specified in the Carl D. Perkins State Plan (http://www.cte.minnstate.edu/MN_State_Plan/index.html).
The Perkins staff in the Academic and Student Affairs Division of the System Office of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (Minnesota State) includes the State Director of Career and Technical Education who works in concert with the College and Career Readiness Division of the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) to administer the plan and serve the local consortia (http://www.cte.minnstate.edu/MN_State_Plan/index.html).
Local consortia (26) consist of a minimum of one high school district and one postsecondary institution (Minnesota State Perkins eligible college). Access to Carl D. Perkins resources are provided through the local grant application process.
The state leadership team of Minnesota State and MDE personnel review the grant applications, conduct on-site monitoring activities, review Annual Performance Reports (APR), and provide technical assistance including professional development.
Starting July 1, 2008, Minnesota implemented a radical restructuring of how CTE operates at the state and local levels. Minnesota build and has sustained CTE by introducing and developing a New consortium Structure that brought together high schools and colleges around a SINGLE LOCAL PLAN. Here after, this SINGLE LOCAL PLAN has been referred to as the local consortium plan. Guided by seven basic principles, each new local Perkins IV consortium focused on CTE becoming more accountable to all its stakeholders, but in particular to students as they maneuver and transition through high school and college building their knowledge and skills and working towards stable employment in their chosen career pathway. The long-term goal is to create a strong and solid foundation for CTE in Minnesota at the state and local levels. Governance at the local level is dictated by the local consortium and their accepted Perkins plan.