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Board approves $239,430 in Perkins grants and new high-school audio-technology pathways
Summary
Cahuilla County Board approved federal Perkins and state CTAE grants totaling $326,652 and added two new audio technology career pathways for students, enabling pathway completion credit and industry assessments.
The Cahuilla County Board of Education voted Aug. 12 to accept federal Perkins and state Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) grants and to approve two new high-school audio-technology pathways developed at the Central Educational Center.
Superintendent Dr. Horton told the board that federal Perkins program-improvement and professional-development grants total $214,430, a Perkins Reserve grant added $25,000 and a state CTAE grant of $87,222 was also authorized. ‘‘The total Perkins award this year is $239,430,’’ Dr. Horton said; combined with the state award, the grants total $326,652. Board approval is required before the grants can be used; the motion to accept the grants passed 6-0.
District leaders said the Perkins funds will be used to purchase equipment, supplies and support CTAE professional development and program improvements, while the Perkins Reserve award will allow students completing CTAE pathways at the Central Educational Center and base high schools to sit for industry-recognized end-of-pathway assessments at no cost.
The board also approved two new CTAE pathways—Audio Technology for Live Production and Audio Technology for Post Production—created after the governor's Sound Economy Task Force highlighted the district’s Central Educational Center as a model. Dr. Horton said educators, industry professionals and postsecondary partners collaborated to design the pathways; approval allows students to count as pathway completers for College and Career Ready Performance (CCRP) measures.
Officials said the district will use existing CEC staff and may supplement technology and equipment from CTAE local match and Perkins funds previously approved by the board. The motion to adopt the new courses passed 6-0.
