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State board approves four-year Perkins CTE plan after regional needs assessments
Summary
The State Board approved a four-year Perkins career and technical education (CTE) state plan on Jan. 16. The plan used regional comprehensive local needs assessments and sets multi-year performance targets; it will go to public comment, to the governor and then to the U.S. Department of Education.
The State Board of Education voted on Jan. 16 to approve Mississippi's four-year Perkins CTE plan, a federally required document that sets state performance targets and guides career and technical education funding and program decisions.
Brett Robinson, associate state superintendent for career and technical education, told the board the plan was developed after regional "comprehensive local needs assessment" meetings with community colleges, school districts, business and workforce partners in September. Robinson said those sessions produced region-specific priorities that informed the plan's proposed performance targets and program guidance.
Why it matters: Perkins funding and state performance targets shape which CTE programs get state and federal…
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