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CTAE director outlines Perkins V and state grant applications, forecasts $134,000 federal Perkins award and multiple state grants
Summary
The career, technical and agricultural education director reviewed Perkins V requirements and funding outlook for FY26, reporting a draft federal Perkins projection of about $134,000 and a set of state grant requests totaling about $341,930; the presentation emphasized CTA program success and high graduation rates among pathway concentrators.
The Catoosa County CTAE (Career, Technical and Agricultural Education) director presented the district’s Perkins V and state-grant plans on June 3, summarizing requirements and draft funding projections for FY26.
He said Perkins V funding supports career-pathway instruction and that Catoosa’s Perkins application includes a local comprehensive needs assessment (CLNA) and stakeholder collaboration. The director reported a draft Perkins allocation of about $134,000 for FY26 (federal funds), subject to statewide review and carryover rules; Perkins Plus, professional-development set-asides and carryover expectations were described as draft amounts.
State grant requests presented included extended-day funding for CTA teachers, youth-apprenticeship funding for work-based learning coordinators, industry-certification grants for teachers and other program-specific awards. The director said Perkins-funded concentrators and completers have high outcomes in the district: pathway-enrolled students’ graduation rate was reported at 99.7% for FY24, and Catoosa met or exceeded state targets for nine of the ten Perkins core indicators.
The director cautioned that state and federal award letters typically arrive between July and October and that the figures presented were draft requests. He said awarded amounts are subject to final state allocation and that some state grant lines historically fund at about 50% of requested amounts. The board received the report and had no questions that changed the planned application strategy.
