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ConVal CTE director outlines programs, funding and effects of recent SB 99 on regional seats
Summary
Region 14 Applied Technology Center director Jen Kiley updated the Contoocook Valley School District board on Career and Technical Education (CTE) programming, funding sources including Perkins V, and the implications of recently passed Senate Bill 99 for seat apportionment and student access.
Jen Kiley, director of the Region 14 Applied Technology Center, told the Contoocook Valley School District (ConVal) school board that CTE serves students from ConVal and two neighboring districts and provides industry-recognized credentials, postsecondary credits and work-based learning opportunities.
Kiley said the center currently offers nine CTE programs and that ConVal students also attend programs such as cosmetology, culinary arts, EMT and health science at other regional centers. "CTE is preparing students for careers they are going to have after high school," Kiley said during her presentation.
She described federal and state funding that supports CTE and said the district’s local allocation for the current fiscal year from Perkins funding is $113,593.12 (figure given on the slide). Kiley also referenced the federal-state allocation shown in her materials as roughly $7.02 million for New Hampshire (Perkins V funding cited on the presentation slides).
Kiley told the board that programs must meet state administrative rules to maintain eligibility for federal and state funds: annual advisory committee meetings, industry-recognized credentials in each program and documented work-based learning. She said the Region 14 center has invested in metrology kits and other equipment after industry partners reported gaps in measurement and technical skills.
Kiley summarized challenges and changes facing CTE. She pointed board members to Senate Bill 99, which she said “has some pretty significant and dramatic changes for CTE in our state.” Under the changes she described, seat apportionment rules will no longer reserve 75% of seats to a receiving center and 25% to sending districts; instead, she said, students from sending districts will have equal access to seats. Kiley said that will require the three superintendents in the region to renegotiate regional agreements and that revised agreements go into effect January 1. She also said SB 99 provides that a student participating in a CTE program may attend the high school connected with that CTE center for non-CTE courses, subject to tuition and formula calculations the superintendents will need to finalize.
Board members asked Kiley where students who require Health Science or EMT programming currently go; she said ConVal sends students to Milford for Health Science Technology and to Keene for EMT. She also described sending patterns for cosmetology, culinary and automotive programs.
Kiley closed by urging board members to review SB 99 and noting that the center will need to renegotiate regional agreements and consider calendar and scheduling alignment among districts to ensure equitable access and instructional time.
The board did not take formal action as part of the CTE presentation; Kiley said she would share longer slide materials and video with the board for review.
