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State board approves one-year Perkins V revision for 30-day public comment
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The Mississippi State Board of Education voted to send a limited, one-year revision of the Perkins V state plan out for a 30-day public comment period; the plan keeps core CTE performance indicators, adds educator-prep programs into embedded work-based learning measures and is slated for submission to the U.S. Department of Education in May.
The Mississippi State Board of Education voted Feb. 15 to send a one-year revision of the state Perkins V plan out for a 30-day public comment period and to submit the plan to the U.S. Department of Education in May. The limited revision is intended as a bridge while state staff prepare a combined Perkins/WIOA plan due in March 2025.
Board staff from the Office of Career, Technical and Education said the changes are modest: the plan will retain performance indicators such as four-year cohort graduation rate, proficiency in English II,…
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