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Staff urges board to pursue 50/50 state CTE construction grant; short timeline requires quick board direction
Summary
Dr. Wilkerson briefed the board on a state CTE construction grant opportunity (state set aside reported at $5.5 million) that requires a 50/50 local match; staff asked trustees to consider matching options and scheduled a more detailed study session on August 28.
District staff presented a state Career and Technical Education (CTE) construction grant opportunity intended to expand CTE spaces and programming. The lens for the presentation was a legislative set-aside the presenter described as $5,500,000 to support CTE construction statewide; the grant is competitive and requires a 50/50 local match for eligible construction, design and infrastructure work.
"It's a 50 50 matching grant," Dr. Wilkerson said, and added that the application timeline is short: he noted an application deadline of September 1 and that expenditures tied to the grant would need to be in place well before the following May to meet the program's timeline. Trustees discussed potential matching sources — bond language, reserves or other capital funding — and asked for a full plan, which staff said they would present at a study session on August 28.
