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Hale Center ISD backs CTE expansion with state grants, approves $101,882 and $334,555-funded equipment purchases
Summary
Board approved $101,882.05 in Culinary Arts equipment (partly funded by a $131,530 Texas Workforce Commission grant) and equipment for the LPN/LVN pathway tied to a $334,555 JET grant in partnership with South Plains College. All approvals were unanimous (7–0).
The Hale Center ISD Board of Trustees approved multiple Career and Technical Education (CTE) purchases at its May 11 meeting, leveraging state grant awards to expand career pathways.
The board approved $101,882.05 in equipment purchases for the High School Culinary Arts program; the district reported receiving a Texas Workforce Commission Dual Credit CTE Equipment Grant for $131,530 to fund the effort. Separately, the board approved equipment purchases to support the Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses pathway after HCISD, in partnership with South Plains College, received a JET grant in the amount of $334,555. Paul Chandler moved approval of the nursing-pathway equipment; motions passed unanimously.
Board members recorded these items alongside kitchen-equipment updates and other instructional investments. District staff noted the grant presentations and funding amounts during the superintendent’s report and board action sequence.
