The purpose of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) is to develop more fully the academic knowledge and technical and employability skills of secondary education students and postsecondary education students who elect to enroll in career and technical education programs and programs of study, by –
2023-2024 secondary allocations can be viewed here: https://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Career%20and%20Technical%20Education/Perkins/Pages/SecondaryAllReport.aspx
2023-2024 postsecondary allocations can be viewed here: https://www.education.pa.gov/K-12/Career%20and%20Technical%20Education/Perkins/Pages/PostseconAllReport.aspx
Previous state funding distributions may be found here: https://cte.ed.gov/profiles/pennsylvania
Funds made available to eligible recipients shall be used to support career and technical education programs that are of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effective and that:
Ineligible uses of funding include:
Pennsylvania's full state plan may be viewed here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/PCRN/docs/stateplan/PA_2020_State_Plan.pdf
To obtain Substantial Approval” with a start date of July 1 annually, please submit your Local Application by June 15. Perkins funds cannot be utilized without Substantial Approval” status being granted by PDE staff. The application deadline date is August 31. Similar deadlines are anticipated annually.
Award amounts vary based upon a formula distribution.