On January 23, ACTE and Advance CTE participated in a briefing on Capitol Hill hosted by the Senate CTE Caucus. The briefing, titled “Perkins CTE and How Reauthorization Can Improve Programs,” discussed the law, its funding formula, uses of funds, how states are making decisions and how reauthorization could improve programs. ACTE’s Public Policy Director, Alisha Hyslop, and Advance CTE’s Executive Director, Kimberly Green, presented to more than 70 attendees before taking questions.
The briefing comes after the House passed a bipartisan Perkins reauthorization bill last year. Senate leaders are now in discussions about introducing their own Perkins bill. ACTE has published a list of recommendations for Perkins reauthorization, which can be found here.
ACTE continues to work closely with the Senate CTE Caucus and Senators from both parties to reauthorize Perkins and restore funding cuts to the basic state grants.
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