The Workforce Board is the Governor's designee for the oversight of funds received through the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act--a multi-million dollar grant that helps educators better prepare students for the workplace through innovative teaching techniques and other strategies.
The Workforce Board's role includes preparing and adopting a state plan, tracking state-level expenditures, establishing and tracking performance targets and submitting annual reports to the U.S. Department of Education.
For 2010-11, Washington received just over $23 million which is split between the state's community and technical colleges (State Board for Community and Technical Colleges) and the state's K-12 system (Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction).
Reauthorization
On August 12, 2006 the Federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 was signed into law by President Bush, bringing to a close a three-year reauthorization effort. The reauthorization underlines the ongoing congressional recognition of the important role career and technical education plays in providing youth and adults with the training necessary to obtain the skills, knowledge, and abilities to perform in high skill, high wage, high demand occupations.
To view the Act in its entirety go to:
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS73839
For more information about the Workforce Board's role in the Perkins Act and our state's funding, contact Terri Colbert at tcolbert@wtb.wa.gov. |
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