The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, at its quarterly meeting in July approved the allocation of Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act funds to the state’s community, state, and technical colleges and Tech Prep Consortia for the 2009-2010 program year.
Clarendon College was awarded $50,000 in Perkins Basic Grant Reserve Allocations.
The awards to Texas institutions of Higher Education totaled $26,326,643 from the Title I funding stream for Basic Grants, Reserve Grants, and Leadership Projects.
An additional amount of $7,971,885 from the Title II funding stream was awarded for Tech Prep Grants.
The federal Perkins funds support programs that help students with career exploration, opportunities to earn college credit in high school, and the development and enhancement of career and technical programs that lead to high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand careers.
Title I funds are used to support rigorous academic and career technical education standards, industry standards, applied learning strategies, instructional programs, and to improve access and success of special populations, including students entering non-traditional occupations.
Title II funds support the state’s Tech Prep educational programs that create a secondary-to-postsecondary pathway that lead to an Associate of Applied Science degree and that provide a means by which students can earn college credit while in high school.
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