Kentucky Department of Education

 

Performance Measures
Kentucky has identified four major performance measures:  (1) academic and technical skill achievement; (2) attainment of secondary school diploma; (3) placement in, retention in, and completion of postsecondary education, military service, or employment; and (4) participation in nontraditional CTE programs that lead to nontraditional training and employment.

 

Perkins Application
Each school district eligible to receive funding from the 2006 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act must submit an application to the Division of Career and Technical Education. The application tells us what you plan to do to improve career and technical education in your school during the ... More

 

Strategies for Increasing Nontraditional Enrollment
Career and Technical Education programs that prepare individuals for employment in occupations that employ less than 25% of one gender are nontraditional programs.  One of the Perkins Performance Measures requires that students enrolled in nontraditional programs increase by 5% each year until they reach 25%.  These strategies may be used to ... More

 

Uses of funds
Perkins legislation outlines that the use of funds must fall into two categories:  Required and Permissive.  The nine required uses of funds and the permissive uses with samples of expenditures may be found here.  Documentation is needed at the local level (Central Office) which justifies the nine required uses of the funds.  ... More