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Career and Technical Education (CTE) State Grants are authorized under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, as amended, and reauthorized by the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) in 2018. The program assists States and Outlying Areas in expanding and improving career and technical education in high schools, technical schools, and community colleges. Each State uses program funds to support a variety of career and technical education programs developed in accordance with its State plan. The Department allocates funds to States, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, through a formula that sets baseline funding at the same amount received by each State in fiscal year 2018. Any additional funds above the fiscal year 2018 level are distributed through a formula based on State per-capita income and population in three age cohorts (15-19, 20-24, and 25-65). The formula also provides for a minimum State allocation of at least 0.5 percent of the total funding available for States, and an additional provision limits the amount of funds that may be distributed to States initially receiving 0.5 percent or less of the funds designated for States. In addition, the Pacific territories receive 0.13 percent of the total appropriated for State Grants to operate the same kinds of career and technical education programs as the States. Within that set-aside, the statute calls for initial allocations of $660,000 to Guam, $350,000 each to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, and $160,000 for Palau; any remaining funds are distributed among Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands based on their share of the set-aside. Also, 1.25 percent of the total appropriation for State Grants is set aside for grants to federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and 0.25 percent is 1 The GEPA extension expired September 30, 2025.

Extracted from Career Technical and Adult Education, p. 30. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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