# CTE National Programs

**Agency:** Labor  
**Account:** Career and Technical Education  
**Source document:** Employment and Training Administration · p. 12  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/labor/cte-national-programs  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2027 | request | 10.2 |

## Labor discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $10.30B, FY2026 $13.70B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, as amended (Perkins V), includes an authority for National Programs to support research, development, dissemination, evaluation, assessment, capacity building, and technical assistance to improve the quality and effectiveness of CTE programs. The Budget requests for the Chief Evaluation Office to collect performance information, assess the effectiveness, and carry out research and evaluation activities of CTE programs. Perkins V authorizes Innovation and Modernization grants within CTE National Programs to identify, support, and rigorously evaluate evidence-based and innovative strategies to improve and modernize CTE programs.


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Labor › Employment and Training Administration › Career and Technical Education › CTE National Programs


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*