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21st-Century Community Learning Centers
Supports the creation of community learning centers that provide academic opportunities for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools.
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Competitive grants
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Eligible entities include LEAs, community-based organizations, other public or private entities, or consortia of two or more of such agencies, organizations, or entities.
States are required to make awards only to applicants that will primarily serve students who attend schools with concentrations of poor students. Also, States must provide a priority for projects that will target services to students who attend low-performing schools.
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Alaska Native Education Program
Improves education opportunities and addresses culturally related academic needs of Alaska Native children.
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Competitive grants
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Grants are available to: Alaska Native organizations, educational entities with experience in developing or operating Alaska Native programs or programs of instruction conducted in Alaska native languages, cultural and community-based organizations with experience in developing or operating programs to benefit Alaska Natives, and consortia of organizations.
A SEA or LEA may apply only as part of a consortium involving an Alaska Native organization. The consortia may include other eligible applicants.
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Carol M. White Physical Education Program
Authorizes grants to LEAs and community-based organizations to pay 90 percent of the total costs of initiating, expanding, and improving physical education programs.
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LEAS, other organizations and/or agencies, and community-based organizations are eligible to apply.
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Comprehensive School Reform Program
Provides financial assistance to schools to adopt and implement comprehensive school reforms based on scientifically-based research and effective practices so that all children can meet challenging state academic content and achievement standards.
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Competitive grants
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The CSR program targets high-poverty and low-achieving schools, especially those receiving Title I funds, by helping them to increase the quality and accelerate the pace of their reform efforts.
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Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program
Provides grants to eligible entities to leverage funds through credit enhancement initiatives in order to assist charter schools in using private sector capital to acquire, construct, renovate, or lease academic facilities.
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Competitive grants
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Under the program the Department can award competitive grants to non-profit entities, public entities, and consortia of these two entities. These grants have not gone directly to charter schools; instead they have been awarded to public and non-profit entities that have a strong background in investment banking and serving charter schools.
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Education for Homeless Children and Youths - Grants for State and Local Activities
Provides financial assistance to help state education agencies ensure that homeless children, including preschoolers and youths, have equal access to free and appropriate public education.
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Formula-based funding
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Exact eligibility requirements vary from state to state, but funds typically serve children and families defined as homeless. A homeless individual is one who (1) lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate residence or (2) lives in doubled-up accommodations or (3) has a primary night time residence in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter for temporary accommodations (including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and transitional housing for the mentally ill), an institution providing temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized, or a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (Section 103 (a)(1)(2) of the Act).
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Education for the Disadvantaged
Provides financial assistance to LEAs and schools with high numbers or high percentages of poor children to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic content and student academic achievement standards.
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Formula-based funding
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Title I funds are allocated to school districts under four formulas. To be eligible for Basic Grants, an LEA must have at least 10 formula children and the number of formula children must exceed 2% of the district's school age population. To qualify for Concentration Grants, an LEA must have at least 6,500 formula children or the number must exceed 15% of its school age population. To qualify for a Targeted Grant and an Education Finance Incentive Grant, an LEA must have at least 10 formula children and the number of formula children must exceed 5 percent of the district's school age population. In general, formula children are children aged 5 to 17 in the school district from families below the poverty level.
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Education of Migratory Children
Supports high quality education programs that address the special needs of migrant children and youth to help ensure students meet challenging state content and student performance standards.
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Formula-based funding
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Funds target children who are migratory agricultural workers or fishers, or whose parent, spouse or guardian is a migratory agricultural worker or fisher, and who, within the past 36 months, have moved across school district lines to obtain (or accompany the parent to obtain) temporary or seasonal employment in agriculture or fishing.
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Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program
Provides funds to allow elementary schools to expand their capcity to provide counseling services and to identify model strategies, ehnance knowledge of what works, and expand the inventory of effective counseling programs.
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Eligible applicants: LEAs.
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Enhancing Education through Technology Program
Improves student achievement through the use of technology in elementary and secondary schools.
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Formula-based funding
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Formula grants are available to SEAs.
A State distributes Ed Tech formula grant funds to eligible LEAs on the basis of each LEA's proportionate share of funds under Part A of Title I for that year.
A State may award Ed Tech formula grant funds only to LEAs that receive funds under Part A of Title I or to other LEAs that apply as part of a consortium with LEAs that receive funds under Part A of Title I.
An eligible local entity for a competitive grant award is either a "high-need local educational agency" or an "eligible local partnership". Only eligible local entities may receive Ed Tech competitive grant funds.
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Even Start Family Literacy Programs
Supports family literacy projects for low-income families with children from birth through age seven that integrate early childhood education, adult literacy, parenting education, and interactive parent and child literacy activities.
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Competitive grants
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This program offers subgrants to support local family literacy projects for families with parents who are eligible for services under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act and their children from birth through age 7. Teen parents and their children from birth through age 7 are also eligible. All participating families must be most in need of program family literacy services.
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Fund for the Improvement of Education - Programs of National Significance
FIE provides authority for the secretary to support nationally significant programs to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education at the state and local levels and help all students meet challenging state academic content standards and student achievement standards.
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The Fund for the Improvement of Education (FIE) supports "Programs of National Significance." Eligible applicants are SEAs and LEAs, institutions of higher education, and other public and private agencies, organization and institutions (including nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations). In recent years, most of the available funds have been for entities and projects identified by Congress in the appropriation legislation. Very little funding has been available for other types of projects, identified by the Secretary, as nationally significant activities.
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Impact Aid
Provides assistance to LEAs that have lost property tax due to the presence of tax-exempt federal property or that have experienced increased expenditures due to the enrollment of federally connected children.
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Formula-based funding
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LEAs that educate high percentages of federally connected children are eligible. Federally connected children are those whose parents live on, work on, or are employed on federal property (for example, Indian lands, a military base, or a federal building).
Any LEA that is eligible to receive basic support payments on behalf of federally connected children may receive additional funds for children with disabilities.
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Improving Literacy through School Libraries
Helps LEAs improve reading achievement by providing students with increased access to up-to-date school library materials.
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Competitive grants
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LEAs in which at least 20 percent of students served are from families with incomes below the poverty line may apply. Charter schools are eligible if they are considered LEAs by their SEA.
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Indian Education
Addresses the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of Indian students to help them meet challenging state performance standards.
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Formula-based funding
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Grants are available to local education agencies, certain schools funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Indian tribes under certain conditions.
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Innovative Programs
Provides funding to enable state and local education agencies to implement promising education reform programs.
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Formula-based funding
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Formula grants are available to SEAs. LEAs may apply to SEAs for subgrants.
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National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program
Provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches and breakfasts to more than 26 million children each school day.
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Formula-based funding
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Public schools or non-profit private schools of high school grade or under, and residential child care institutions are eligible. School districts and independent schools must serve lunches or breakfasts that meet Federal nutrition requirements, and they must offer free and reduced-price lunches to eligible children.
Any child at a participating school may purchase a meal through the programs. For the lunch program children from families with incomes at or below 130 percent of the poverty level are eligible for free meals (currently $23,920 for a family of four). Those with incomes between 130 and 185 percent of the poverty level (currently $34,040 for a family of four) are eligible for reduced-price meals, for which students can be charged no more than 40 cents.
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Native Hawaiian Education Program
Improves education opportunities and addresses culturally related academic needs of Native Hawaiian children.
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Competitive grants
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Grants are available to: native Hawaiian education organizations; native Hawaiian community-based organizations; public and private nonprofit organizations, agencies, and institutions with experience in developing or operating native Hawaiian programs or programs of instruction in the native Hawaiian language; and consortia thereof.
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Partnerships in Character Education Program
Provides assistance for the development of stronger character and citizenship among our nation's students.
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Competitive grants
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Only SEAs and LEAs can apply.
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Prevention & Intervention Programs for Children & Youths Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or at Risk
Provides financial assistance to state agencies that operate education programs for neglected or delinquent children in state-supported institutions, community day programs and adult correctional institutions to supplement and improve the educational services provided to these children. Also provides assistance to LEAs for dropout prevention programs that meet the needs of at-risk children and youth.
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Formula-based funding
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To be eligible for state N and D funds, juvenile institutions must provide 20 hours a week of instruction from nonfederal funds; adult correctional institutions must provide 15 hours.
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Professional Development for Arts Educators
Supports the implementation of high-quality professional development model programs in elementary and secondary education for music, dance, drama, and visual arts educators.
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Competitive grants
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Local LEAs where 75% or more of students are from low-income families in collaboration with 1) an institution of higher education, 2) a SEA, 3) a public or private non-profit agency with a history of providing high-quality professional development services to public schools.
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Public Charter Schools
Provides financial assistance for the planning, design, initial implementation and dissemination of information on charter schools created by teachers, parents, and other members of local communities.
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Competitive grants
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While exact eligibility requirements are determined by the participating SEAs and vary from state to state, grants are made to authorized public chartering agencies in partnership with local developers of charter schools.
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Reading First Grant Program
Helps states and local school districts eliminate the reading deficit by establishing high-quality, comprehensive reading instruction in kindergarten through grade 3.
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Eligible LEAs apply to SEAs for subgrants.
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Recreational Grant Programs
Provides individuals with disabilities inclusive recreational activities and experiences that can be expected to aid them in their employment, mobility, socialization, independence, and community integration.
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Eligible applicants include: institutions of higher education, LEAs, nonprofit organizations, other organizations and/or agencies, SEAs, federally recognized Indian tribal governments, YMCAs, recreation department programs, and state vocational rehabilitation agencies.
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Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP)
Provides financial assistance to rural districts to assist them in meeting their state's definition of adequate yearly progress.
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Formula-based funding
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Two separate formula grant programs are authorized. Applicants do not compete but rather are entitled to funds if they meet basic eligibility requirements. Eligibility is restricted by statute.
Small Rural Schools Achievement Program
Eligible entities are LEAs in which (1) the total number of students in average daily attendance at all of the schools served by the LEA is less than 600 or where each school in the LEA is located in a county with a total population density of less than 10 persons per square mile; and (2) all of the schools served by the LEA are designated with a School Locale Code of 7 or 8 under the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) locator system or the LEA is located in an area of the state defined as a rural by a state governmental agency.
Rural and Low-Income School Program
Eligible entities are LEAs (1) that are not eligible for funds under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program; (2) where at least 20% of the school children ages 5-17 in the LEA come from families with incomes below the poverty line; AND (3) where all of the schools served by the LEA are designated with a School Locale Code of 6, 7 or 8 under the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) locator system.
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Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities: State Grants
Provides support to SEAs for a variety of drug and violence prevention activities focused primarily on school-age youths.
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Formula-based funding
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Funds go directly to SEAs, which allocate these funds to LEAs in their state. Also, up to twenty percent of those funds are reserved for the Governor's program in each state, which awards competitive grants and contracts to local educational agencies, community based organizations (including community antidrug coalitions), other public entities and private organizations, and consortia thereof, to carry out the comprehensive State drug and violence prevention program.
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Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative
Partnerships are supported by SS/HS grant funds to develop, implement, and integrate a comprehensive system of services that focuses on promoting healthy childhood development and preventing violence and alcohol and other drug abuse.
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Direct discretionary grants
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Eligible applicants are LEAs.
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Special Education - Grants to States
Assists states in meeting the costs of providing special education and related services to children with disabilities.
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Formula-based funding
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In order to be eligible for funding, States must serve all children with disabilities ages 3 through 21 years, except that they are not required to serve children ages 3 through 5 or 18 through 21 years if services are inconsistent with State law or practice or the order of any court. A State that does not provide free appropriate public education (FAPE) to children with disabilities ages 3 through 5 cannot receive base payment funds attributable to this age group or funds under the Preschool Grants program.
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State Charter School Per-Pupil Facilities Aid Program
Provides funds to states to establish or enhance and administer per-pupil facilities aid programs for charter schools.
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Competitive grants
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States that:
- have a per-pupil facilities aid program specified in State law and
- provide annual funding on a per-pupil basis for charter school facilities
are eligible to receive grants under this program
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Teaching American History Grant Program
Supports projects designed to raise student achievement in traditional American history by improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation for American history through intensive, ongoing professional development.
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Competitive grants
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LEAs must apply in partnership with one or more of the following: institutions of higher education, nonprofit history or humanities organizations, libraries, or museums.
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Tech-Prep Education
Provides financial assistance for the development and operation of programs designed to provide Tech-Prep education through linkages between secondary and postsecondary schools. Both formula-based funds and competitive grants available.
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Competitive grants
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To be eligible, consortia must include at least one member in each of the two following categories:
- A LEA, an intermediate education agency, an area vocational and technical education school serving secondary school students, or a secondary school founded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Either (a) a nonprofit institution of higher education that offers a two-year associate's degree, two-year certificate, or two-year postsecondary apprenticeship program or (b) a proprietary institution of higher education that offers a two-year associate's degree program.
Under the provisions of Sec. 204(a)(1) of Perkins III, to be eligible for consortium membership, both nonprofit and proprietary institutions of higher education must be qualified as institutions of higher education pursuant to Sec. 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), including institutions receiving assistance under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institutions. In addition, nonprofit institutions of higher education are eligible only if they are not prohibited from receiving assistance under HEA, Title IV, Part B (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.), pursuant to the provisions of HEA Sec. 435(a)(3) (20 U.S.C. 1083 (a)). Proprietary institutions of higher education are eligible only if they are subject to a default management plan required by the secretary.
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Transition to Teaching
Supports the recruitment and retention of highly qualified mid-career professionals, school paraprofessionals, and recent college graduates who have not majored in education as teachers through the use of existing, or development and enhancement of new, alternative routes to certification.
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Competitive grants
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Eligible applicants include:
- SEA;
- High-need LEA;
- For-profit or nonprofit organization with a proven record of effectively recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers, in partnership with a high-need LEA or an SEA;
- Institution of higher education (IHE), in partnership with a high-need LEA or SEA;
- Regional consortium of SEAs or consortium of high-need LEAs.
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Troops-to-Teachers
Assists eligible members of the Armed Forces to obtain certification or licensing as teachers. Also helps these individuals find employment in high-need LEAs or charter schools.
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Former members of the U.S. Armed Forces, including members of the Armed Forces Reserves, can apply. In general, applicants must have a baccalaureate or advanced degree, and:
· Have retired from active or reserve service.
· Have separated from the service after six or more years of continuous duty and be willing to enter the reserves for at least three years.
· Be currently serving in the reserves and have at least 10 years of active and reserve service and be willing to commit to continuing in the reserves for at least three more years.
Note: please refer to section 2303 for additional eligibility requirements and 2303(c) for the selection criteria.
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Vocational Education - Basic Grants to States
Provides funding to develop more fully the academic, vocational, and technical skills of secondary and postsecondary students who elect to enroll in vocational and technical programs.
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To be eligible for a subgrant, an eligible recipient must operate a vocational and technical education program that:
- Strengthens the academic, vocational and technical skills of students participating in vocational and technical education programs.
- Provides students with strong experience in and understanding of all aspects of an industry.
- Develops, improves, or expands the use of technology in vocational and technical education.
- Provides professional development programs to teachers, counselors, and administrators.
- Develops and implements evaluations of the vocational and technical education programs carried out with funds under the Perkins Act, including an assessment of how the needs of special populations are being met.
- Initiates, improves, expands, and modernizes quality vocational and technical education programs.
- Provides services and activities that are of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effective.
- Links secondary vocational and technical education, including Tech-Prep programs, with postsecondary vocational and technical education programs.
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