Leadership Speaks at NAPE's NSEE Public Policy Day
Wednesday morning, April 13, 2016, Kennedy Caucus Room of the Russell Senate Office Building. Are you READY?
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD)
Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-CA)
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Co-Chair of the Senate CTE Caucus
NAPE 2016 Public Policy Leadership Award
Each year NAPE recognizes legislators and advocates who works in public policy in a nonpartisan capacity to reflect that enacting gender-friendly government policies at a state or national level requires a synergy between the two groups. This years awardees are
Senate CTE Caucus Introduces New Bi-Partisan Funding Measures
Sen. Timothy M. Kaine, D-Va., has gathered bipartisan support for a funding measure to recalibrate how high schools educate children to meet the career and technical education demands of a 21st-century workforce. Learn More >>
Administration
Academic Preparedness of Low-Income Students
Low-income students score significantly below national averages on meeting college readiness benchmarks, according to ACT's recent report, The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2015: Students from Low-Income Families. Equally disturbing is the fact that this pattern of underachievement is persistent. For the sixth consecutive year, low-income students performed well below the national averages. Learn More >>
USDOE Secretary John King Calls for Reauthorization of Perkins Act for Career and Technical Education
Last week, Acting U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr. called on Congress to reauthorize the
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, which provides more than $1.1 billion for the nation's career and technical education programs in grades 7-12 and also in post-secondary institutions.
King also announced the launch of an Education Department-sponsored Career Technical Education (CTE) Makeover Challenge
-a competition offering a total of $200,000 divided equally among many as 10 award recipients to transform classrooms or available space in high schools into places where students have access to the tools to design, build and innovate.
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USDOE Names ESSA Negotiators, Key Areas of Discussion
Later this month, a group of negotiators will gather at the U.S. Department of Education to hash out regulations for certain parts of the newest version of the Elementary and Secondary Act. ESSA requires the department to go through the "negotiated rulemaking" process on three sections of the law-standards, assessments, and supplement-not-supplant, which deals with how states and districts spend their own funds in relation to federal money. The department is starting with assessment and supplement-not-supplant.Learn More >>
Inter-Agencies Announce Planning Guidance, Opening of the Portal for WIOA State Plans, and Training Packages
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration has issued Training and Employment Guidance Letter 14-15 which provides (1) the vision and content requirements for Unified and Combined State Plans under WIOA; (2) the deadline and submission process for Unified and Combined Plans under WIOA; (3) the requirements to have approved Unified or Combined State Plans in place for Program Year 2016 and beyond for the core programs of WIOA; and (4) the options for States to incorporate all or portions of partner programs into their State plan submissions if they choose to submit a Combined State Plan.Learn More >>
Solicitations
New ED Grants for CTE Labs Announced
The CTE Makeover Challenge presents an opportunity for CTE programs to upgrade their labs and equipment within the federal grant opportunity's defined parameters, and ACTE members are encouraged to review the Federal Register notice to determine their interest and eligibility. The deadline for initial submissions is April 1, 2016. Learn More >>
Funding for Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Technology-Based Career Training Program
The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has announced a funding opportunity for its Second Chance Act (SCA) program to provide technology-based career training to incarcerated adults and juveniles. Authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007, this grant program aims to facilitate the successful reentry of individuals after a period of incarceration and promote public safety. Learn More >>
Webinars
Women in Transportation: Northwestern Women Moving America
The Women's Bureau invites you to attend a webinar to learn more about careers in transportation and how women are changing the labor market. They will examine strategies to combat gender stereotypes, implicit bias and the wage gap in today's male-dominated workplaces. Learn More >>
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