Section 5-A7001. CTE GRANT PROGRAM FUND

 

7001.1Revenue in the CTE Grant Program Fund from annual appropriations shall be used to make grants under this Chapter with purposes including, but not limited to, one or more of the following:

 

(a) Aligning programs of study (POS) with high-demand, high-skill, and high-wage occupations;

 

(b)Establishing rigorous CTE program quality requirements;

 

(c)Increasing CTE student concentration and completion rates;

 

(d)Implementing a CTE transfer program;

 

(e)Affording LEAs flexibility in hiring, scheduling, assessing, and compensating CTE faculty;

 

(f)Reengaging disconnected youth and educationally disengaged youth through CTE programs; and

 

(g)Supporting and incentivizing CTE course offerings for adult students in alternative educational programs.

 

7001.2Revenue in the CTE Grant Program Fund from public or private grants, gifts, or subsidies shall be used under the terms provided by the public or private source, conditional on OSSE approval in alignment with District CTE priorities.

 

7001.3OSSE reserves the authority to define the terms of CTE Grants in the RFA for each CTE Grant competition.

 

 

authority

Section 3(b) of the District of Columbia State Education Office Establishment Act of 2000, effective October 21, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-176; D.C. Official Code § 38-2602(b)(11) (2012 Repl. & 2014 Supp.)); and the Fair Student Funding and School-Based Budgeting Amendment Act of 2013, effective February 22, 2014 (D.C. Law 20-87; D.C. Official Code §§ 38-2611 and 38-2612 (2014 Supp.)).

source

Final rulemaking published at 61 DCR 12775 (December 19, 2014).