Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) The State
Board will allocate to eligible recipients CTE funds for supporting and
improving approved K-12 CTE programs. At a minimum, the formula for allocation
will consist of funds allocated for CTE programming at area career centers,
elementary schools, and secondary schools and funds dedicated to support
leadership activities in each CTE system.
1)
Funds allocated by the State Board through a general distribution of funds for
support of CTE programs, services, and activities will be allocated to eligible
recipients through a formula designated by the State Board in support of the
Perkins State Plan and to meet the required Perkins V maintenance of
effort.
2) Funds allocated to
eligible recipients for the purpose of supporting CTE programming will be
allocated by a Grant Agreement that is based on the information contained in
the eligible recipient's application submitted in response to a request for
applications issued by the State Board.
3) Funds allocated to a CTE system for CTE
programming will be based on the following:
A)
the higher of an area career center's three-year enrollment average or the
center's prior year enrollment;
B)
an elementary school's (K-grade 8) student enrollment, as adjusted by the
school district's Final Percent of Adequacy under Section 18-8.15 of the School
Code; and
C) a secondary school's
(grades 9-12) number of CTE participants and CTE program concentrator counts,
as adjusted by the school district's Final Percent of Adequacy under Section
18-8.15 of the School Code, with 50% of the available funding distributed per
the number of CTE participants and the other 50% distributed per the CTE
program concentrator counts.
4) Funds allocated for leadership activities
will be based on regional average salary data for high school principals. If
the CTE system does not employ a full-time system director will be
prorated.
5) Subject to sufficient
appropriation, the State Board may adjust or increase allocations to ensure
that every CTE system is allocated no less than the prior year's
allocation.
b) In
instances in which an area career center or an eligible applicant has joined
with an LEA in a consortium or cooperative agreement, the State Board will
distribute funds for which the LEA qualifies to the appropriate area career
center or eligible applicant. The amount to be distributed to the area career
center or eligible applicant will be based on the relative share of the
students in CTE programs. This amount will be based, if practicable, on:
1) the average enrollment for the preceding 3
years; or
2) for new area career
centers, an alternative formula of projected enrollment to determine the
distribution, after approval by the State Board.
