APPROPRIATE USE OF PERKINS FUNDS

Business, Industry and Economic Development

1. Provide programs or activities that encourage industry to offer voluntary internships and mentoring programs;


2. Provide programs or activities that encourage involvement in internship programs that provide business experience to teachers;


3. Provide technical training for adults and school dropouts to complete their secondary education;


4. Other approved activities that are related to technical education and are consistent with the purposes of the Perkins Act.

CTE Program Support

1. Develop and implement evaluations of the technical education programs being carried out under Perkins funds;


2. Provide assessment of how the needs of special populations are being met through technical programs and activities;


3. Initiate, improve, expand, and modernize the quality of technical programs;


4. Link secondary and post-secondary technical educational programs, including implementing CTE Career Pathways;


5. Establish effective programs and procedures to enable informed and effective participation and increase completion of technical programs;


6. Provide funds for the purchasing, leasing and upgrading or adapting of equipment, and providing instructional aides in equipment labs;


7. Provide training and technical assistance to high school and post secondary counselors, teachers, and administrators;


8. Provide support for other approved technical activities that are consistent with the purpose of the Perkins Act.

Faculty/Staff/Administration

1. Develop, improve or expand the use of technology in vocational/technical education;


2. Training of vocational/technical personnel to use state-of-the-art technology;


3. Provide professional development programs, in-service and pre-service in state-of-the-art technical education programs and techniques to teachers, counselors, administrators, support staff, etc.;


4. Provide training in effective teaching skills based on new research;


5. Provide programs and training to ensure teachers and personnel stay current with all aspects of industry;


6. Provide internship programs that provide business experience to teachers teaching in technical areas;


7. Provide programs designed to specifically train teachers in the use and application of technology;


8. Improvement or development of new technical classes or degrees;


9. Other approved activities that are related to technical education and are consistent with the purposes of the Perkins Act.

Students and Community Engagement/Outreach

1. Provide students with understanding of all aspects of an industry;


2. Provide students with skills that lead to entry into high wage (an average hourly rate equal to or greater than the average hourly rate of all non-farm occupations as reported by the Utah Department of Workforce Services from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Survey. High skill (programs with minimum training requirements of at least an AAS degree, one-year certification, 360 or more hours of instruction that lead to an industry recognized certification or required state license) and high demand (occupations with 50 or more annual average job openings as reported by the Utah Department of Workforce Services) career fields;


3. Provide career guidance and academic counseling for students participating in technical programs;


4. Provide technical programs for special populations;


5. Assist technical student organizations;


6. Provide students with mentoring and support services in technical areas;


7. Provide instructional aides in technical classrooms and equipment labs;


8. Provide assistance to students in finding appropriate jobs and continuing their education in vocational/technical areas;


9. Support and promote non-traditional training and employment activities to underrepresented populations in technical areas;


10. Other approved activities that are related to technical education and are consistent with the purposes of the 2006 Perkins Act.