FY2025: CTE Postsecondary Programs — Perkins Reserve

Fund Code: 0459

Purpose:

The purpose of this federal grant is to assist school districts in improving secondary-level programs that meet the definition of career and technical education as contained in the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act P.L. 115-224 (Perkins V)

Priorities:

The priority is to offer high quality career and technical education programs to students of the Commonwealth, as demonstrated by closing the achievement gap on the Perkins core indicators of performance for populations who are chronically unemployed or underemployed, including special populations.

This grant specifically targets addressing local/regional workforce needs in innovative, high demand, and/or rural topics or regions.

Eligibility:

Postsecondary
School District based Postsecondary Programs reporting Pell eligible students in Postsecondary programs in December 2022 Collection in, proportionally distributed.

LEA	LEA Name	Eligible programs	Allocation
0801	Assabet Valley Regional Vocational Technical	Pell Eligible PS CTE programs	$10,506.00
0805	Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical	Pell Eligible PS CTE programs	$4,280.00
0806	Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical	Pell Eligible PS CTE programs	$8,950.00
0821	Greater Fall River Regional Vocational Technical	Pell Eligible PS CTE programs	$10,895.00
0828	Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical	Pell Eligible PS CTE programs	$9,339.00
0832	Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical	Pell Eligible PS CTE programs	$7,004.00
0851	Northern Berkshire Regional Vocational Technical	Pell Eligible PS CTE programs	$5,058.00
0872	Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical	Pell Eligible PS CTE programs	$22,179.00
0878	Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical	Pell Eligible PS CTE programs	$8,949.00
0879	Upper Cape Cod Regional Vocational Technical	Pell Eligible PS CTE programs	$12,840.00

Funding Type:

Federal CFDA 84.048
Federal grant funds must adhere to:

• UGG (2 CFR 200)
• EDGAR As Applicable
• EDGAR General Fiscal Administration 34 CFR Part 76

Funding:

An approximate total amount of $100,000 is available to eligible applicants.

This RFP is the governing document for these grant funds.

Funding is contingent upon availability. All dollar amounts listed are estimated/approximate and are subject to change. If more funding becomes available, it will be distributed under the same guidelines that appear in this RFP document.

Fund Use:

Funds may be used for services, supplies, equipment, curriculum development and program improvement and delivery expenses. Funds must be used to ensure program quality and build capacity to serve students in CTE programs, aligned to Perkins Allowable Expenses .

Project Duration:

Upon Approval (no earlier than July 1, 2024)* – June 30, 2025

* Grant start date cannot be prior to DESE receiving a substantially approvable Application Submission as directed in this RFP's Submission Instructions. Goods and Services cannot be procured prior to Grants receiving and approving an application submission. Funds cannot exceed the project duration end date.

Program Unit:

Office for College, Career, and Technical Education

Contact:

Nicole Smith

Date Due:

Friday June 28, 2024

Submission Instructions:

The 0459 CTE Postsecondary Programs — Perkins Reserve will be submitted in our new GEM$ system. GEM$ is a cloud-based fiscal and program management grant system that will eventually phase out the use of EdGrants.

Grants for Education Management System (GEM$)

Please Note: Grant Submission at the LEA level requires roles to be established for Grant writer for the specific fund code, LEA fiscal for financial review/approval, and Superintendent/Chief Executive sign off. All these roles should be established prior to the grant due date and all appropriate forms should be either uploaded to GEM$, maintained at the LEA level or sent in to the DESE RFP contact as described on the individual forms. The user guidance documents and forms are found on the GEM$ homepage under DESE Resources. These form can be accessed without logging in to the system.

Last Updated: June 12, 2024