Pennsylvania grant & resource directory - pa house

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
www.pde.state.pa.us/pde
GRANT/LOAN
Transition to Employment for Students with Autism –
To develop outcome based competitive employment models
to build capacity for system wide reform and improve
employment outcomes for students and youth on the
autism spectrum. School based career development models
with proven strategies to expand measurable employment
outcomes will sustain and expand local effort.
• To build capacity with agency and school staff to provide
effective, evidence based employment development
programs for students and youth on the autism spectrum.
• To establish evidence based service delivery models for
replication in other parts of the state.
DEADLINE / REGULATIONS
Application Deadline – August 8
Contact – Bureau of Special Education at:
(717) 783-6913
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENTS
Vocational Education
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
Improvement Act of 2006 – The new Act authorizes the
legislation through Fiscal Year 2012, for a total of six years.
While the bulk of the law is very similar to the 1998 Perkins
Act, there are some significant changes in content and focus.
Several themes are evident throughout accountability for
results and program improvement at all levels, increased
coordination within the CTE system, stronger academic and
technical integration, connections between secondary and
postsecondary education, and links to business and industry.
(9) Required Uses of Funds:
• Strengthen the academic and career and technical skills
of students participating in CTE programs through the
integration of academics with CTE programs.
• Link CTE at the secondary level and the postsecondary
level.
• Provide students with strong experience in and
understanding of all aspects of an industry.
• Develop, improve, or expand the use of technology in CTE.
• Provide in-service and pre-service professional
development programs to teachers, faculty, administrators,
and career guidance and academic counselors who are
involved in integrated CTE programs.
• Develop and implement evaluations of the CTE programs
carried out with Perkins funds.
• Initiate, improve, expand and modernize quality CTE
programs, including relevant technology.
Application Deadline – August 31
Contact – Bureau of Career and Technical
Education at: (717) 783-6981.
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