Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant
(Fund Code 405):
BIDDER’S CONFERENCE
Gary Gomes, Larry DeSalvatore, Ramona Foster
Office of Career/Vocational Technical Education
May 5, 2016
AGENDA
• Welcome, Overview, Century Link Orientation
• Emphasize essential components and priorities of Requests
for Proposals - Fund Code 405
• Review required documentation
• Discuss application review process
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• Answer questions
Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant (Fund Code 405)
Overview
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Governor Baker recently announced new funding and
initiatives to connect K-12, higher education, and employers
to expand career development.
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This CTE partnership grant opportunity is part of this larger
plan
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Planning grant - first of two phase process
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Successful applications - those that have greatest impact on
increasing access to CTE through collaborative and
innovative programming, maximizing existing resources
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Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant (Fund Code 405)
Purpose
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To support regional and local partnerships
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To expand existing and/or develop new CTE programs and
initiatives that increase student access to CTE opportunities
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To more effectively use and/or integrate existing capacity
and resources
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To supplement currently funded local/state/federal CTE
programs
Funding Source: Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act,
P.L.109-270
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Project Duration
 Planning grant - July 1, 2016 – September 30, 2016
 All funds must be obligated/activities completed by
September 30, 2016
 Final report submitted by October 31, 2016
 To provide sufficient time for bidders to respond to the phase
2 implementation grant opportunity, based on the phase 1
final report
 The phase 2 implementation grant opportunity tentative
due date of October 31, 2016
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Applicant Eligibility
 Eligible Applicants are: school districts, school consortia,
collaboratives, or community colleges
 Project lead must be identified in application
 Partners - employers, publicly-funded educational institutions,
WIBs, or CBOs that provide publicly-funded educational
services
 Partners - cannot include private proprietary or private
postsecondary institutions
 Form Schedule C must be submitted identifying proposed
partners
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Funding Priorities
Priority will be given to applicants that address the 6 funding priorities:
1. Convene partners to expand existing and/or develop new CTE
programs/initiatives to increase student access to CTE:
 Partnerships (not limited to): vocational/technical
/comprehensive high schools, community colleges, adult
education institutions, WIBs, businesses, economic
development agencies, collaboratives, and CBOs
 Partnerships should result in opportunities to sustain CTE
programming after the funding for planning and
implementation
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Funding Priorities
(continued)
2. Leverage existing resources - maximize capacity, impact, and
sustainability
3. Develop innovative action plans leading to an implementation
strategy to increase student seats and access to CTE training
for high demand jobs aligned with current labor market data
4. Serve traditionally underserved populations
5. Include sequences of courses leading to technical skill
proficiency, industry-recognized credential (IRC), and/or
associate's degree
6. Ensure integration of academic and technical content as part of
program design
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Funding:
Additional Considerations
 May include grades 7 through 14
 May include access to apprenticeship programs
 May target students on CTE wait lists; facilities
reconfiguration/improvement; new program models;
include local match
 Planning grant awardees are not automatically
guaranteed implementation grant funding
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Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant (Fund Code 405)
Funding Availability
 May apply for up to $10,000
 Can submit one application
 Total available:
 $100,000
- planning; $710,000 –implementation
 $150,000 maximum for implementation grant
 Contingent on funding availability
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Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant (Fund Code 405)
Fund Use
Generally, fund use must:
 Must support collaborative planning among partners
 Must develop implementation plan for activities to increase
student seats and access to CTE
 Must address needs of underserved populations
 Must ensure planning activities are appropriate and
consistent with state/federal requirements
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Fund Use
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Funds may be used for, but not limited to:
 Stipends to support planning
 Consultant/contract fees
 Planning-related professional development
 Other costs negotiated with ESE
 Perkins has specific allowable and unallowable costs - refer
to Perkins IV Manual at
http://www.doe.mass.edu/cte/perkins/perkins_manual.pdf
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Fund Use: Samples
 CTE courses/programs at regional/comprehensive schools afterschool hours/weekends
 Make existing facility available to another school
 Create half-day split schedule - half day in CTE/half academic
 Create partnerships - businesses as host sites for CTE
 Career pathways development
 Create partnerships - CTE programs and Adult Career Pathway
programs
 Shift programs between schools to increase potential for
expanding specialized space (e.g. moving IT program to
comprehensive school to expand Advanced Manufacturing
program space at a vocational technical school)
 Create technically-focused schools-within-schools
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Application Requirements
Intent to Apply Due: Friday, May 13th
Email mroberts@doe.mass.edu
 Non-binding, must include:
 Name(s) of lead school district, consortia,
collaborative, or public postsecondary institution
 Contact information (name, title, email address, and
phone number) for applicant and lead personnel to be
included on communications prior to submission of
full application
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Application Requirements
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Application Due: Wednesday, June 15th
Application must address:
 Lead Applicant must submit description, no more than six
(6) pages in total*, of the planning effort, including:
 Proposed program(s) to be expanded
 How efforts will add CTE capacity through partnerships
 Include signed statements of commitment from all partners
 Narrative responses - Arial 10 point, one (1) inch margins
 Other material/Budget Pages not subject to page limits
*Additional attachments permitted, not factored into final scoring
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Required Documentation
 Part I — General — Program Unit Signature Page —
(Standard Contract Form and Application for Program
Grants)
 Part II — Budget Detail Pages (both pages)
 Part III — Required Program Information
 Schedule C — Statement of Participation and Support
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Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant (Fund Code 405)
Final Report
Due: Monday, October 31, 2016
Email mroberts@doe.mass.edu
 Describe how funds were used
 Include implementation outline describing outcomes of
planning process
 Provide description of strategies to be used to address fund
code priorities
 Identify supports/resources necessary to implement
strategies
 Not to exceed five (5) pages, single-spaced, 10 point Arial
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Selection Process
 Planning Grant Applications - reviewed and scored by a
team from the Department
 Review Team - assess proposals based upon strength of
answers given to criteria specified in Request for Proposal
 Applicants - notified via email approximately two weeks
after submission deadline
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Career and Technical Education Partnership Grant (Fund Code 405)
Submission Instructions
 Submit four (4) sets of completed proposals, each with an
original signature of the Superintendent/Executive
Director/College President
 Hard copies of originals must be received by 5:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Mail to:
Margie Roberts
Office for Career/Vocational Technical Education
Massachusetts Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street
Malden, MA 02148-4906
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QUESTIONS?
• Questions and answers in webinar will be posted in the
CVTE News section of our website at:
www.doe.mass.edu/cte/
•Additional questions will be accepted until June 8th and can
be submitted to Gary Gomes, ggomes@doe.mass.edu
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