a national perspective kimberly a. green, nasdctec 

A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Kimberly A. Green, NASDCTEc



Outline

• Policy influencers

• Budget realities

• Current initiatives

• Perkins

• Next Steps

Policy Influencers

Policy influencers

• Focus on jobs• Global competition• Evidence of success• Common core state standards

– College and career readiness – Assessment

• Increased visibility for CTE

Budget Realities

FY12 Funding

• In FY 11, President recommended $264 million cut to Perkins, Congress accepted $141 million cut

• FY12, Perkins was essentially flat funded at FY11 levels

FY13

• President’s Budget Proposal– Flat funding for Perkins– $1 billion over 3 years for career

academies– $8 billion over 3 years for community

colleges

• Congress– House and Senate – Continuing

resolution with flat funding– No new funding

FY13

• Deficit Reduction Committee– Charged with cutting $1.2 trillion in

spending

• Sequestration?– Automatic spending caps from 2014

to 2021– Estimates of 8.2% across-the-board

cuts

Career Academy Proposal

• New funding• $1 billion over 3 years• State to local by competition• Clear definition of an academy– 4 years– Requires work-based learning – Academic, technical and

employability skills

Current Initiatives

Administration Views

“While we know that high-quality career and technical education strategies have the potential to prepare students for jobs in the knowledge economy, many career and technical programs haven’t lived up to their promise of preparing students for careers and college.”

Administration Views

“The Obama administration says that overall, data about career and technical education is mixed. There are “islands of excellence,” said Brenda Dann-Messier, assistant secretary for vocational and adult education, but there is still “uneven quality around the country.” NY Times Article, July 9, 2011 by Motoko Rich

Career Readines Partner Council

• 30+ national education, workforce organization, businesses and foundations working together toward a common, comprehensive definition of what is career readiness.

• Definition to be revealed on October 18.

What is the Common Career Technical Core initiative?

• State-led initiative to establish a shared set of high-quality Career Technical Education (CTE) standards

• Includes a set of standards for each of the 16 Career ClustersTM, as well as an overarching set of Career Ready Practices

Perkins

Trends in federal policy

• Competition• Innovation• Consolidation• Cost-benefit analysis• Connection to the economy• Change through policy– ESEA waivers– Race to the Top Criteria

Perkins Blueprint Nine Reforms

Theme Reforms

Alignment Clear expectations for high quality programs

More active role for states

Collaboration Consortia

Private-sector match

Accountability

Competition

Common definitions

Incentives for high performance

Innovation State conditions

Innovative and Transformation Fund

Reactions to the Blueprint

Make sure your voice is heard!

Next Steps

What’s Next?

• Federal budget

• Elections

Stay informed

www.careertech.org

http://blog.careertech.org/

http://www.careertech.org/legislation/perkins/perkinsreauthorization.html

LEADING CHANGETRANSFORMING EXPECTATIONS

MAKING THE DIFFERENCE

Kimberly Greenkgreen@careertech.orgwww.careertech.org