Collegiate Development
Postsecondary Title I Funding
Purpose:
To develop more fully the academic, career and technical skills of postsecondary students who elect to enroll in career and technical programs, by challenging institutions to improve programs designed to prepare individuals to work in a technologically advanced society and by offering funding to achieve this goal.
Eligibility:
Postsecondary institutions that offer at least five career education programs and have a sufficient proportion of the statewide economically disadvantaged postsecondary career and technical education students enrolled to generate a minimum of $50,000 in formula funding.
Activities:
There are nine mandated activities. Under Section 135 (b) of Perkins IV, postsecondary institutions shall use Title I funds to support one or more of the following activities:
- Strengthen the Academic, Career, and Technical Skills of Students
- Link Career and Technical Education at the Secondary Level
and Career and Technical Education at 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 Career
and Technical Education
- Provide Professional Development Programs to Teachers, Counselors,
and Administrators
- Develop and Implement Evaluations of Career Education Programs
- Initiate, Improve, Expand, and Modernize Quality Career
and Technical Education Programs
- Provide Services and Activities that are of Sufficient Size,
Scope, and Quality to be Effective
- Provide Activities to Prepare Special Populations for High Skill, High Wage, or High Demand Occupations that will lead to Self Sufficiency
Leadership and Technical Assistance
As part of the assurance that postsecondary students receive
high quality career and technical education programs, and to ensure that
postsecondary educators are appropriately prepared to deliver these high
quality programs, the New York State Education department focuses its
efforts on continuing the Project for Nontraditional 
Employment and Training, which is supported with State Leadership funds.
Workforce Partnership
As required by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act and the Workforce Investment Act, all Perkins postsecondary eligible agencies are partners in the designated Local Workforce Investment Areas across New York State. Perkins partners must enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), discussing their support of the One-Stop delivery system within the Local Workforce Investment Area.