Dear Superintendents,
GRANT OPPORTUNITY
This week, the United States Department of Education (USED) announced a second round of grants for a student-centered pilot. This marks a significant shift from state-selected sub-grantees to local school and district grantees. As part of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), this grant could afford local flexibility from certain federal requirements. Memo 218-065 has more information.
CTE-Carl D. Perkins
Efforts to reauthorize the Carl Perkins (Career and Technical Education) Act might be resurrected. An interesting article from Bloomberg points to recent interest from the White House – specifically Ivanka Trump – motivating Senators to come back to the table to discuss reauthorization. The House passed a CTE bill nearly a year ago, and the Senate has been hung up over debate on secretarial prohibitions. If Senators Alexander and Murray can negotiate that hurdle, they may be able to reach a deal – but time is limited and the clock is ticking on highly sought after Senate floor time in this election year.
![State Superintendent Jillian Balow, State Treasurer Mark Gordon, and Wyoming Governor Matt Mead stand with the twelve elementary school bookmark winners.](https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/dEM1lzmxlkuMVzEPlFI_cDeajiR8nLzosZWTwUhzY3tdb5tVppnYFcni_N5Sztze9RFmx0kSyK4bzCLfj03fhVmExhXuD5LA7fSgjjxigDO6fn-EhOYYu3tTuZ78qqrYf7-mkFQoEsz00hmMNaYiTUYo4NlvplO9BEc5ySE=s0-d-e1-ft#https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/WYDE/2018/05/1965217/1989357/img-4938_crop.jpg)
Memos to be released on Tuesday, May 29, 2018:
- 2018-065: Pilot Student-Centered Funding Program
- 2018-066: Congressional App Challenge
- 2018-067: Native American Education Conference
- 2018-068: Accountability Timeline for 2018-19 and Beyond
- 2018-068 attachment a: Accountability Timeline
Jillian