Oklahoma CareerTech is expanding a grant opportunity to smaller schools that were not previously eligible.
The innovative grants are awarded through funds from the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, which amended the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Act of 2006. Oklahoma receives about $18.4 million every year in Perkins grant money; 15% of the pass-through dollars is set aside for reserve funds. The other 85% is allocated to schools based on a federal formula.
“Oklahoma uses the reserve funds to provide innovative grant opportunities to distribute funding to schools across the state to expand CareerTech education opportunities for students,” said Steve Robison, federal grants compliance manager at Oklahoma CareerTech. “The purpose of the innovative grants is to develop new and sustainable projects for high need areas and create more innovative projects for classrooms.”
