Carl Perkins
Career/Tech Ed
September 27, 2006
Carl D. Perkins initiated legislation aimed at training people for vocational careers in 1984. The legislation has three major objectives:
- Modernization and improvement of programs;
- Better access to quality programs for targeted population groups (people with disabilities, economically disadvantaged, people in nontraditional programs, etc);
- Adequate funding for educational institutions in economically depressed communities.
This program provides a variety of services such as:
- Loan Library Materials
- Curriculum Assistance Project
- Summer Internships
- BRIDGES: Choices Explorer and Choices Planner
- Conference Registration Fees
- and much more!
For more information contact Linda Talbott, (785) 825-9185, ltalbott@smokyhill.org
