| Purpose: The purpose of this competitive grant is to support and implement career and technical education program(s) that help inmates benefit from programs that meet the general definition of Perkins career and technical education. Proposed programs and activities would offer a sequence of at least two courses that will provide individuals with coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in current or emerging professions, providing technical skill proficiency, an industry-recognized credential, a certificate, or an associate degree. These courses may include prerequisite courses (other than a remedial course) that are coherent and rigorous and may include competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of an industry of an individual. |
