Formula

Funding

Available

June 7, 2010

TO THE ADMINISTRATOR ADDRESSED:

SUBJECT: 2010-2011Title I, Part C Carl D. Perkins Formula Grant Application

The 2010-2011 Application Designation and Certification (ADC) form forthe Title I, Part C Carl D. Perkins formula grant opened ineGrants onTuesday, May 18, 2010. The 2010-2011 Title I, Part C Carl D. Perkins grant application will be available in eGrants on or about Monday, June 7, 2010.

Eligible Applicants

Federal law requires Perkins formula funds to be awarded onlyto career and technical education (CTE) programs that are of sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effective. Local education agencies (LEAs) that code students as taking coherent sequences of CTE courses consistent with the State Plan under Texas Education Code §29.182 are eligible for funding.

  • CTE coherent sequence students are defined as students reported in the Fall 2009PEIMS data collection under Career and Technical Education Indicator Code 2 or Code 3.
  • School districts are eligible to apply for funding as stand-alone applicants if they have 10 or more CTE coherent sequence students and are eligible for at least $15,000 in Perkins funding.
  • Open-enrollment charter schools may apply for funding as stand-alone applicants if they have 5 or more CTE coherent sequence students and are eligible for at least $15,000 in Perkins funding.
  • LEAs with at least 1 CTE coherent sequence student, but which fall below 10 CTE coherent sequence students for a school district or 5 CTE coherent sequence students for a charter school, may apply for funding as members or fiscal agents of shared services arrangements (SSAs).

Allocations

Planning allocationsfor 2010-2011Title I, Part C Carl D. Perkins formulagrants can be viewed at or about June 7, 2010.

How to Apply

Eligible applicants must apply through the eGrants system. In order to apply, applicants must have appropriate Texas Education Agency Secure Environment (TEA SE) access. Applicants who do not have TEA SE access for eGrants should visit the TEA SE Information Center online at An overview of the TEA SE online request process can be found at For further assistance, please contact the eGrants Help Desk by telephone at (512) 463-7025 or via email at .

Deadline to Apply

Eligible applicants must apply through the eGrants system by 5:00 p.m. Central Time, Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Applications are effective on the date they are received in TEA in substantially approvable form or on July 1, 2010, whichever is later.

Reporting Deadlines

The following table lists reporting deadlines for2010-2011Title I, Part C Carl D. Perkinsgrant application. LEAs that are awarded grants are responsible for meeting all required deadlines.Failure to meet deadlines may result in loss of funds and could cause the LEA to be identified as “high risk.”

Grant Program / Grant Period / Final
Expenditure
Report / Program Effectiveness Report / Revised
Final
Expenditure Report
Title I, Part C Carl D. Perkins Formula Grant / 7/1/2010-6/30/2011 / 7/30/2011 / 8/15/2011 / 8/30/2011

Information and Assistance

For program information, please contact the Division of Curriculum at (512) 463-9581, or visit the program website at

For funding information, please contact the Division of Formula Funding at (512)463-8525, or via e-mail at .

Sincerely,

Yolanda Cantu

Senior Director, Division of Formula Funding