Save Perkins

Legislation being proposed in Washington looks to cut the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act by eliminating its Tech Prep program. This elimination results in a significant loss of career and technical education funding to all states and districts and will impact the ability of education institutions to provide students the skills needed in today’s workplace. In Minnesota, the tech prep allocation is combined with the federal allocation from the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Passage of this bill would mean a cut of over $1.7 million in Tech Prep funds to Minnesota or about an 8% reduction in allocation to colleges and school districts.

Call your representative and senators today to tell them what the Perkins funding means to your students and to the US workforce. Phone numbers for your US Representative and US Senators can be found at http://www.gis.leg.mn/OpenLayers/districts/