CTE on the Frontier: Leveraging Federal Policy to Strengthen Rural CTE

This cheat sheet is designed to help rural policymakers identify leverage points across federal education and workforce programs to support and expand access to high-quality rural CTE at both the secondary and postsecondary levels.

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CTE on the Frontier: Leveraging Federal Policy to Strengthen Rural CTE

Career Technical Education (CTE) can provide an on-ramp for rural learners to access meaningful, high-wage careers while simultaneously strengthening the talent pipeline to meet regional labor demand. Yet rural learners all too often face an uphill battle when it comes to accessing high-quality CTE. Scarce resources, limited regional employers and an expansive service area make it challenging for rural institutions to provide robust, high-quality CTE programs of study across a breadth of subjects.

This cheat sheet is designed to help rural policymakers identify leverage points across federal education and workforce programs to support and expand access to high-quality rural CTE at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. It explores opportunities under the following federal education and workforce laws: 

  • The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006,
  • The Every Student Succeeds Act, and 
  • The workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 

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