2021-2022 Summer Career and Technical Education Grant

Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Work-Based Learning (WBL) programs are effective strategies to ensure that students have the opportunity, experience, and credentials to pursue meaningful careers after high school. Funding for this program is intended to provide support for districts to offer students greater access to career opportunities. This grant program directly aligns with the Texas Education Agency’s strategic plan that focuses on preparing every child for success in college and career, including careers in the military.

Career and Technical Education aligns Texas’s education goals with its diverse industry needs and opportunities; ensuring that all Texas high school students have access to high-quality career and education pathways to postsecondary success. Programs of study are course sequences that prepare students with the knowledge and skills necessary for success in their chosen career. These sequences embed relevant, real-world experiences and can culminate in a postsecondary credential. CTE programs of study emphasize earning industry-based credentials, participating in work-based learning activities, as well as learning about and demonstrating employability skills. Work-Based Learning opportunities provide students with real-world experiences they can use to transition directly into the workforce or can be building blocks toward postsecondary education.

Work-Based Learning is a proven instructional method and strategy for helping students of all ages and abilities to acquire and improve academic, technical, and employability skills. When implemented with fidelity, work-based learning leads to positive outcomes for students, training sponsors, schools, and communities. Student benefits include learning and developing employability skills in actual workplaces, smoother transitions from education into the workforce, and improved outcomes such as employment and postsecondary attendance. Training sponsor benefits include the creation of a pool of skilled and motivated employees, overall reduced training costs, and improved employee retention and morale. School benefits include making education more relevant and valuable for students, gaining access to workplace facilities, techniques, and technology, and promoting faculty interaction with the community. Community benefits include increasing the number of workplace-ready individuals who become economically productive members of society and improving the stability of the workforce and economy.

The Texas Education Agency will distribute grant funds to eligible applicants through a competitive application process. Awarded funds must be used as described by the General Appropriations Act, House Bill 1, Article IX, Section 18.114(c)(v) Contingency for HB 3.

Grant Period

From June 6, 2022, to September 30, 2022.

Applications and Award

The following table links to scanned copies of all applications eligible for competitive review and indicates which applicant(s) are preliminarily selected to receive an award, pending successful completion of fiscal and programmatic review and negotiation.

Eligible Applications

Prelim. Award Selection

001 Morton ISD

AWARDED

002 Mansfield ISD

 

003 Cotton Center ISD

AWARDED

004 Vanguard Academy

AWARDED

005 Carlisle ISD

AWARDED

006 East Central ISD

AWARDED

007 Hemphill ISD

 

008 Gruver ISD

AWARDED

009 Plano ISD

 

010 Palacios ISD

 

011 Wichita Falls ISD

 

012 Brooks County ISD

AWARDED

013 Houston ISD

AWARDED

014 Region 14 Education Service Center

AWARDED

015 Farmersville ISD (FA1)

AWARDED

016 Hitchcock ISD

 

017 Lancaster ISD

AWARDED

019 Somerville ISD

 

020 Farmersville ISD (FA2)

AWARDED

021 Texas City ISD

AWARDED

022 Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco ISD

AWARDED

023 San Diego ISD

AWARDED

024 Castleberry ISD

AWARDED

025 Laredo ISD

AWARDED

026 Tuloso-Midway ISD

AWARDED

027 Bastrop ISD

AWARDED

028 George West ISD

AWARDED

029 Benavides ISD

AWARDED

030 La Villa ISD

AWARDED

031 Merkel ISD

AWARDED

032 Whitehouse ISD

AWARDED

033 Skidmore-Tynan ISD

AWARDED

034 Monte Alto ISD

AWARDED

036 Katy ISD

 

037 Socorro ISD

AWARDED

038 Three Rivers ISD

AWARDED

039 Jasper ISD

AWARDED

040 Rio Grande City CISD

 

041 Melissa ISD

AWARDED

042 North East ISD

AWARDED

043 Arlington ISD

 

044 Webb CISD

AWARDED

045 Region 19 Education Service Center

AWARDED

048 Hawley ISD

 

049 Pioneer Technology & Arts Academy

AWARDED

050 Richardson ISD

AWARDED

051 Humble ISD

 

052 Freer ISD

AWARDED

053 Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD

AWARDED

054 Region 13 Education Service Center

AWARDED

055 Mount Calm ISD

AWARDED

056 El Paso ISD

 

057 Stafford MSD

AWARDED

058 Snyder ISD

 

059 Liberty ISD

AWARDED

060 Tyler ISD

AWARDED

061 Premont ISD

AWARDED

062 ESC 10

 

063 Lake Worth ISD

AWARDED

064 Pearsall ISD

 

065 Agua Dulce ISD

AWARDED

066 Hardin ISD

 

067 Van Alstyne ISD

AWARDED

068 Seminole ISD

 

069 Hooks ISD

 

070 Weatherford ISD

AWARDED

071 Galveston ISD

 

072 Edgewood ISD

 

073 Ballinger ISD

AWARDED

074 Burnham Wood Charter School District

 

075 West Oso ISD

AWARDED

076 Lumberton ISD

 

077 Hutto ISD

 

078 Kerrville ISD

AWARDED

079 Edcouch-Elsa ISD

 

080 Winnsboro ISD

AWARDED

081 Spring Branch ISD

AWARDED

082 Perryton ISD

AWARDED

083 Crosby ISD

AWARDED

084 Nacogdoches ISD

AWARDED

085 Fort Bend ISD

AWARDED

086 Spring ISD

AWARDED

087 Sinton ISD

AWARDED

088 Santa Fe ISD

AWARDED

089 Jubilee Academic Center

 

090 Rapoport Academy Public School

AWARDED

091 Bowie ISD

 

092 Lorena ISD

AWARDED

093 Northside ISD

 

094 Hamlin ISD

AWARDED

095 Connally ISD

AWARDED

096 Village Tech Schools

AWARDED