Career and Technical Education - Accountability

This page provides information about federal, state and local requirements.

Federal

The federal requirements for CTE can be found at Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act.

Previous Law: Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 - Public Law 109-270 (PDF, 330KB). 

See the following links about the Texas State Plan for Career and Technical Education:

• State Plan for Career and Technical Education 2008-2013 (PDF, 426KB)
• Texas State Plan 2009 Update (PDF, 330KB)
• Texas State Plan 2010 Update (PDF, 280KB)
• Texas State Plan 2011 Update (PDF, 351KB)
• Texas State Plan 2012 Update (PDF, 358KB)
• Texas State Plan 2013 Update (PDF, 745KB)
• Texas State Plan 2014 Update (PDF, 40KB)
• Texas State Plan 2015 Update (PDF, 59KB)
• Texas State Plan 2016 Update (PDF, 400KB)
• Texas State Plan 2017 Update
• Texas State Plan 2018 Update
• Texas State Plan 2019 Update 
• Texas State Plan 2020 Update

See the following links about the Texas Transition Plan:

• Part A: State Plan Narrative (PDF, 213KB)
• Texas Definitions Perkins IV (PDF, 35KB)

See the following links about the Texas Consolidated Annual Report (CAR):

• CAR Narrative 2008 (PDF, 79KB)
• CAR Narrative 2009 (PDF, 160KB)
• CAR Narrative 2010 (PDF, 215KB)
• CAR Narrative 2011 (PDF, 140KB)
• CAR Narrative 2012 (PDF, 123KB)
• CAR Narrative 2013 (PDF, 102KB)
• CAR Narrative 2014 (PDF, 104KB) 
• CAR Narrative 2015 (PDF, 262KB)
• CAR Narrative and Data 2016
• CAR Narrative 2017-2018
• CAR Narrative 2018-2019 
• CAR Narrative 2019-2020
• CAR Narrative 2020-2021

See the following links about CTE in the US Office for Civil Rights:

• Guidelines for Eliminating Discrimination and Denial of Services on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, and Handicap (outside source)
• Federal Rules (outside source)

Results of the 2012 Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) Perkins monitoring visit to the Texas Education Agency can be found at OVAE Perkins Monitoring Report (PDF, 144KB).

State

Reports are available that have college enrollment and employment information for Texas public high school graduates, by Career and Technology Education (CTE) participation, enrollment in Texas public colleges, and/or employment in Texas. Reports show enrollment and employment for the fall semester following high school graduation. They are available at the state and school district levels.

• College Enrollment and/or Employment Following HS Graduation by CTE Participation