The Minnesota State Plan for Career Technical Education requires that Perkins Consortia engage in structured and collaborative planning that benefits the Consortium as a whole and is focused on local/regional resources and needs.
Technical assistance for consortium administration and leadership might include assistance with understanding and administering the fiscal and accountability requirements under the Perkins law, identifying an organizational structure for your consortium that best meets local needs, or assistance with the Perkins annual application and reporting process.
Resources
- Perkins Use of Funds: (438 kb .pdf) Required and Permissive uses of Perkins Funding.
- Fiscal and Accountability: Webinars for Perkins Consortium leaders and fiscal agents offered annually and recorded.
- Minnesota Position on Perkins Consortium Membership: Consortium membership, administration and governance requirements.
- Reporting Timeline: For required annual plans, reports, negotiations and grant award allocations found at on the Coordinator’s portal.
- Forms and reporting: A directory of forms for reporting (i.e., MnSCU WebGrants, Perkins Annual Application, Personnel Activity Reports, etc.)
- Minnesota Guide to Improvement Planning: For guidance on creating a required improvement plan when Consortia do not meet their negotiated targets on Perkins accountability indicators.
How to request technical assistance
If you are a college administrator, your contact is karl.ohrn@minnstate.edu.
If you are a secondary, high school or school district administrator, your contact is michelle.kamenov@state.mn.us.
Your request will be reviewed and sent to the appropriate staff assigned to that topic area.
