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The Emergence of Tech-Prep at the State and Local Levels - 1995

III. The Setting For Tech-Prep Initiatives

Under the Tech-Prep Education Act (Title IIIE of the Perkins Amendments), state administering agencies award grants to local consortia to support the development of Tech-Prep programs. In order to receive grants, consortia must meet the definition of a consortium set forth in the legislation, but the act gives state agencies significant latitude in determining the number and types of consortia that are awarded funds. The legislation indicates only that state agencies "shall ensure an equitable distribution of assistance between urban and rural consortium participants."

As the fourth funding cycle of the Tech-Prep Education Program and the reauthorization of the Perkins Act approach, it is important to determine where consortia are being developed, how large they are, and their potential for affecting a substantial proportion of the secondary student population. This chapter examines the number of consortia receiving Title IIIE grants and the settings in which the grants are implemented. Using the national sample of fiscal year (FY) 1993 funded consortia, we describe the distribution of consortia across states, census regions, and urban, suburban, and rural locations. We then describe the size of Tech-Prep consortia and of the student populations in school districts that are included in the consortia. Several consortium characteristics, including region, metropolitan status, and size, are used to define categories of consortia for the analysis presented in subsequent chapters.
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