7001.1 Revenue in the CTE Grant Program Fund from annual appropriations shall be used to make grants under this Chapter with purposes including, but not limited to, one or more of the following:

1. (a) Aligning programs of study (POS) with high-demand, high-skill, and high-wage occupations;
2. (b) Establishing rigorous CTE program quality requirements;
3. (c) Increasing CTE student concentration and completion rates;
4. (d) Implementing a CTE transfer program;
5. (e) Affording LEAs flexibility in hiring, scheduling, assessing, and compensating CTE faculty;
6. (f) Reengaging disconnected youth and educationally disengaged youth through CTE programs; and
7. (g) Supporting and incentivizing CTE course offerings for adult students in alternative educational programs.

7001.2 Revenue in the CTE Grant Program Fund from public or private grants, gifts, or subsidies shall be used under the terms provided by the public or private source, conditional on OSSE approval in alignment with District CTE priorities.

7001.3 OSSE reserves the authority to define the terms of CTE Grants in the RFA for each CTE Grant competition.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 61 DCR 12775 (December 19, 2014).