Announcements

Carl Perkins Grant Fiscal Year 2026 (Current grant cycle)

• 25th of Each Month- Deadline to submit cash requests for processing and payment on the 10th of each month.
• June 1- Last day to submit an amendment for Perkins Grant.
• June 10- deadline for the last June payment. If your district has not completed a Cash Request, it MUST be in by this date.
• June 20- CTE End of Year Data Collection is DUE in Infinite Campus.

This is a Federal Reporting Requirement for all Federal Grants, failure to complete this report correctly will result in loss of eligibility to receive Perkins funding. Completing this report late, will result in inaccurate reporting from Montana and will elevate the districts Risk Assessment.

• June 30- the last day to encumber spending for Perkins FY 26 funding
• August 10- Perkins 2026 Final Expenditure Reports are due.  If you are late submitting your FER- it will result in keeping the entire state from receiving final allocations

 

Carl Perkins Fiscal Year 2027 (Next school year grant)

• Opening May 2026
• CLNA is REQUIRED for ALL Applicants this year.
• June 30- DUE Date for Perkins 2027 Application
• OPI Perkins resources
• OCHE CLNA Resources
• Perkins preliminary allocations for FY 2027 are attached and will also be available on the Perkins Page

 

Work-Based Learning Licensure Cohort 

A Professional learning opportunity for teachers, counselors, administrators and others. 

This Cohort is to create a space for step-by-step support toward the Montana WBL Licensure options, provide guidance on required documentation, discuss best practices for High-Quality WBL programs, provide tools for building employer partnerships as well as create a network of Montana educators implementing quality WBL. 

Contact ethan.igo@mt.gov or shannon.boswell@mt.gov with questions

High School District Liaisons for CTE

The CTE Specialists have been assigned regionally to schools. The regions are Eastern, Northcentral, Northwest, Southcentral, and Southwest. These assignments will be used to review the 2025- 2026 Perkins Grant application and any remaining 2024-2025 amendments. If you have any questions or need assistance, our team of specialists is available to support you.

 

Montana Career and Technical Education

Guidance Documents 

Below you can find information related to CTE Funding, Montana Career Pathways, Carl Perkins Grant and Data, State CTE Data, Work Based Learning and related topics. If you would like all of this information in one document you can reference that here. The below documents are broken into three different categories; CTE Funding Guidance, CTE Montana Career Pathways, Montana Work Based Learning.

 

Meet the Career & Technical Adult Education Team

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