Perkins FY 2026 Grant is Open!!

School districts are reminded that the DUE date for applications is JUNE 30, 2025. Please reach out to Shannon Boswell if you feel this is going to be an issue.

  • If your district completed a 2025 application, you will just need Advisory Minutes to upload into the application.  Those minutes should be from the July 1,  2024- June 30, 2025, timeline. 

  • If your district did not complete an application, you should have received an email notifying you of the CLNA requirement for this year’s application.  The CTE Specialists will work with you to ensure you are able to complete this in the timeframe given. 

A reminder that Perkins Allocations are formula funded- this formula uses the census data for your district. 

  • Allocations are based on the number of school age (5-17) children in the district; this comprises of 25% of the funding allocation and the Poverty rate among those school age children makes up the remaining 75% of the allocation. 

  • Montana received equal funding for FY 26 Perkins as we did in FY 25, so many schools allocations are similar to last years.  Variations are due to the increased number of schools requesting allocations and the population and poverty rate for the district.

Performance Measures and SDPL are now loaded into the FY 26 Perkins Grant. 

  • I do want to remind you that if your district is showing a zero or an NA- that does not mean that you are exempt from those or that you met those measures.  In the case of an NA in most cases it means that your district did not identify CTE Concentrators in the previous year’s reporting (23-24) by the June deadline.  This data is taken from a snapshot of the reporting, not live data. 

  • If you have a zero or NA you MUST mark NO on the met standards and provide an explanation of why there were no measures or why it was a zero.  

Resources for Perkins can be found on the CTE Perkins page.

Our CTAE Unit has updated the High School District Liaisons who will be reviewing Perkins applications for your district.  These can be found on our Google Map or on our CTE Page .

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Perkins Reserve 

    • 2024- 2025 Perkins Reserve Proposal Guidelines and Application
      • Districts are only eligible for a total of $5,000 in awards, must have completed the Perkins Grant Application for Fiscal year 25 and receive an allocation of less than $15,000.
      • Preference will be given to districts who have not received Reserve Funding in two of the previous three years.
      • LEAs who have been in good standing with their local application funds for two years prior to the current application year. This includes adhering to grant application and reporting deadlines, submitting accurate data reports, appropriate fiscal supporting documents, adherence to all Perkins V and Civil Rights monitoring.