8VAC20-120-30. State/federal financial assistance.
Financial assistance shall be provided to support the operation, improvement, and expansion of career and technical education.
1. Financial assistance provided through entitlements resulting from full-time equivalent student enrollments shall be used to support career and technical education program operation.
2. Financial assistance provided through categorical entitlements shall be used to support the following:
a. Principals and assistant principals of technical education centers if at least 50% of their time is spent in career and technical education program administration or supervision;
b. Extended contracts of instructors for activities related to the coordination, development, or improvement of career and technical education programs;
c. Equipment included on the Recommended Equipment Approved for Career and Technical Education Programs lists by the Department of Education or local option approved by the Department of Education;
d. Adult occupational career and technical education to provide opportunities for adults to prepare for initial employment, retraining, or career advancement; and
e. Funding for industry credentials appearing on the Virginia Board of Education approved list.
3. No less than 60% of federal funds may be expended on required expenditures and up to 40% may be spent on permissive uses of funds as identified in the Perkins Act of 2006. If a school division does not meet the Perkins Act of 2006 performance measures, then the department may direct local expenditures toward uses of funds to improve the division's performance.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16, and 22.1-227 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR270-01-0011 § 2.1, eff. August 19, 1987; amended, Virginia Register Volume 18, Issue 8, eff. January 31, 2002; Volume 29, Issue 6, eff. December 19, 2012.