Perkins Supplemental Enhancement Grant

Agency:	State Government of Connecticut
State:	Connecticut
Type of Government:	State & Local
Posted Date:	Mar 23, 2026
Due Date:	Apr 10, 2026
Solicitation No:	RFP:818
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RFP:818
Perkins Supplemental Enhancement Grant

Purpose: Perkins V legislation allows states to distribute a portion of the local funds to foster innovation through the identification and promotion of promising and proven CTE programs, practices, and strategies. The supplemental enhancement concept was created to assist Perkins V secondary recipients in offering programs, practices, and strategies that prepare individuals for nontraditional fields and/or promote the development, implementation, and adoption of programs of study or career pathways aligned with State-identified high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand occupations or industries.

Date Posted: March 16, 2026
Application Deadline: April 10, 2026
Bidders' Conference: N/A

Contact: sean.mckeown@ct.gov Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities

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Career and Technical Education

Preparing Students for College and Careers in High Skill, High Wage, and/or High Demand

Occupations

Carl D. Perkins

Secondary Supplemental

Enhancement Grant

2026

RFP 818

Connecticut State

Department of Education

Due: April 10, 2026

Equal Opportunity Statement

Connecticut State Department of Education

Charlene M. Russell-Tucker

Commissioner of Education

The Connecticut State Department of Education is committed to a policy of equal opportunity/

affirmative action for all qualified persons. The Connecticut Department of Education does not

discriminate in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis of:

race; color; religious creed; age; sex; pregnancy; sexual orientation; workplace hazards to reproductive

systems; gender identity or expression; marital status; national origin; ancestry; retaliation for

previously opposed discrimination or coercion; intellectual disability; genetic information; learning

disability; physical disability (including, but not limited to, blindness); mental disability (past/present

history thereof); military or veteran status; status as a victim of domestic violence; or criminal record in

state employment, unless there is a bona fide occupational qualification excluding persons in any of the

aforementioned protected classes. Inquiries regarding the Connecticut State Department of Education’s

nondiscrimination policies should be directed to: Attorney Louis Todisco, Connecticut State Department

of Education, by mail (450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite 605, Hartford, CT 06103-1841; or by telephone

860-713-6594; or by email Louis.Todisco@ct.gov).

The Connecticut State Department of Education is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

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Contents

Equal Opportunity Statement .....................................................................................................................................2

Career and Technical Education Supplemental Enhancement Grant Application......................................................4

I. Overview.............................................................................................................................................................4

II. Purpose of Perkins V .........................................................................................................................................4

III. Purpose of the Career and Technical Education Secondary Supplemental Enhancement Grant .....................4

IV. Grant Eligible Participants ...............................................................................................................................5

V. Available Competitive Funding .........................................................................................................................5

VI. Eligibility Requirements ..................................................................................................................................5

VII. Management Control of the Program and Grant Consultation Role of the State ...........................................6

VIII. Grant Awards .................................................................................................................................................7

IX. Grant Period .....................................................................................................................................................7

X. Technical Assistance by RESC..........................................................................................................................7

XI. Obligation of Grant Recipients ........................................................................................................................7

XII. End-of-Year Reports .......................................................................................................................................7

XIII. Application Submission Requirements .........................................................................................................7

Career and Technical Education Secondary Supplemental Enhancement Grant 2026 Application Packet ...............8

Career and Technical Education Secondary Supplemental Enhancement Grant 2026 Overview ..............................9

Program Title: ........................................................................................................................................................9

Program Area: ........................................................................................................................................................9

Funding Available: ...............................................................................................................................................10

Purpose:................................................................................................................................................................10

Career and Technical Education Secondary Supplemental Enhancement Grant Application Checklist ..................11

Carl D. Perkins – Secondary Supplemental Enhancement Grant Application .........................................................12

Local Plan Summary ............................................................................................................................................13

Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment Goal/Strategy.....................................................................................16

Secondary Supplemental Enhancement Grant Sustainability Plan ......................................................................18

Instructions for ED114 Budget Form...................................................................................................................20

ED114..................................................................................................................................................................21

Budget Narrative Instructions ..............................................................................................................................22

Budget Narrative ..................................................................................................................................................23

Standard Statement of Assurances for Grant Programs............................................................................................36

Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion – Lower Tier Covered

Transactions .............................................................................................................................................................. 41

Appendix A...............................................................................................................................................................42

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Career and Technical Education Supplemental Enhancement Grant

Application

I. Overview

The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, 20 U.S.C. § 2322

(Perkins V) was signed into law on July 31, 2018. Perkins V promotes reform, innovation, and

continuous improvement in career and technical education (CTE) to ensure that students acquire the

skills and knowledge they need to meet challenging state academic standards and industry-recognized

skill standards. It prepares students for postsecondary education, further learning, and a wide range

of opportunities in high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand industries and occupations.

II. Purpose of Perkins V

The purpose of Perkins V is to develop more fully the academic, technical, and employability skills of

secondary and postsecondary education students who elect to enroll in CTE programs and programs of

study. Perkins V:

• builds on the efforts of states and localities to develop challenging academic and technical

standards and to assist students in meeting such standards, including preparation for high skill,

high wage, or in-demand occupations in current or emerging professions;

• promotes the development of services and activities that integrate rigorous and challenging

academic and career and technical instruction, and that link secondary education

and postsecondary education for participating career and technical education students;

• increases state and local flexibility in providing services and activities designed to develop,

implement, and improve career and technical education;

• conducts and disseminates national research and information on best practices that improve career

and technical education programs and programs of study, services, and activities;

• provides technical assistance that promotes leadership, initial preparation, and professional

development at the state and local levels and improves the quality of career and technical

education teachers, faculty, administrators, and counselors;

• supports partnerships among secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, baccalaureate degree

granting institutions, area career and technical education schools, local workforce investment

boards, business and industry, and intermediaries;

• provides individuals with opportunities throughout their lifetimes to develop, in conjunction with

other education and training programs, the knowledge and skills needed to keep the

United States competitive; and

• increases the employment opportunities for populations who are chronically unemployed or

underemployed, including individuals with disabilities, individuals from economically

disadvantaged families, out-of-workforce individuals, youth who are in, or have aged out of, the

foster care system, and homeless individuals.

III. Purpose of the Career and Technical Education Secondary

Supplemental Enhancement Grant

Perkins V legislation allows states to distribute a portion of the local funds to foster innovation through

the identification and promotion of promising and proven CTE programs, practices, and strategies. The

supplemental enhancement concept was created to assist Perkins V secondary recipients in offering

programs, practices, and strategies that prepare individuals for nontraditional fields and/or promote the

development, implementation, and adoption of programs of study or career pathways aligned with

State-identified high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand occupations or industries.

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IV. Grant Eligible Participants

Only those districts having received Perkins V funds during the 2025–2026 school year may apply

for the Career and Technical Education Secondary Supplemental Enhancement Grant.

Eligible participants must reside in a rural area (see table below) or have a high percentage and high

number of career and technical students (at least 40 percent, unduplicated CTE enrollment for the

2025–2026 school year). This funding source should assist in the advancement of goals established

by the Connecticut State Board of Education and Perkins V legislation.

Table of Rural Towns in Connecticut*

Andover

East Granby

Ashford

East Haddam

Barkhamsted

Eastford

Bethany

Easton

Bethlehem

Franklin

Bolton

Goshen

Bozrah

Haddam

Bridgewater

Hampton

Brooklyn

Hartland

Burlington

Harwinton

Canaan

Hebron

Canterbury

Kent

Chaplin

Killingly

Chester

Killingworth

Colebrook

Lebanon

Columbia

Lisbon

Cornwall

Litchfield

Coventry

Lyme

Deep River

Mansfield

Durham

Marlborough

Middlebury

Middlefield

Morris

New Hartford

Norfolk

North Canaan

North Stonington

Old Lyme

Plainfield

Pomfret

Portland

Preston

Putnam

Redding

Roxbury

Salem

Salisbury

Scotland

Sharon

Sherman

Sprague

Stafford

Sterling

Suffield

Thompson

Torrington

Union

Voluntown

Warren

Washington

Westbrook

Willington

Winchester

Windham

Windsor Locks

Woodbridge

Woodbury

Woodstock

*(February 2025). Retrieved October 22, 2025, from http://www.ruralhealthct.org/towns.htm.

V. Available Competitive Funding

Selected districts will be awarded a minimum of $25,000 up to a maximum of $50,000 to be

encumbered by September 30, 2026. See obligation and liquidation dates on page 7, Section IX. This

funding will be made available contingent upon the availability of Perkins V grant funding from the

U.S. Department of Education. A sustainability plan must be developed and submitted with the grant

application showing how grant initiatives will continue with local funding. Also, please note that

funding can be used for students participating in CTE courses in Grades 6–12 only.

VI. Eligibility Requirements

This is a competitive grant and is not an entitlement. The following must be met in order for a district

to be eligible to apply for funding:

• size, scope and quality consistent with the approved local five-year Perkins Secondary Plan must be

adhered to and administered under all projects funded by the Supplemental Enhancement Grant;

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This page summarizes the opportunity, including an overview and a preview of the attached documents.

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