How States Made Available Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Funds to Support Correctional Education
Congress amended and extended the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education (Perkins IV)1 in 2018 with passage of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education Act for the 21st Century (Perkins V);2 the law became effective on July 1, 2019. Perkins V increases federal funding for career and technical education (CTE), including the amount available for states3 to spend on educating students who are incarcerated.
