Town Hall: Non-Degree Credentials

https://octae.ed.gov/resources/town-hall-non-degree-credentials

Recording from the Division of Academic and Technical Education's Town Hall call on Non-Degree Credentials. Presenters included: Amanda Winters, National Governor's Association; Emily Passias, Education Strategy Group; Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield, National Skills Coalition; and Emilie Rafal, Credential Engine. Date: January 23, 2020

Young Adult Diversion Toolkit

https://octae.ed.gov/resources/young-adult-diversion-toolkit

Diversion programs redirect individuals from prosecution or incarceration to community-based programming, supervision, and supports. This toolkit was created to help diversion programs strengthen their services by providing young adults (ages 16-24) with high-quality education and workforce development opportunities.

Juvenile Justice Reentry Education Program Tools and Resources

https://octae.ed.gov/resources/juvenile-justice-reentry-education-program-tools-and-resources

The U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) has launched the Juvenile Justice Reentry Education Program: Opening Doors to College and Careers through Career and Technical Education (JJ-REP). This ambitious initiative presented a unique framework for an integrated “reentry system.” This reentry system integrates traditionally discrete interventions and decision points in the juvenile system, such as adjudication and confinement, to the education-related decision points and interventions that touch youth in the justice system, like school discipline and post-confinement aftercare or community-based education programs.  

How States Made Available Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Funds to Support Correctional Education

https://octae.ed.gov/resources/how-states-made-available-carl-d-perkins-career-and-technical-education-act-funds-support

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. 

Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award

https://octae.ed.gov/cyberaward

Rules, Terms, and ConditionsWhat is the Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award?The Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award is bestowed on teachers in the field of cybersecurity to honor their contribution to the education of our nation’s students. The process for the award, established by Executive Order 13870 on May 2, 2019, is being led by the Department of Education in consultation with the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD). The award is presented annually to two teachers—one at the elementary or middle school level (kindergarten through eighth grade) and one at the secondary level—who demonstrate superior achievement in instilling skills, knowledge, and passion with respect to cybersecurity and cybersecurity-related subjects.