OpportunityTitle: Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE): High School Career and Technical Education Teacher Pathway Initiative CFDA Number 84.051D
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 1. Eligible Applicants: The following entities are eligible to apply under this competition:      (a) A State board designated or created consistent with State law as the sole State agency responsible for the administration of CTE in the State or for the supervision of the administration of CTE in the State;       (b) An LEA (including a public charter school that operates as an LEA), an area CTE school, an educational service agency, or a consortium of such entities, in each case, that receives assistance under section 131 of the Act;      (c) An Eligible Institution that receives assistance under section 132 of the Act.     Note: Eligible applicants proposing to apply for funds as a consortium must comply with the regulations in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129, which address group applications.
Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. The purpose of the High School Career and Technical Education (CTE) Teacher Pathway Initiative is to improve CTE programs assisted under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (the Perkins Act) by increasing the supply of high school CTE teachers available to teach students in CTE programs that align to In-Demand Industry Sectors or Occupations \1\ in States and communities where shortages of such teachers exist.--------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Throughout this notice, all defined terms are denoted with initial capitals.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.051D. Applications for grants under the High School CTE Teacher Pathway Initiative, CFDA number 84.051D, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the High School CTE Teacher Pathway Initiative competition at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number&apos;s alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.051, not 84.051D).
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Manager
GrantorContactText: Julius Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6288 &lt;br/&gt;EducationGrantInquiries@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Laura Messenger,  &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education,  &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue SW.,  &lt;br/&gt;Potomac Center Plaza (PCP),  &lt;br/&gt;Room 11028,  &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202-7241. Telephone: (202) 245-7840 or by fax  &lt;br/&gt;at (202) 245-7170 or e-Mail: Laura.Messenger@ed.gov.
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: June 13, 2017.          Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: July 13, 2017. Notice of Intent to Apply: We will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if we can anticipate the number of applicants that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, we strongly encourage each potential applicant to notify us of the applicant&apos;s intent to submit an application for funding by sending a short email message. This short email should provide the applicant organization&apos;s name and address. Please send this email notification to CTEteachergrant@ed.gov with ``Intent to Apply&apos;&apos; in the email subject line. Applicants that do not provide this email notification may still apply for funding.     Date of Pre-Application Webinar: For information about a pre-application webinar, visit the Perkins Collaborative Resource Network (PCRN) at http://cte.ed.gov/. A pre-application webinar will be held for this competition shortly after the date that this notice will publish. The webinar is intended to provide technical assistance to all interested grant applicants. Information regarding the pre-application webinar can be found on the Perkins Collaborative Resource Network at http://cte.ed.gov/.     Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 28, 2017.