Perkins Act

AGC Supports CTE Funding

The Associated General Contractors of America - along with more than two dozen other associations, interest groups, and businesses - in April 2009 signed a letter to President Obama seeking an increase in funds for the program that supports career technical education (CTE). CTE is funded at the federal level through the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act, funding for which has decreased over the past few years, even as enrollment nationwide has increased. The letter seeks an increase in the fiscal 2010 federal budget for Perkins funding to $1.4 billion. Please click here to read the complete letter.