An effective reauthorized Perkins Act, the main federal
vehicle for CTE programming, would include a substantial financial investment in
a system that focuses on aligning the skills taught in CTE programs with the skills
demanded by high-growth industries in the local labor market and beyond; incentivizing
a collaborative approach between secondary schools, community colleges and
other institutions of higher education, employers, and industry groups; requiring
accountability and data collection to allow for the evaluation of CTE approaches in
order to consistently hone policies toward best practice approaches; and promoting
mechanisms to incentivize state-level reforms that move policies at the state and local
level toward evidence-based best-practice approaches.