DiscoveR10 CTE
CTE Updates and Resources
Summer Time and the Living is CTE
TEA: Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT)
For families who: Qualify for free/reduced-price meals in the 2019-20 school year; Attend a Community Eligibility Provision or Provision 2 campus that offers free meals to all students; or Received SNAP food benefits in March 2020. Apply today!
I attached their flier and here’s the link as well: https://tea.texas.gov/about-tea/news-and-multimedia/correspondence/taa-letters/p-ebt-overview-and-communications-toolkit
Endorsements
- If more than one endorsement is listed for a Program of Study, you can choose which endorsement
- Example: if a student does not meet the core requirements for a STEM endorsement, and Business and Industry is listed as an option, then the student could get the Business and Industry Endorsement
- Existing endorsement rules in effect, but this will be an additional avenue; another bullet within the endorsement wording
- See POS and Endorsement Crosswalk linked above
IBC Reimbursement Questions Answered
- Answer: The vendor code and cost reporting begins in summer submission 3; however, this information will not be available to submit in PEIMS until fall submission 1. Because of that, districts will have to go through a one-time process for summer submission 3 to submit the vendor code and cost. TEA plans to release this process in July.
2. Will LEAs report costs in their submissions this summer (if they want to be reimbursed) and then get reimbursed during the settle up in Spring 2021?
- Answer: Yes – the window for reimbursement for the 2019-2020 school year is September 1, 2019-August 31, 2020 for an April 2021 settle-up. The 2020-2021 reimbursement will have an April 2022 settle-up, and so on and so forth.
LOCATING YOUR Perkins ADC
2019-2020 Perkins Amendments
TEA Perkins V Application Trainings
June 10, 2020
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
June 17, 2020
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Perkins Planning Amounts
**These may change**
USDA Announces Grants for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2020 –The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the availability of $3 million for grants through its new Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production. The competitive grants will support the development of urban agriculture and innovative production projects through two categories, Planning Projects and Implementation Projects. USDA will accept applications on Grants.gov until midnight July 6, 2020.
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/tx/newsroom/releases/?cid=NRCSEPRD1582815
IBMs Free Open P-Tech Platform
IBM recently developed a free Open P-Tech platform for schools to use for free with their students. The Open P-Tech platform has several curated learning tracks that lead to various badges that students can earn.
Many of the learning tracks are geared toward students who are interested in technology fields. For students who are not interested in technology, there is a professional skills and mindfulness learning track that I am using for some health science curriculum that I am writing.
If you know of any schools that would be interested in using this platform, IBM has offered to provide them with training. School districts can reach out to Cliff Archey carchey@us.ibm.com or Erick Espinoza erick.espinoza@ibm.com
IBM is also very invested in helping develop quality P-Tech programs as part of the corporate responsibility mission. If any schools need assistance with that, they can reach out to Sherry Wynn sherry.wynn@ibm.com
Expert to Expert - Webinar Recordings
Bell Vertical Robotics Competition
Some exciting news to share as you plan for next year...
The Bell Vertical Robotics Competition
is coming in
Spring 2021!
IBC Reimbursement
An Industry-Based Certification (IBC) Reimbursement Frequently Asked Questions document has been posted on the TEA CTE Webpage. Sections of the document include:
- IBC Definitions and Cost
- Policy Overview
- Student and District Eligibility
- Reimbursement Process and Reporting
- School Finance.
The IBC FAQ document will be updated periodically to include additional questions and responses.
Julie Anderson
Teaching & Learning Services
Email: julie.anderson@region10.org
Travis Waddell
Teaching & Learning Services
Email: travis.waddell@region10.org