Request submitted by

Wilma Owens

Date

Fall 2008

Proposed Name of Requested Group

Perkins Planning and Advisory Committee

Council

X

Committee

Subcommittee

Task Force

Action Requested:

Add

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Role, Products, Reporting Relationships:

Role:  The Perkins Planning and Advisory Committee is required by State and Federal Legislation.  The committee works as a liaison between the Instructional Services Office and the occupational programs and services funded with the College’s Carl D. Perkins Career Technical Educational Act.  The Committee provides recommendations for the development of the District’s Perkins Plan(s), strategies for enhancing workforce and economic development activities and programs, and makes recommendations for the distribution of Perkins funds. 

Products:  The major products will be the Five-Year-Plan and the Annual Perkins Plan.

Reporting Relationship:  Instructional Planning Council for information only.

Meeting Schedule:  2:00 to 4:00 p.m.; the fourth Monday of September and March.  Additional meetings may be called with two weeks notice.

Chair:  Dean, Career and Technical Education

Members:

• Four faculty members from CTE disciplines
• One faculty member from an academic discipline
• Director of Career Services (faculty)
• One representative from K-12
• One Instructional Dean
• One Representative from Industry*
• One Representative from Business*
• One Representative from Labor*
• One Special Populations Representative*
• One Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Representative*
• One Student
• Tech Prep Coordinator

*  Required by law

Reviewed by Strategic Planning Council:

5-13-03 Approved

4-4-06   Revised

9-24-08 Revised

Comments: Taken out of the governance structure on 4/4/06.  The Perkins Committee is advisory and reports its actions to IPC and SPC for information.