The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act supports vocational education—that is, technical training for specific occupations, offered at high schools and colleges throughout the country. The latest reauthorization of the Perkins Act took place in 2006.

National Skills Coalition Platform and Overview

NSC Remarks, Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education Career and Technical Education (CTE) Community Conversation | April 1, 2011

Overview of the Perkins Program | Training Policy in Brief, 2011

Current Law

Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act | 2006

Other Resources

Issue Brief: Reauthorization Recommendations to Strengthen CTE | February 2013

Issue Brief: CTE's Role in Worker Retraining | Association for Career and Technical Education, 2010

Recommendations for the Reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act | Association for Career and Technical Education and National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education Consortium