2025-2026 Career and Technical Education, ESC Leadership Application Grant

The 2025-2026 Career and Technical Education (CTE) ESC Leadership Application aims to enhance professional development for school systems, enabling the creation of high-quality CTE programs and work-based learning opportunities. Key goals include providing comprehensive support for CTE programs in grades 5 and above, ensuring compliance with Texas Education Code, and facilitating communication between the Texas Education Agency and school districts to promote statewide initiatives.

The ESC CTE Leadership program is designed to provide professional development and technical assistance to school systems in developing and implementing high quality CTE programs of study, providing quality work-based learning opportunities for students, and aligning CTE programs to the labor market.
The goals of the program are as follows:
To provide school systems the professional development needed to ensure the successful implementation of CTE programs of study that meet all requirements of Texas Education Code (TEC) §28, Subchapter A; §29, Subchapter F; §42, Subchapter 42.154; Part II Title 19 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Chapters 74, 75 BB, 127, and 130; The Carl D. Perkins Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act of 2018, Public Law (P.L.) 115-224; and 34 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 400 and 403.To provide school systems support for CTE programs in grades 5 and above.
To act as liaison between the CTE team of the College, Career, and Military Preparation Division of the TEA and school systems, disseminating information and training on statewide initiatives developed by TEA.