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The '''Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act''' was first authorized by the [[federal government]] in 1984 and reauthorized in 1990 (Perkins II), 1998 (Perkins III), 2006 (Perkins IV), and 2018 (Perkins V). Named for [[Carl D. Perkins]], the act aims to increase the quality of technical education within the [[United States]] in order to help the [[economy]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-president-passage-legislation-reauthorize-carl-d-perkins-career-technical-education-act/ |title=Statement from the President on the Passage of Legislation to Reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education |date=2018-07-25 |via= [[NARA|National Archives]] |work= [[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=2018-09-07}}</ref>

On July 31, 2018, President [[Donald Trump]] signed into law the re-authorization of the Act of 2018. The new law, the '''Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century (Perkins V) Act''', was passed almost unanimously by Congress.

The Perkins IV re-authorization included three major areas of revision:
* Using the term "career and technical education" instead of "vocational education"
* Maintaining the Tech Prep program as a separate federal funding stream within the legislation
* Maintaining state administrative funding at 5 percent of a state's allocation

The Perkins IV law also included new requirements for “programs of study” that link academic and technical content across secondary and post-secondary education, and strengthened local accountability provisions that will ensure continuous program improvement.

The Perkins Act provides $1.2 billion in federal support for career and technical education programs in all 50 States, including support for integrated [[career pathways]] programs.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2353 |title=H.R.2353 - Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act |publisher=congress.gov |date=2018-07-31 |access-date=2019-08-05}}</ref> The law was extended through 2024.

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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100613164709/http://acteonline.org/content.aspx?id=1686 Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act Background Page] from [[Association for Career and Technical Education]]
* [http://www.ed.gov/policy/sectech/leg/perkins/index.html] [[United States Department of Education]] Perkins reauthorization page

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