State Profile For Kentucky

Data sources used in this profile (PDF,177Kb)

State Director

Mr. John Marks, Executive Director
Office of Career and Technical Education,
500 Mero Street, Room 2009, 20th Floor Capital Plaza Tower
Frankfort, KY 40601

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://kytech.ky.gov

Postsecondary: http://education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Career+and+Technical+Education/

Mission

Secondary: To develop a versatile individual by providing technical education and skills training in a safe environment.

Postsecondary: To assist schools in providing students with skills necessary for a successful transition to postsecondary education or work and a desire for life-long learning in a global society.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools:	223
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses:	2
Number of Students in Public High Schools:	194,672
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	108,204
Number of Public Community Colleges:	16
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges:	84,669
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	35,660
Perkins Funds Received:	$19,767,915

Area Technology Centers: 55

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency:	Department for Workforce Investment
Agency Administering Secondary CTE:	Department of Education and Department of Technical Education
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE:	Council for Postsecondary Education
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE:	Workforce Investment Board
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE:	CPE

CTE Funding: Non-Perkins

State Secondary Funding:
State Postsecondary Funding:
Local Secondary Funding:
Local Postsecondary Funding:

State Director Roles and Responsibilities

The State Director has the title of Executive Director of the Office of Career and Technical Education. The Director is a political appointee who reports to the Commissioner of The Department of Workforce Investment who, in turn, reports to the Secretary of the Education Cabinet. The Director’s primary area of responsibilities are all aspects of The Ky Tech System of state operated secondary Area Technology Centers, as well as management and oversite of all federal Carl D. Perkins Funds allocated to 1. 170 Local School Districts Schools, The Kentucky Community and Technical College System and the universities in Kentucky that qualify.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a very high role in high school reform efforts. In Kentucky, the Office of Career and Technical Education and all CTE programs have fully endorsed and implemented all specifics as outlined in KERA, the Kentucky Education Reform Act.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Kentucky believes that Career Clusters provide the basis for high school reform by offering an infrastructure for a seamless educational transition between all learner levels. Through Career Cluster implementation, the quality of CTE will improve, and students will benefit from career guidance and an organized sequence of courses.

There are 14 career clusters, each of which provides a way for schools to organize instruction and student experiences within that academic area. These clusters encompass virtually all occupations from entry through professional levels.

• Agriculture
• Arts & Humanities
• Business Education
• Marketing Education
• Communications
• Construction
• Education
• Health Science
• Human Services
• Information Technology
• Manufacturing
• Public Services
• Science & Mathematics
• Social Sciences
• Transportation

Implementation levels of programs of study

• Secondary: Architecture & Construction, Education & Training, Health Science, Information Technology, Manufacturing, and STEM are implemented.


• 4-year Postsecondary: Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, Business Management & Administration, Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security, and Transportation, Distribution & Logistics are implemented.

Indicators

Source

The data in the above chart was taken from the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act Reports to Congress on State Performance (see below). The Consolidated Annual Report, or CAR, is a mandatory fiscal and accountability report submitted by each state to the U.S. Department of Education. It provides performance information on Perkins indicators. A red X means a state did not meet its adjusted level of performance and a green checkmark means that the state did meet its goal. A blue bar in the Secondary Indicators table means that the state does not offer students the opportunity to earn both a high school diploma and other credential (e.g., a skill certificate) or that the data was not otherwise provided by the state. A blue bar in the Postsecondary Indicators table indicates that the state did not provide data. CAR narratives for individual states are hyperlinked below.

Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act Reports to Congress on State Performance

State profiles for each of the core indicators (academic attainment, attainment of diplomas or degrees, placement and retention in further education or employment, and participation and completion of non-traditional training programs) for secondary and postsecondary programs. Also included are federal allocations, enrollment by gender, and a brief description of program improvement and data quality efforts for each state.

• Performance Program Year 2006-2007 (PDF, 2.6 MB)
• Performance Program Year 2005-2006 (PDF, 6.6 MB)
• Performance Program Year 2004-2005 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
• Performance Program Year 2003-2004 (PDF, 3.5 MB)

CAR Narratives for individual states

• 2003-2004
• 2004-2005
• 2005-2006
• 2006-2007

Last updated on 09/17/2009