State Profile For Louisiana

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

State Director

Mr. James Sawtelle, III, Vice President
Career Technical Education, Louisiana Community & Technical College System
265 South Foster Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70806-4104

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/family/510.html

Postsecondary: http://www.lctcs.edu

Mission

Career and Technical Education (CTE) is one of the Louisiana’s most important assets to help create the opportunities for excellent education and training — efforts that will contribute to a dynamic economic environment to benefit all citizens of Louisiana. The Louisiana Department of Education, Career and Technical Education Section, strives to provide all students a challenging, relevant, meaningful, and seamless education that will help them become lifelong learners and productive citizens of the 21st Century.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools:	299
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses:	7
Number of Students in Public High Schools:	183,735
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	104,573
Number of Public Community Colleges:	38
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges:	33,514
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE:	26,519
Perkins Funds Received:	$23,230,399

Number of Adult Students Enrolled in CTE:	14,284

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency:	Louisiana Community & Technical College System
Agency Administering Secondary CTE:	Department of Education
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE:	Louisiana Community & Technical College System
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE:	State Board of Education
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE:	Louisiana Community & Technical College System Board of Supervisors

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 Director of Perkins Programs. The Director is a career position and is responsible for the full administration of the Perkins Programs, College and Career Program (formerly Tech Prep), the fulfillment of all of the Perkins requirements and management of partnership programs that utilize concepts similar to Perkins for adult training programs.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays a significant role in high school reform efforts. In Louisiana, secondary CTE staffs are members of the high school reform task force set up by the Governor. The secondary CTE director is involved in the state’s high school reform efforts.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Louisiana has incorporated the 16 nationally-recognized Career Cluster Model.

Implementation levels of programs of study

• Secondary and 2-year Postsecondary: 7 of the 16 nationally-recognized career clusters are implemented, including: Architecture & Construction, Education & Training, Health Science, Hospitality & Tourism, Information Technology, Manufacturing, and Transportation, Distribution & Logistics.

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