1. High Skill Perkins Legislation High Skill, High Wage, High Demand Kathy Wilkins Montana University System Postsecondary Perkins Accountability Specialist High Wage High Demand

2. High Skill Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Kathy Wilkins 6:50 – “Career pathways… concentrate much more on high demand high wage occupations…” High Wage High Demand

3. High Skill 2012-2013 Budget Cuts • FY 2012 budget update: last month President Obama released the administration’s FY 2012 (2012–13) budget. It included significant cuts to Perkins. Like the FY 2011 proposal, the budget calls for merging Title I state basic grants with Tech Prep. The proposed appropriations for Title I is $1 billion dollars, a cut of 13 percent from current levels. The rationale for the cut is that CTE programs are • not providing sufficient data to prove their effectiveness, • inconsistent in quality, • preparing too few students for postsecondary programs, • and often not aligned with high-skill, high-demand occupations. High Wage High Demand

4. Setting HIGH S/W/D Indicators High Skill High Wage High Demand

5. Setting HIGH S/W/D Indicators High Skill High Wage High Demand

6. Montana Data – CIP Reports July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015 Summer 2014 – Spring 2015 Anywhere Community College USA Another Anywhere Community College USA High Skill High Wage High Demand

7. High Skill High Skill, High Wage, High Demand Kathy Wilkins Montana University System Postsecondary Perkins Accountability Specialist kwilkins@montana.edu 406-444-0313 High Wage High Demand