News Release

October 13, 2020

reVISION GRANTS AWARDED TO NEBRASKA SCHOOLS

The Nebraska State Board of Education awarded reVISION grants to schools across the state to help develop Nebraska’s talent pipelines for economic growth and workforce development, while strengthening high school Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.

The competitive Perkins reVISION Action Grant program provides Perkins funds for secondary school districts to help implement the reVISION Action Plan developed in the reVISION process. Only activities that align with high-skill, high-wage, and high-demand occupations are considered for funding. Eleven grants were awarded supporting 12 districts and two colleges for a total of $911,763.

2020-2021 Perkins reVISION Action Grant Recipients:

• Bancroft-Rosalie Community School
• Columbus Public Schools
• ESU 9 (A collaboration of four districts: Adams Central, Doniphan-Trumbull, Harvard, and Kenesaw)
• Hershey Public Schools
• Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture
• Northeast Community College
• Ralston Public Schools
• Seward Public Schools
• South Central Nebraska Unified District
• Stapleton Public Schools
• Sutherland Public Schools

Funds for the action grants are provided by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, Reserve Funds, and Statewide Leadership Funds.

More information about the reVISION grants can be found here: https://www.education.ne.gov/nce/revision.html.

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