ACCOUNTABILITY IOWA STYLE A REVIEW OF A SYSTEM

ACCOUNTABILITY – IOWA STYLE: A REVIEW OF A SYSTEM & ITS LOCAL IMPLICATIONS NACTEI 2011 BY FIDELIS N UBADIGBO, Ph. D.

Perkins IV � The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV) supports career and technical education (CTE) in high schools and postsecondary institutions, such as community colleges (GAO July 29, 2009)

Assignment � ACCOUNTABILITY: � PLEASE WRITE DOWN THREE THINGS THAT COMES TO YOUR MIND

ACCOUNTABILITY � � � � SYSTEMS & ASSESSMENT DATA & DATA COLLECTION PERFORMANCE MEASURES PERFORMANCE TARGETS ANALYSIS AND DISAGGREGATION REPORTING (CAR) IMPROVEMENT AND CONTINUOUS REVIEW

ACOUNTABILITY TEAMS � � � � DATA TEAM PERFORMANCE MEASURES PERFORMANCE INDICATORS BUDGET SUMMARY REGIONAL CONSULTANTS (15 REGIONS) MONITORING, EQUITY & SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT CAR REPORT, REVIEW & IMPROVEMENT

ACCOUNTABILITY (Sec. 113) � � � Establish and Support State and local performance accountability systems: To assess the effectiveness of the state and the eligible recipients of the State in achieving statewide progress in career and technical education Optimize the return of investment of Federal funds in CTE

ACCOUNTABILITY � � Added Emphasis on Academic Achievement Emphasizes Accountability and Improved results It improves monitoring and enforcement High school, industry and higher education institutions work together

PERKINS IV IMPLEMENTATION � STATES HAVE BROAD FLEXIBILITY IN IMPLEMENTING PERKINS IV � (Highlights of GAO-09 -683 to Congress)

Iowa Data Sources � � EASIER CTE-Plus MIS UI

PERFORMANCE TARGET NEGOTIATION � � � States negotiate specific performance targets with Education State report their performance to Education Local recipients negotiate performance targets with their States and annually report their progress toward meeting the targets

PERKINS IV PERFORMANCE MEASURES SECONDARY COMMON TO BOTH Academic Attainment in reading/language arts and mathematics POSTSECONDARY Credential, Certificate or Degree Attainment Technical Skill Attainment Secondary School Completion Student Placement Student Graduation Rate Student Retention and Transfer Nontraditional Participation and Completion

FY 2011 Perkins Appl. Approval Form Date Received Consortium Code _____ Date Forwarded to Consultant: ____ Category of Application Secondary Postsecondary Applicant/Fiscal Agent __________ AREA NUMBER _______ Fiscal Agent & Address ________________ Contact Person(s) ________ FY 2011 Allocation _____ Tech Prep FY 2011 Approved Budget Tracking (Name) Budget and Indicators approval Consultant –Sign/Date Original App. Scanned ___ Copy to Consultant ____ Full Approval: Budget/Perform Indicators Approved as Submitted Signature/Date Conditional Approval Approved as Amended Full/Amended Approval Approved Conditional to Full Approved as Conditional __

Accountability Issues � � � Adopted from the Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (1 S 1, 1 S 2) Aligned with industry-recognized standards, if available and appropriate (2 S 1) As described in Title I of the ESEA (4 S 1)

Perkins IV Implications � � � Education can withheld all or portion of funds if a state does not implement a program improvement plan Show improvement in meeting the failing performance measures or Meet target for the same performance measure for 3 consecutive years

IOWA NEGOTIATION PROCESS � Perkins application � Budget summary � Performance targets � Action plan � Improvement plan � Technical assistance

Additional Perkins IV Requirements � � � Action: Education addresses action(s) to be taken by States that did not meet targets or meet at least 90% of agreed upon targets States address action(s) on local recipient that did not meet performance targets or meet at least 90% of agreed upon targets

Actual Level

Secondary Performance Trend Performance Indicator State Target 7/1/10 -6/30/09 Baseline 7/1/08 -6/30/09 Local Target 7/1/10 -6/30/11 1 S 1 AA Reading/LA 79. 38% 75. 38% 79. 30% 1 S 2 AA Mathematics 79. 30% 86. 15% 2 S 1 Tech Skill Attainment 70. 67% 69. 86% 70. 67% 3 S 1 Sec Sch. Completion 93. 39% 88. 24% 93. 39% 4 S 1 Student Grad Rates 92. 20% 88. 24% 92. 20% 5 S 1 Sec. Placement 90. 67% 86. 76% 90. 67% 6 S 1 Nontrad Participation 30. 16% 31. 71% 6 S 2 Nontrad Completion 32. 37% 13. 52% 14. 51%

POS Grant Award Notification Letter We are pleased to attach your copy of the approved grant agreement between (Recipient) and the Iowa Department of Education (DE) for the (POS) Technical Skill Attainment Assessment Grant. The approval and reimbursement of expenditures incurred conducting the activity of the grant award are contingent upon: 1) the activities being operated in accordance with the plans within the application; 2) the assurances provided via the application; 3) the rules and regulations per the U. S. Department of Education General Administrative Rules, EDGAR, and PL 109 -270, and 4) the submittal of a mid-point and final report. The Department’s guidelines for reimbursement of expenditures incurred by the fiscal agent of this grant allow for quarterly reimbursement of up to a maximum of 80% of the Grant Award. Final payment shall be made upon receipt of final report and online expenditure reporting for the remaining funds spent. Final report is due July 1, 2011.

LOCAL CTE PROGRAMS

DATA INSTRUMENT KEY

Budget Summary

Perkins Allocations 2012 Note: Reported on www. perkinsinfo. com after notification of allocation. Note: This becomes column 10 on FY 12 FSR Basic: 11, 963, 946. 00 Administration: (5%) 598, 197. 00 Leadership: (10%) Total 1, 196, 394. 00 Program: (85%) Allocations 10, 169, 355. 00 w/Carryover Reserve Fund: 150, 000. 00 Secondary: (50. 6%) See State Plan 5, 069, 794. 00 Secondary Carryover: Post Secondary: (49. 4%) See State Plan 4, 949, 561. 00 Post Secondary Carryover: Tech Prep: 106, 189. 73 5, 175, 983. 73 41, 953. 97 4, 991, 514. 97 1, 244, 304. 00 TP Administration: 62, 215. 00 TP Program: 1, 182, 089. 00 Tech Prep Carryover: Non-Traditional 100, 000. 00 Same as previous year - FY 11 Budget Corrections 100, 000. 00 Same as previous year - FY 11 Budget State Match (I 52) 559, 797. 00 FY 12 Appropriation I 52 per Jeff Berger State Match (I 51) 38, 400. 00 will need additional to match 50/50 598, 197. 00 Allocations to Schools by 04/15 (Yr 1) - Email PDF to Roger Foelske, Roger Utman, Jennifer Mcabee, & Pat Thieben when final. - Secondary - allocated based on census data (see page 76 of State Plan) - Postsecondary - allocated based on pell counts (see page 77 of State Plan) - Reserve - (see page 80 of State Plan) - Tech Prep - allocated w/$50 K to each consortia and remainder based on # LEAs per region (see page 65 of State Plan) Partial Payments (no more than 80%) - can be requested starting 07/01 (Yr 1) and ending 06/01 (Yr 1) - At 06/01, create listing in Excel of District #, Prog CIP# (Basic #68. 0501 or Tech Prep #68. 0714), Partial Pmt $ Amt, Warrant #, Date to Dave Krieger for Upload to CTE on-line system. Schools report Financial (State & Federal) Perkins information on-line by 08/01 (Yr 2) Final Payments made on PROD from Fund 0475 and payments made from I 58 (based on Pro. Rata) by end of Hold Open 08/31 (Yr 2) - Federal PROD can be done without all schools reporting, but State PROD must have all districts reporting or no funding. - Compare State PROD figures with prior 2 years (Query) for reasonableness. 5, 330. 66 1, 187, 419. 66