CTE Grant Streamlining Executive Summary - Legislative Report

A California Department of Education Report to the Governor and the Legislature

This report is required by the education omnibus budget trailer bill of 2025 (Assembly Bill 121), Section 69, and addresses the feasibility of streamlining the California Department of Education (CDE) career technical education (CTE) grant application and reporting processes, including utilizing a single universal grant application and collecting program reports and data in a consolidated process. The report provides an implementation plan for streamlining grant applications and reporting for the 2026–27 fiscal year, describes how future programs can be integrated, and justifies the exclusion of programs not administered by the CDE.

Significant streamlining can be achieved by continuing the migration of all CDE CTE programs to the CDE Program Grant Management System (PGMS). However, the CDE has determined that a single universal application serving all California CTE programs is not feasible due to incompatible statutory requirements, selection processes, grant timelines, and eligibility criteria. The California Partnership Academies (all types), Federal Strengthening CTE for the 21st Century, and the CTE Incentive Grant are currently housed in the PGMS. Additional programs will be incorporated through a phased approach aligned with application cycles, with inclusion of all CDE-administered CTE programs in the PGMS as early as fiscal year 2027–28.

If you have any questions regarding this report, or would like a copy of the report, please contact Rachel Moran, Education Programs Assistant, Career and College Transition Division, by email at rmoran@cde.ca.gov.

Report to the Governor and Legislature (DOCX)