Comments on five-year Perkins plan welcome

The department’s Office of Career and Technical Education is preparing the South Dakota Perkins Five-Year State Plan. The plan describes the department’s vision for secondary and postsecondary education and addresses all elements required by the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.

The draft state plan is available on our Web site at http://doe.sd.gov/octe under the Perkins IV heading. Please send your comments to Gloria Smith-Rockhold, Department of Education, gloria.smithrockhold@state.sd.us by Feb. 15.

A final hearing on the Five-Year State Plan will be held March 18 during the South Dakota Board of Education meeting. Comments are welcome at that time as well.