613447 - FY26 Secondary CTE Regional Planning Partnership
Funding Opportunity Details
Regional Planning Partnerships
Final Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2025 11:59 PM
Status Posted
Posted Date Jun 12, 2025 9:20 AM
Award Amount RangeNot Applicable
Project Dates 07/01/2025 - 06/30/2026
Award Announcement Date
Categorical Area Education
Recurring Opportunity No
Program Officer Heather Meissen
Phone (515) 326-5378 x
Email heather.meissen@iowa.gov
Description
FY26 Secondary CTE Regional Planning Partnership Grant
Regional career and technical education planning partnerships (RPPs) were established (281.46.10 (258)) to assist school districts in providing an effective, efficient, and economical means of delivering high-quality secondary career and technical education programs.
To that end, each RPP must submit an annual application to the Department of Education.
The process for submitting RPP applications for the 2025-2026 school year will be similar to last year.
Applications will be completed in Iowa Grants and will be due on October 15, 2025.
The following items are to be submitted as part of the application:
- RPP Bylaws
- Membership List – including Identification of Officers
- Multi-Year plan
- Minutes with approval of the multi-year plan
- Schedule of Future Meetings
- Schedule of Program Approvals
- FY26 Budget Form
- RPP Budget Explanation and Approval
- Minutes approving the budget for 2025-2026
- FY24 Financial Report/Transaction Detail
RPP Uses of Funds
46.10(6) Secondary career and technical education funds. An approved regional career and technical education partnership may use funds received from state sources on behalf of school districts and community colleges participating in the regional career and technical education planning partnership for the following:
a. Staffing and resources to ensure the minimum duties and responsibilities assigned to the regional planning partnership under subrules 46.10(4) and 46.10(5) are satisfactorily executed. The partnership will ensure adequate staffing and resources are committed to these purposes prior to allocating funds for any use authorized under paragraph 46.10(6)“b.”
b. To offer regional career and technical education professional development opportunities; coordinate, maintain, and support a career guidance system pursuant to 281—Chapter 49 and related workbased learning opportunities for students; and purchase career and technical education equipment and curricular resources to include standard classroom consumable supplies directly related to and necessary for the course curriculum, other than basic consumable supplies that will be made into products to be sold or used personally by students, teachers, and other persons. [ARC 7795C, IAB 4/17/24, effective 5/22/24; ARC 9103C, IAB 4/16/25, effective 5/21/25]
Additional Guidance Related to Allowable Consumable Supplies
The use of RPP Funds for purchases of consumables is allowed. The intent of consumable purchases is to support high-quality career and technical education programs. Purchases of consumable supplies to be made into products to be sold or used personally by students, teachers, or other persons, as well as purchases of materials to be used for a fundraiser, are not allowed.
For example (Not allowed):
- The class raises bedding plants to sell. The profit goes back to the account that pays for the supplies and cannot go back to the RPP fund. Whether there is a profit or not, this would not be acceptable uses for these funds.
- The class runs a bistro/café and charges for the food.
- Upgraded materials for student projects. The cost for material upgrades is the student’s responsibility.
If you have specific questions regarding RPP applications, or use of funds, please contact Heather Meissen at heather.meissen@iowa.gov.
Non-discrimination Statement
It is the policy of the Iowa Department of Education not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, political party affiliation, or actual or potential parental, family or marital status in its programs, activities, or employment practices as required by the Iowa Code sections 216.9 and 256.10(2), Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. § 2000d and 2000e), the Equal Pay Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 206, et seq.), Title IX (Educational Amendments, 20 U.S.C.§§ 1681 – 1688), Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 794), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12101, et seq.).
If you have questions or complaints related to compliance with this policy by the Iowa Department of Education, contact the legal counsel for the Iowa Department of Education, Grimes State Office Building, 400 E 14th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0146, Telephone: 515-281-5295, or the Director of the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, John C. Kluczynski Federal Building, 230 S Dearborn St, 37th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604, Telephone: 312-730-1560, FAX: 312-730-1576, TDD: 800-877-8339, email: OCR.Chicago@ed.gov.
Description | File Name | Type | Size | Upload Date |
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DE-RPP Financial Report Template | DE-RPP Financial Report Template.xlsx | xlsx | 43 KB | 06/16/2025 03:57 PM |
FY26 RPP ALLOCAITONS IN DETAIL | FY26 RPP ALLOCATIONS IN DETAIL.pdf | 113 KB | 05/22/2025 09:36 AM | |
FY26 RPP ALLOCATION TABLE SUMMARY | FY26 RPP ALLOCATION TABLE.pdf | 91 KB | 05/22/2025 09:36 AM |
Description | Link |
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!Regional Planning Partnerships | https://educate.iowa.gov/higher-ed/cte/iowa-quality/partnerships-and-centers |
Accounting Guidance for Regional Planning Partnerships | https://educate.iowa.gov/media/8298/download?inline |
Career and Technical Education Redesign Implementation Report | https://educate.iowa.gov/media/3393/download?inline |
CTE Redesign HF 2392 Summary | https://educate.iowa.gov/media/3110/download?inline |
CTE Shared Programs Memo | https://educate.iowa.gov/media/6511/download?inline |
Guidance for Regional Career and Technical Education Planning Partnerships | https://educate.iowa.gov/media/5411/download?inline |
Overview of Iowa Administrative Code Chapter 46 for Secondary School Districts | https://educate.iowa.gov/media/3500/download?inline |
Partnership Multi-year Plan Guidance and Template | https://educate.iowa.gov/media/3499/download?inline |
Regional Planning Partnerships Bylaws Template | https://educate.iowa.gov/media/3249/download?inline |