622118 - FY26 Perkins V - State Training School (STS)
Funding Opportunity Details

Perkins V

Final Application Deadline: Jan 16, 2026 11:59 PM

Description

• Title:  State Training School – Supplementary Support Services for Individuals in State Correctional Institutions

   

   

   CFDA Code:  84.048

   

   

  Funding Period:  July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026

   

  
  General Information

   

  The purpose of the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) is to develop more fully the academic and career, and technical skills of secondary and post-secondary students who elect to enroll in career and technical education programs.  Funds made available under this Act for career and technical education activities are provided to supplement and supplant non-federal funds expended to carry out career and technical education activities.

   

  Purpose

   

  The funds are to provide supplementary support services for individuals participating in career and technical education programs offered in State correctional institutions.  The services assist these individuals in completing career and technical education programs that prepare them for high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations that will lead to self-sufficiency.

   

   

  Targeted Population

   

  Individuals in State correctional institutions participating in career and technical education programs.

   

   

  Eligible Recipients

   

  Iowa Department of Human Services' Iowa State Training School for Boys

   

   

  Funding Provisions

   

  Funds reserved for this initiative are allocated between the two sectors. Funds will be allocated based on each eligible correctional institution’s relative proportion of contact hours for students in career and technical programs.  In accordance with this guidance, the capacity of each institution was calculated by considering the number of potential contact hours individuals may participate in career and technical education programs and/or services.  It did not include the potential contact hours generated by work-related opportunities, as this does not meet the definition of "career and technical education program" included in the Perkins V Act.  

   

  Through analysis of data provided by the Department of Human Services, it was determined that career and technical education programs conducted by the two agencies generated the following contact hours during the 2024-2025 academic year.

   

  The Department of Human Services’ State Training School for Boys offered 20,700 hours of instruction.

   

  The Department of Corrections documented that career and technical education programs administered by that agency included 97,973 hours of instruction.

   

  A combined total of 118,673 hours.  

   

  Based on these data, the funds reserved for corrections for FY26 (2025 – 2026 academic year) are allocated as follows.

   

  Department of Human Services' Iowa Training School for Boys: 17.44% or $20,246.40

  
  Department of Corrections: 82.56% or $95,845.33

   

   

  Requirements for Reporting and Requesting Reimbursement 

   

  The approval and reimbursement of expenditures are contingent upon the following:

   

  1) the activities being operated in accordance with the action plan; 

  
  2) the assurances provided via the application; 

  
  3) the rules and regulations per the U.S. Department of Education General Administrative Rules (EDGAR) and the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act

  
  4) the submittal of required reports; and 

  
  5) the availability of federal funds.

   

   

  All expenditures paid for with grant funds must be incurred during the grant’s funding period of July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.  

   

  Requests for reimbursement will be made through claim forms provided through the IowaGrants.gov system. 

   

  Each quarterly claim request shall include a brief description of activities completed and expenditures incurred as of the date of the request. 

   

   

   

  Assistance

   

   

  Questions concerning these guidelines should be directed to Jeanette Thomas, Education Consultant for Career and Technical Education, Bureau of Career and Technical Education, via e-mail at jeanette.thomas@iowa.gov or telephone at 515-281-3636.

   

   

  Nondiscrimination Statement

   

  It is the policy of the Iowa Department of Education not to discriminate in its programs, activities, or employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, creed, religion, and actual or potential family, parental or marital status in its programs, activities, or employment practices as required by the Iowa Code sections 216.9, 216,9(d), and 216.6., Titles VI and IX, Section 504, Title II of the ADA, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975.

   

   

  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, Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building, 1244 Speer Boulevard, Suite 310, Denver, CO 80204-3582, Telephone: (303) 844-5695 FAX: (303) 844-4303, TDD 800-877-8339 Email: OCR.Denver@ed.gov.