State Profile For Nebraska

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State Director

Mr. Richard Katt, State Director
Career Education, Nebraska Department of Education
301 Centennial Mall South
Lincoln, NE 68509

CTE Web Site(s) as Applicable

Secondary: http://www.nde.state.ne.us/NCE

Mission

To provide a career education system that develops skills for lifelong learning, earning, and living.

CTE Statistics

Number of Public High Schools: 308
Number of Public High Schools Offering Solely (or primarily) CTE courses: 0
Number of Students in Public High Schools: 87,434
Number of Secondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 88,699
Number of Public Community Colleges: 7
Number of Students at Public Community Colleges: 40,204
Number of Postsecondary Students Enrolled in CTE: 47,501
Perkins Funds Received: $8,162,145

CTE Governance Structure

Perkins Eligible Agency: Department of Education
Agency Administering Secondary CTE: Department of Education
Agency Administering Postsecondary CTE: Department of Education
Programmatic Control For Secondary CTE: State Board of Education
Programmatic Control For Postsecondary CTE: Local area board of governors

CTE Funding

Key: Increased Funding  Small_green_arrow_up    Decreased Funding   Small_red_arrow_down    Funding Maintained   Small_blue_arrow_both
State Secondary Funding: Small_blue_arrow_both
State Postsecondary Funding: Small_blue_arrow_both
Local Secondary Funding: Small_red_arrow_down
Local Postsecondary Funding: Small_blue_arrow_both

State Director Roles and Responsibilities

The State Director has the title of State Director. The Director’s position is a career position that reports to the Team Leader for Curriculum and Instruction. The Director’s primary areas of responsibility are curriculum, instruction, and career education.

CTE Connections to Secondary Education and High School Reform

Career technical education plays significant role in high school reform efforts. In Nebraska, High Schools That Work has been implemented along with Career Education, Essential Education, Rethinking the High School, and FutureForce Nebraska.

Implementation of Career Clusters

Nebraska believes that Career Clusters are the basis for high school reform and provide the infrastructure for a seamless educational transition between all learner levels. The sate feels Career Clusters are a tool for career guidance, a platform to organize sequences of courses around, and a way to improve the quality of CTE.
In order to effectively implement Career Clusters, Nebraska has adopted a state policy that supports Career Clusters and has integrated them into the state plan. In addition, the state has adopted a strategic vision paper that also supports Career Clusters. Nebraska is also using several strategies to support Career Clusters. For example, Career Clusters are being used to support effective transitions between secondary and postsecondary education. Nebraska has also benchmarked existing program standards against Career Cluster knowledge and skill statements; redirected state resources and personnel to support Career Clusters; and sponsored pilot sites.
Several delivery methods are being used to implement Career Clusters, including National Academy Foundation academies, career academies, magnet schools, High Schools That Work, and Tech Prep.

Indicators

Secondary Indicators

Indicator Yes/No
Source: CAR Report 2003-4 2004-5
Academic Achievement Small_green_check Small_green_check
Vocational Skills Small_green_check Small_green_check
Diploma Equivalent Degree Credential Small_green_check Small_blue_line
Diploma With Proficiency Credential Small_blue_line Small_blue_line
Total Placement Small_green_check Small_green_check
Nontraditional Participation Small_green_check Small_green_check
Nontraditional Completion Small_green_check Small_green_check

Post Secondary Indicators

Indicator Yes/No
Source: CAR Report 2003-4 2004-5
Academic Achievement Small_green_check Small_green_check
Vocational Skills Small_red_x Small_red_x
Diploma Equivalent Degree Credential Small_red_x Small_green_check
Total Placement Small_red_x Small_green_check
Retention Small_green_check Small_green_check
Nontraditional Participation Small_red_x Small_red_x
Nontraditional Completion Small_red_x Small_red_x

Key:

  • Small_green_check - Yes
  • Small_red_x - No
  • Small_blue_line - Data unavailable

The data for 2003-2004 in the above chart was taken directly from the Consolidated Annual Reports (CAR Report 2003-04). The CAR is a mandatory fiscal and accountability report submitted by each state to the U.S. Department of Education. It provides performance information on 14 Perkins indicators. A red X means a state did not meet its adjusted level of performance and a green checkmark means that the state did meet its goal.A blue bar in the Secondary Indicators table means that the state does not offer students the opportunity to earn both a high school diploma and other credential (e.g., a skill certificate) or that the data was not otherwise provided by the state. A blue bar in the Postsecondary Indicators table indicates that the state did not provide data.

The data for 2004-2005 was taken from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, Report to Congress on State Performance, Program Year 2004-05, Washington, D.C., 2007.

Last updated on 08/07/2008