德州拨款370万美元 Perkins 领导力补助：13所公立两年制院校发展职业技术教育
德克萨斯州州长 Greg Abbott 于 10 月 13 日宣布，州政府向 13 所公立两年制大专院校发放总额 370 万美元的 Perkins 领导力补助（Perkins Leadership Grants），用于发展职业技术教育（CTE）项目。这批补助按 2026 至 2027 周期发放，分三个方向：新兴与当前紧缺职业资格、职业技术教育师资的招募与留任、监狱教育与重返社会准备。
紧缺职业资格方向的受助院校包括 Lamar Institute of Technology（254,600 美元）、Southwest Texas College（293,892 美元）、Tarrant County College District（299,929 美元）、Texas Southmost College（298,305 美元）与 Texas State Technical College（278,739 美元）。师资方向包括 Tyler Junior College 与 Western Texas College 各 300,000 美元、San Jacinto College District 299,991 美元等六所院校；监狱教育方向为 Central Texas College 300,000 美元与 Lee College 297,144 美元。
Abbott 表示，德州的技术劳动力对全州经济成功至关重要，这批补助可帮助社区与技术学院开发或重塑紧缺职业项目，并招募、留住培训下一代劳动力的教师。州高等教育专员 Wynn Rosser 表示，补助支持院校打造创新的职业技术教育项目、招募优秀 CTE 教师，让学生获得高技能、高薪职业所需的优质培训。州长办公室称，Perkins 领导力补助取代了已于 2026 年 8 月 31 日分阶段退出的 Perkins 实地创新计划与卓越机会计划，资金投向按最新劳动力市场需求重新聚焦。（据德州州长办公室 10月13日新闻稿整理）
Texas Awards $3.7 Million in Perkins Leadership Grants to 13 Public Two-Year Colleges for Career and Technical Education
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on October 13 that the state has awarded $3.7 million in Perkins Leadership Grants to 13 Texas public two-year postsecondary institutions for the development of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. The 2026-2027 grant cycle funds three focus areas: emerging and current high-demand credentials, recruitment and retention of CTE educators, and prison education preparing students for reentry.
Recipients in the high-demand credentials category include Lamar Institute of Technology ($254,600), Southwest Texas College ($293,892), Tarrant County College District ($299,929), Texas Southmost College ($298,305) and Texas State Technical College ($278,739). Six institutions received educator recruitment and retention awards, among them Tyler Junior College and Western Texas College at $300,000 each and San Jacinto College District at $299,991. The prison education category went to Central Texas College ($300,000) and Lee College ($297,144).
"Texas' skilled workforce is critical to our state's economic success," Abbott said, adding that the grants let community and technical colleges develop or redesign programs for in-demand occupations and recruit and retain instructors. Texas Higher Education Commissioner Wynn Rosser said the grants support colleges in creating innovative CTE programs and recruiting the best CTE instructors, ensuring students get quality training for high-skill, high-wage careers. The Governor's Office said the Perkins Leadership Grants replace the Perkins Field Based Innovation Program and the Perkins Excellence in Access and Opportunity Program, which were phased out on August 31, 2026, refocusing the funding on the latest labor market needs. (Compiled from the Office of the Texas Governor's October 13 press release.)
来源：德州州长办公室
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