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Minnesota Career and Technical Education
(MN CTE)
Phone: 651-297-1116
FAX: 651-296-3214

Wells Fargo Place
30 7th Street East,
Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55101-7804
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Minnesota Career and Technical Education
(MN CTE) is part of the
Academic & Student Affairs Divsion of the Office of the Chancellor, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system

Perkins III

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NOTE: This page should only be used as a reference to the old Perkins III Law. Anything concerning the new Perkins IV Law can be viewed via the Perkins IV tab to the left.

Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act
of 1998 (Public Law 105-332)

Signed into law on October 31, 1998, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, (Perkins III,) sets out a new vision of vocational and technical education for the 21st century. The central goals of this new vision are improving student achievement and preparing students for postsecondary education, further learning, and careers.