News

Both the House and Senate have released their Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 funding bills for the Department of Education (ED). In some good news for CTE, neither bill cuts funding for the Perkins State Grant, and the House bill provides a $25 million increase for CTE. However, there are[Read More...]

Commonwealth Media Services HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office has pitched a $49.9 billion budget to top Pennsylvania lawmakers in an attempt to end the state’s two-month impasse, according to Capitol sources. Such a proposal would increase state spending by about 5%, as opposed to the 8% Shapiro originally[Read More...]

PA Criminal Intelligence Center PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) The Pennsylvania Criminal Intelligence Center of the PA State Police, Bureau of Criminal Investigation, has issued an ALERT for the education sector, related to swatting, hoax email threats, and in-real-life violent plots. Since we have seen an uptick of these[Read More...]

Meeting Agenda and Notes, Recording

New workshops are now available for Fall 2025! These can be found on our resources page or via the links below: Workshop for Adult CTE Coordinators 2025 Fall Workshop Registration Form 2025 Fall Announcement Workshop for CTE School Counselors 2025 Fall Workshop Registration Form 2025 Fall Announcement SC Workshop[Read More...]

PACTA is pleased to offer new PIL courses for Fall 2025. Information about these offerings are available on our resources page.

We’re proud to see 12 Pennsylvania schools included in USA Today’s list of top vocational schools in the country! 🔦 The national spotlight reminds us just how essential career and technical education (CTE) is to our economic future. Let’s invest in CTE, improve educator recruitment and retention, and streamline state[Read More...]

U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Labor Implement Workforce Development Partnership Announcement

PA Gov. Shapiro and a top Pa. lawmaker say they are getting closer to reaching a state budget deal Announcement

US Supreme Court allows Trump to carry out plan to dismantle Education Department for now Announcement

PA Senate to Reconvene for Voting Session Tomorrow (7/16) and Thursday (7/17) Announcement

PA House Passes $50B Budget Bill (HB 1330); Heads to Senate for Consideration Announcement