Program Approval

Districts, Cooperatives, and Charter Schools need to submit a Program Approval Form to the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) if they are:

• Applying for a new program.
• Making updates to an existing program.
• A district within a Carl D. Perkins consortia that is up for five-year renewal.

The programs and courses listed within your district’s Program Approval Database are the programs and courses that you will report to MDE in your P-file (Perkins data submission). Find more information about program approvals and your data submission below.

• Program Approval Database - 5/21/20
  This Career and Technical Education (CTE) report identifies programs approved under Minnesota Rules, Chapter 3505.2500.
• Program Approval Form - 4/16/20
  Please complete the Program Approval Form as part of the five-year Program Review cycle or if your district is implementing a new program.
• Program Approval Revision/Amendment Form - 12/21/20
  Please complete the Amendment form any time there is a teacher or course change to an existing state-approved CTE program. Amendments are processed throughout the year, however, course amendments will only be publicly updated to the Program Approval Database annually during Spring.
• Table C - 9/4/20
  List of all Career and Technical Education Programs, Courses, and Teacher Licensure requirements for Minnesota’s program approval and data collection.