Unlock insights into state secondary CTE funding models and ignite informed decision-making.

Unlock insights into state secondary CTE funding models and ignite informed decision-making.

Discover the key to sustainable and responsive funding for high-quality Career Technical Education

Providing high-quality Career Technical Education (CTE) requires robust, sustained funding designed to be responsive to both the rapidly evolving needs of industry and the diverse needs of learners.

This site presents Advance CTE’s 2023 State of Career Technical Education: An Analysis of State Secondary CTE Funding Models — an overview of state secondary CTE funding models across all states and the District of Columbia. It also serves as a “one-stop shop” for those interested in conducting state-by-state comparisons of state secondary CTE funding models and related factors.

The findings build on baseline research conducted in 2014 by RTI International, with the support of Advance CTE, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, and provide insights into current national trends in state secondary CTE funding. In addition, the site includes a compilation of state-by-state funding models and their related descriptions and allocations, as well as state case studies of three approaches to the categorical funding model. This work was generously supported by the Walton Family Foundation.

Find a state’s funding model and compare similar states in the map below. Read the Research Report for an overview of state secondary CTE funding and findings from our national survey conducted in 2022.

National Funding Landscape

Compare States

Select a state to view information on its state secondary funding model or approach and state funding allocation. Apply additional map layers to compare states. For each state, wage data and demographic data including population by race/ethnicity, age and average income is displayed below the map image.

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  • Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Funding Model & Approach
  • Foundational Model
  • Categorical: Cost-based Approach
  • Categorical: Student-based Approach
  • Categorical: Unit-based Approach
  • Hybrid Model

Graph Default: Mississippi

For more than 100 years, Advance CTE has served as the leading national content expert and advocate for State CTE Directors and state leaders responsible for secondary, postsecondary and adult CTE across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.

Advance CTE’s 2023 The State of Career Technical Education: An Analysis of State Secondary CTE Funding Models serves as the organization’s eighth national landscape analysis of key topics for state CTE leaders.

This site shares resources and information based on research conducted in 2022 and early 2023, including a survey of State CTE Directors and in-depth interviews with state CTE leaders.