Texas Association Of Secondary School Principals

Texas Association of Secondary School Principals is an entity that receives federal grant funding to provide career and technical education services. The organization partners with the Texas Education Agency and local schools to help develop academic and technical skills in secondary and postsecondary students enrolled in career and technical education (CTE) programs.

Through subawards from federal grants aimed at strengthening career and technical education, Texas Association of Secondary School Principals provides services to assist with developing challenging academic and technical standards aligned to high-skill and high-wage occupations. It promotes integration of academic and technical instruction between secondary and postsecondary CTE programs. The organization also works to increase flexibility in delivering CTE services, disseminate best practices to improve CTE programs, facilitate partnerships between schools and industry, and provide professional development for CTE educators. Specific federal grant programs Texas Association of Secondary School Principals has received subawards under include the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. The prime recipients for these grants have been the Texas Education Agency. The subawards fund work by Texas Association of Secondary School Principals to meet overall grant goals like building stronger alignment between secondary and postsecondary CTE programs and ensuring technical instruction prepares students for high-demand fields.