NASHVILLE â A state vocational education council headed by the president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Elizabethton was recommended for a five-year extension by a legislative sunset hearing in Nashville on Tuesday.
A subcommittee of the Government Operations Committee gave the recommendation for extending the Tennessee Council on Career and Technical Education. The council is chaired by Dean Blevins, president of TCAT Elizabethton. Blevins is also acting executive director.
He said the Joint Government Operations Committee reviews the activities of all state agencies and organizations at least once every eight years under the Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law.
The CTE Council receives $29,400 annually in recurring funding. That funding is focused on travel expenses and per diem of $50 per day for meetings attended by council members.