Texas announced $3.7 million in Perkins Leadership Grants on October 13, 2026, for 13 public two-year postsecondary institutions. The governor's release says the grants support development of Career and Technical Education programs during the 2026-2027 grant cycle. The funding is awarded to institutions, not directly to students. The release divides recipients into three groups: emerging and current high-demand credentials; recruitment and retention of postsecondary CTE educators; and prison education preparing for reentry. These are program-development and staffing purposes. A grant award is not evidence that a new course is already open or that every student can enroll without cost. The credential group includes Lamar Institute of Technology, Southwest Texas College, Tarrant County College District, Texas Southmost College and Texas State Technical College. Tarrant County receives $299,929 and Texas State Technical College receives $278,739. Those awards belong to the named institutions and are not per-student amounts. The educator group includes Del Mar College, El Paso Community College District, Lamar State College-Orange, San Jacinto College District, Tyler Junior College and Western Texas College. Tyler and Western Texas each receive $300,000. The release describes recruiting and retaining instructors, not individual teaching vacancies or guaranteed hiring. Central Texas College receives $300,000 and Lee College receives $297,144 for the prison-education group. The announcement also says Perkins Leadership replaces two prior programs that were phased out on August 31, 2026: the Field Based Innovation Program and the Excellence in Access and Opportunity Program. Limits: the state release does not provide student application deadlines, course schedules, tuition terms or guaranteed employment outcomes. Prospective students should check a college's current admissions and program information. The $3.7 million announcement should be read as institutional funding, not a statewide individual scholarship offer.