Each fiscal year, Perkins eligible recipients submit a local plan for review by CCCS. The local plan aligns accountability, required uses of local funds, implementation strategies and local strategic planning. The local plan serves as a local grant management tool.

The local applications must fully address the required contents of the Local Plan as specified in Section 134 (b) of the Act; CCCS will require each Local Recipient to specifically address how it will continuously improve upon each Perkins performance metric (Colorado’s term for the Perkins accountability indicators). If a Local Recipient is unable to meet or exceed its performance metrics, the sub-recipient will complete a local improvement plan for those performance metrics.