Career Technical Education (CTE) can provide an on-ramp for rural learners to access meaningful, high-wage careers while simultaneously strengthening the talent pipeline to meet regional labor demand. Yet rural learners all too often face an uphill battle when it comes to accessing high-quality CTE. Scarce resources, limited regional employers and an expansive service area make it challenging for rural institutions to provide robust, high-quality CTE programs of study across a breadth of subjects. This cheat sheet is designed to help rural policymakers identify leverage points across federal education and workforce programs to support and expand access to high-quality rural CTE at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. It explores opportunities under the following federal education and workforce laws: (1) The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006; (2) The Every Student Succeeds Act; and (3) The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.