La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXV-2397

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section CXV-2397 - Career Options

A. Preparation for Choosing an Area of Concentration

1. To prepare students for choosing a career option at the high school level, at least six activities which expose students to career and technical and academic fields of study shall be conducted at each grade level in grades six through eight during each school year. Such activities shall include career interest inventories and information to assist students in the career decision-making process and may include job shadowing, job mentoring, and job internships. The activities may also include field trips, guest speakers, community service activities, and other activities designed to introduce students to occupations in demand in Louisiana.

2. School counselors or others designated by the school principal, or both, shall be responsible for the completion of the individual graduation plan. The school counselors and others shall counsel each student with regard to high school graduation requirements and shall assist the student in developing his plan. Each student, his parent or legal guardian, and his school counselor shall annually sign the student's individual graduation plan.

a. When developing and reviewing his individual graduation plan, the student shall be provided information developed by the Louisiana Workforce Commission regarding the top 20 high-demand jobs, in the state and in the student's region, with the highest typical annual salary.

b. The student shall be shown how to access information on Louisiana Workforce Commission's website for the listed jobs and other high-demand, high-wage jobs and shown how to find educational programs offered in Louisiana that qualify the student for such jobs.

c. The counselor or designee shall provide the student a printed copy of the listing of the appropriate region's top 20 high-demand, high-wage jobs.

3. For a student with exceptionalities, except a student identified as gifted or talented and who has no other exceptionality, the student's IEP team, if applicable, will assist the student in developing the individual graduation plan.

4. Prior to revising a student's individual graduation plan, the school counselor shall meet with the student's parent or legal guardian, either in person or virtually, to explain the possible impacts the revisions to the plan might have on the student's graduation requirements and postsecondary education goals. The student's parent or legal guardian to approve in writing any changes to the student's individual graduation plan.

5. During the ninth and tenth grades, each student shall pursue the rigorous core curriculum required by his school for his chosen major. The core curriculum shall include required coursework as established by BESE and appropriate elective courses.

B. Career Major (Jump Start Pathway)

1. Students shall complete a regionally-designed, district-implemented series of career and technical education Jump Start coursework and workplace-based learning experiences leading to a statewide or regional Jump Start credential. Each students Jump Start graduation pathway shall include courses and workplace experiences specific to the credential, courses related to foundational career skills requirements, and other courses (including career electives) that the Jump Start regional determines are appropriate for the career pathway.

2. Each Jump Start graduation pathway shall consist of at least nine CTE credits selected from courses approved for the graduation pathway that the student pursues to obtain a Jump Start career diploma.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXV-2397

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 31:1303 (June 2005), amended LR 36:1996 (September 2010), LR 40:2524 (12/1/2014), Amended LR 4833 (1/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:183.1 et seq.