La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXV-3115

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

Section CXV-3115 - Procedures for Program Approval

A. Any new instructional program in career and technical education, including regular, cooperative, pilot, or alternative, shall obtain approval from the LDE before initiation.

B. In order to qualify for funding as an approved program:

1. instruction shall be based on the CTE standards and benchmarks and model course guidelines;

2. the teacher shall maintain certification in the CTE program they are assigned to teach;

3. if a school offers an industry-based certification (IBC), the teacher of the IBC course(s) shall hold or work toward obtaining the industry certification. Teachers shall have a maximum of three years to obtain the certification;

4. each program area offered by a high school shall make available at least one career pathway approved by BESE;

5. each program area shall offer courses in that program area for at least 50 percent of the school day;

6. where national program certification exists, the program shall meet or work toward obtaining the program certification. Schools shall have a maximum of three years to obtain the certification;

7. CTE instruction shall integrate career and technical education and state-approved standards to strengthen basic academic skills in communication, mathematics, science and social studies and develop critical thinking skills through practical applications in real-life situations;

8. each local educational governing authority should establish and maintain a local advisory council for CTE.

a. The membership of the local advisory council should be composed of representatives of the general public, including at least a representative of business, industry, and labor with appropriate representation of both sexes and racial and ethnic minorities found in the program areas, schools, community, or region that the local advisory council serves.

b. The duties of the local advisory council include advising the local education governing authority on:

i. current job needs; and

ii. the relevancy of programs (courses) being offered to meet the current job needs.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXV-3115

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 31:1311 (June 2005), amended LR 39:2228 (August 2013).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:7.