The 1999-2000 school year was the fourth year of student enrollment. Each year two or three secondary sites have been added to the consortium. For the 2000-2001 school year, there will be a total of 18 programs at 15 sites. The business and industry representatives serve on a voluntary basis. Turfgrass Mgt., Greenhouse, Hort.
College credit is available.
A seamless pathway is available from the Associate's Degree at Ohio State ATI to the Bachelor's Degree at Ohio State University. The consortium has offered countless professional development opportunities over the years to teachers of the technical as well as the academic portion of the curriculum. This program is supplemented by consortium marketing strategies that apply to all programs. This consortium also shares in the combined marketing efforts of the Northeast Ohio regional marketing of Tech Prep. The VEPD's provide administrative liaisons to serve on the Steering Committee and collect data from their particular programs.