Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6A - State Board of Education › Chapter 6A-10 - MISCELLANEOUS › Section 6A-10.0342 - Career and Technical Education Program Quality Audit

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Purpose. This rule sets forth the
				procedures, targets, and timelines for reviewing secondary and postsecondary
				Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs in accordance with Section
				1003.491(5),
				F.S. The rule also describes the CTE program quality targets for metrics that
				programs are expected to meet and the required actions for programs that do not
				meet those targets.
(2)
				Definitions.
(a) "CTE Concentrator" or
				"Concentrator" means a secondary student who earned three (3) or more credits
				in a single career preparatory or technology education CTE program, or two (2)
				credits if the maximum number of credits in the program is less than three
				(3).
(b) "CTE Concentrator
				Graduates Continuing Education or Employed Rate" or "Continuing Education or
				Employed Rate" means the percentage of Concentrator Graduates found continuing
				their education in Florida or employed in Florida in the year following high
				school graduation. Continuing education is based upon enrollment into any
				Florida postsecondary institution in the fall or winter/spring terms of the
				following year. Employed is based upon employment in Florida in the four (4)
				fiscal quarters following the Reporting Year of graduation. CTE Concentrator
				Graduates are only included in this rate if found enrolled in the same school
				district for all years enrolled in Florida public high school.
(c) "District Postsecondary" means all school
				district career centers within a single district recognized by the Department
				pursuant to Section 1001.44, F.S.
(d) "Florida College System (FCS)
				institutions" or "institution" means the public postsecondary educational
				institutions as defined in Section
				1000.21, F.S.
(e) "Industry Certification" means a
				certification on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List adopted in Rule
				6A-6.0576, F.A.C. and/or
				industry certifications on the Perkins V Industry Recognized Credentials List,
				and can be accessed at:
https://www.fldoe.org/academics/career-adult-edu/perkins/AccountabilityMeasures.stml
.
(f) "In-Demand" means an occupation or
				program shows labor market demand based on the criteria outlined in the
				framework for the Master Credential List and/or the criteria outlined in the
				Labor Market Alignment in the Perkins Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment
				(CLNA). The criteria outlined in the framework for the MCL, and the criteria
				outlined in the Perkins CLNA, can be accessed at:
https://www.fldoe.org/academics/career-adult-edu/perkins/clna.stml
.
(g) "Master Credentials List (MCL)" means the
				list of industry certifications and postsecondary credentials adopted in Rule
				6A-6.0576, F.A.C. This list can
				also be accessed at:
https://careersourceflorida.com/boardroom/florida-credentials-review-committee/master-credentials-list/
.
(h) "Postsecondary Continuing Education or
				Employed Rate" means the percentage of postsecondary CTE program completers
				that are found continuing their education in Florida or employed in Florida in
				the year following program completion. The continuing education rate is based
				upon enrollment in any Florida postsecondary institution in the fall and
				winter/spring terms of the following year. The Employed Rate is based upon the
				four (4) fiscal quarters following the Reporting Year of completion.
(i) "Reporting Year (RY)" means the scheduled
				time during the year that secondary and postsecondary CTE data are collected by
				the Florida Department of Education (Department) in accordance with Section
				1008.41, F.S. The "most recent
				Reporting Year" is the year recently reviewed of available data within the CTE
				Audit.
(j) "Retention Rate" means
				the percentage of students enrolled in a given Reporting Year who returned the
				next Reporting Year or who completed their program in the original Reporting
				Year. Students who transfer to another FCS institution or district
				postsecondary, or to another program, are still included in the numerator as
				Retained.
(k) "Same school district
				for all years enrolled in Florida public high school" is a criterion relevant
				only to the Secondary CTE Audit program quality rates and means students were
				found enrolled in the same Florida public school district for all years they
				were found enrolled in Florida public high school. The denominators of each
				Secondary CTE Audit program quality rate only include these students.
(l) "Success Rate" means the percentage of
				students leaving postsecondary education (FCS institution or district
				postsecondary) with any one of the following: degree, certificate, industry
				certification, or terminal occupational completion point (OCP). A student left
				postsecondary education if they were enrolled in a given Reporting Year and
				were not found enrolled in an FCS institution or district postsecondary in the
				following Reporting Year.
(m) "12th
				Grader Concentrator Graduation Rate" means the percentage of 12th grader CTE
				Concentrators who graduated from high school with a standard high school
				diploma. CTE Concentrator status may have been achieved in any year during high
				school. 12th Grader Concentrators are only included in this rate if found
				enrolled in the same school district for all years enrolled in Florida public
				high school.
(n) "12th Grader
				Concentrator Industry Certification Rate" means the percentage of 12th Grader
				CTE Concentrators earning at least one (1) industry certification at any point
				during high school. The industry certification does not need to be directly
				related to their program. CTE Concentrator status may have been achieved in any
				year during high school. Concentrators are included in the denominator of this
				measure even if they did not test for at least one industry certification.
				Students are only included in this rate if they were in the same school
				district for all years enrolled in Florida public high school.