Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators › Chapter 23 - Curriculum and Instruction › Subchapter C - Career and Technical Education › Section CXV-2397 - Career Options

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
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.