Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 705 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES › Chapter 4 - Instructional Programs › Section 705 KAR 4:240 - School to careers

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 151B.250, 151B.255, 156.160, 158.760,
				158.7603
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 444,
				relating to a school to careers system, requires the Kentucky Board of
				Education to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the request for
				proposal process, the criteria for grant awards, the responsibilities of local
				school districts and consortia seeking matching funds, the level of funding
				available, and criteria for evaluating the success of the programs. This
				administrative regulation addresses these areas to enable distribution of
				School to Careers grants.
Section 1. A
			 local board of education or consortia of school districts may operate a school
			 to careers system, which may include school-to-work, tech prep, and high
			 schools that work, as an opportunity offered to all students attending the
			 public schools.
Section 2.
(1) Funds shall be made available to an
			 eligible local board of education or consortia of school districts through a
			 request for proposal (RFP) process in which a local board of education or
			 consortia of school districts agrees to develop, implement, and evaluate a
			 schools to careers system.
(2)
			 Eligibility for grant awards shall be based on the proposals that include a
			 plan to address the following:
(a) Improvement
			 in student achievement of math, science, communication, social studies, and
			 technical skills (results from multiple student assessments, certification and
			 accreditation may be considered);
(b) Improvement in successful transition
			 rates (KIRIS or CATS successful transition results may be utilized);
(c) Reduction in student drop-out rates
			 (KIRIS or CATS drop-out results may be utilized);
(d) Reduction in percent of students
			 requiring remediation at the postsecondary level;
(e) Percent of students utilizing an
			 individual graduation plan;
(f)
			 Percent of students participating in programs which are utilizing occupational
			 skill standards;
(g) Percent of
			 students receiving skill standards certification;
(h) Percent of students receiving a career
			 major certificate;
(i) Percent of
			 students participating in work-based learning at the elementary, middle, and
			 high school level (utilizing the School-to-Work Data Collection
			 System);
(j) Percent of students
			 participating in articulation agreements with postsecondary
			 institutions;
(k) Percent of
			 faculty and staff participating in business and industry externships;
(l) Number of business, Industry, and labor
			 participants actively involved in the school to careers initiative;
			 and
(m) Planned instructional
			 programs to meet the needs of students with disabilities and other special
			 needs.
(3) Grant funds
			 may be used to enhance on-going efforts such as tech prep, school-to-work, and
			 high schools that work initiatives.
(4) Each grantee shall be responsible for a
			 criterion that has not been implemented or that needs to be enhanced as listed
			 in subsection (2) of this section.
(5) Criteria listed in subsection (2) of this
			 section shall be used for annual program evaluation to determine progress and
			 success.