Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 47 - REGULATIONS FOR CAREER ACADEMY PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Section 92-47-002 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
002.01 Academic Courses
Academic Courses include Language Arts, Mathematics, Science
				  and Social Studies/History.
002.02 Advisory Board
Advisory Board means a group of business and education
				  representatives who provide guidance and direction for the operation of Career
				  Academy Programs.
002.03
				Career Academy Program
Career Academy Program means a sequence of credit bearing
				  academic and career technical courses which reflect a Career Cluster selected
				  in response to local, regional or state employment needs and demand for
				  expertise.
002.04 Career
				Cluster
Career Cluster means a grouping of career pathways and
				  occupations identified by the Nebraska Career Education Model contained in
				  Appendix A.
002.05 Career
				Readiness Standards
Career Readiness Standards means the Nebraska Standards for
				  Career Ready Practice adopted by the Nebraska State Board of Education on
				  December 8, 2011 Checklist (contained in Appendix B).
002.06 Career Student Organization(s)
Career Student Organization(s) means an organization for
				  individuals enrolled in a career and technical education program that engages
				  career and technical education activities as an integral part of the
				  instructional program. The following organizations are recognized as Career
				  Student Organizations: Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA);
				  Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA); Future Educators of America (FEA);
				  HOSA | Future Health Professionals (HOSA); Nebraska Association of DECA;
				  Nebraska FFA Association and Nebraska Skills USA.
002.07 Career Technical Education
Career Technical Education means educational programs that
				  support the development of knowledge and skill in the following areas:
				  agriculture, food, and natural resources; architecture and construction; arts,
				  audiovisual, technology, and communication; business management and
				  administration; education and training; finance; government and public
				  administration; health science; hospitality and tourism; human services;
				  information technology; law, public safety, and security; marketing;
				  manufacturing; science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; and
				  transportation, distribution, and logistics; organized by the Nebraska Career
				  Education Model, which includes career student organizations, career guidance,
				  and work-based learning. Career Technical Education may begin in middle grades
				  continuing through secondary education and may include postsecondary
				  education.
002.08
				Commissioner
Commissioner means the State Commissioner of
				  Education.
002.09 Course
Course means a particular subject, subject area or defined
				  sequence of learning experiences scheduled during the school day with a
				  certified teacher assigned and with one or more students enrolled and in
				  attendance.
002.10
				Department
Department means the State Department of Education, which is
				  comprised of the State Board of Education and Commissioner.
002.11 Extended Learning
Extended Learning means activities and programs that expand
				  opportunities for students to participate in educational activities outside the
				  normal classroom.
002.12
				Industry Certification
Industry Certification means a credential awarded by an
				  industry association or independent agency that requires passage of an
				  examination benchmarked to predetermined occupational or professional
				  standards.
002.13 Learning
				Community
Learning Community means a political subdivision which shares
				  the territory of member school districts and is governed by a Learning
				  Community Coordinating Council and which is established pursuant to Section
				  79-2102
				  R.R.S.
002.14 Middle Grades
Middle Grades means grade(s) designated by the school
				  district as middle and may include any grades from four through nine. The
				  middle grades typically include at least grades seven and eight. Common middle
				  grade configurations are grades six through eight or seven through nine.
002.15 Nebraska Career Education
				Model
Nebraska Career Education Model is the organizing structure
				  of occupational knowledge and skills adopted by the Nebraska Department of
				  Education (see Appendix A).
002.16 Personal Learning Plan
Personal Learning Plan means a student tool used to identify
				  coursework and activities for the purpose of high school and postsecondary
				  planning.
002.17 Private
				Entity
Private Entity means a business, industry, nonprofit
				  organization or individual.
002.18 Program of Study
Program of Study means a coordinated non-duplicative sequence
				  of courses within a career cluster that aligns secondary academic and career
				  technical education with postsecondary education and that are listed as a
				  Nebraska State Model Program of Study by the Department at
				  http://cestandards.education.ne.gov/ [File Link Not Available].
002.19 Postsecondary Education
Postsecondary Education includes apprenticeship, workforce or
				  employment training programs, community colleges, baccalaureate and
				  post-baccalaureate opportunities.
002.20 Postsecondary Educational Institution
Postsecondary Educational Institution means an accredited
				  community college, state college, university or non-profit private
				  postsecondary institution.
002.21 School District
School District means the territory under the jurisdiction of
				  a single public school board as authorized in Chapter 79 of the
Revised
				  Statutes of Nebraska.
002.22 Teacher
Teacher means a person who is certificated pursuant to 92 NAC
				  21 to teach.
002.23
				Work-Based Learning
Work-Based Learning means an educational strategy that
				  provides a range of experiences that are intentionally designed to help
				  students to extend and deepen classroom instruction through experiences in the
				  employment sector.