Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3301 - Department of Education - Administration and Director › Chapter 3301-61 - Vocational Education › Section 3301-61-03 - Criteria for career-technical programs

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each school district
			 will
			 provide, through an approved plan for career-technical education approved
			 programs that meet all criteria as specified in paragraphs (B) to (G) of this
			 rule.
(B) Each school district
			 working through their career-technical planning district
			 will provide Ohio career-technical educational
			 programming representing twelve programs in at least eight
			 
			 career fields approved by the department of education
			 and workforce. Career-technical planning districts with fewer than
			 twenty-two hundred fifty students enrolled in grades seven through twelve
			 will
			 provide course offerings in ten different programs in at least eight of the
			 career fields.
(C) The lead
			 district of a career-technical planning district will establish
			 deadlines for receiving applications for new and continuing program
			 applications from the city, local, or exempted
			 village school district, community school, or STEM/STEAM School assigned to the
			 career-technical planning district. The deadlines will include the
			 date by which the lead district will approve or disapprove applications. The
			 lead district will submit all approved program applications to the
			 department of education and workforce for
			 approval no later than the first day of March.
(D) The lead district's decision to approve
			 or disapprove a program pursuant to division (C) of section
			 3317.161 of the Revised Code
			 will
			 include the following criteria in addition to the criteria
			 in division (C)(1) of section
			 3317.161 of the Revised Code:
(1) The program is aligned with state,
			 regional, and local economic growth priorities and demands for
			 employment;
(2) Prepares students
			 for careers that generate a sustaining wage;
(3) Complies with guidelines from other state
			 agencies as appropriate regarding coursework, licensure, and
			 instruction;
(4) Ensures students
			 have access to career-technical student organizations;
(5)
									Addresses the
			 department of education and workforce approved career
			 field technical content standards adopted by the
			 department (
http://www.education.ohio.gov
),
			 including at a minimum, all competencies identified by business and industry as
			 essential; and/or accrediting association and/or licensing agency standards
			 where applicable;
(6)
									Reinforces
									department if education and
			 workforce approved academic content standardsadopted by the department (
http://www.education.ohio.gov
) in
			 mathematics, English language arts, science, and social studies;
(7)
									Provides
			 multiple measures to assess student attainment of academic and technical
			 content standards (
http://www.education.ohio.gov
),
			 including, but not limited to department of education and
			 workforce approved technical assessments, assessments for state
			 recognized national credentialing/certifications,
			 where applicable, and accrediting association
			 and/or licensing agency examinations where applicable;
(8)
									Meets all state
			 and federal criteria with regard to access, non-discrimination and
			 meeting of performance expectations for special populations, including
			 preparation for careers in industry sectors needing
			 technical expertise; and
(9)
			 Technical and academic course offerings will be designed
			 in a department of education and
			 workforce approved sequence of courses/program of study that meets state
			 approved graduation criteria (
http://www.education.ohio.gov
),
			 creates an educational pathway for grades seven through twelve, and identifies
			 a high-school pathway, a postsecondary pathway, and employment
			 options.