Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part I - State Board of Education › Subpart A - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 4 - ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENT › CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION › Section 4.31 - Career and technical education

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Career and technical education courses
					 shall be developed in the planned instruction format and be accessible to all
					 high school students attending those grades in which career and technical
					 education courses are offered. All students and their parents or guardians
					 shall be informed of the students' rights to participate in career and
					 technical education programs and courses and that students with disabilities
					 enrolled in the programs are entitled to services under Chapter 14 (relating to
					 special education services and programs). Students who complete approved career
					 and technical education programs shall have their occupational competency
					 assessed by completion of the appropriate assessment under the Pennsylvania
					 Skills Certificate Program or by completion of another occupational competency
					 assessment approved by the Department. A student with a disability shall be
					 provided appropriate accommodations when provided for in the student's
					 individualized education program. Students shall also demonstrate proficiency
					 in meeting academic standards as required under §
											4.24 (relating to high school
					 graduation requirements), including §
											4.12(f) (relating
					 to academic standards) and §
											4.24(d) for
					 students with disabilities with an individualized education program.
(b) Career and technical education courses
					 may be taught at ACTSs or other high schools.
(c) Career and technical education programs
					 must consist of a series of planned academic and career and technical education
					 courses that are articulated with one another so that knowledge and skills are
					 taught in a systematic manner. When appropriate, career and technical education
					 programs must adopt, in program areas for which they are available, industry
					 recognized skills standards and may also include cooperative career and
					 technical education and participation in career and technical student
					 organizations to develop leadership skills.
(d) Career and technical education courses
					 must include content based upon occupational analysis, clearly stated
					 performance objectives deemed critical to successful employment and assessment
					 of student competencies based upon performance standards.
(e) The record of a student enrolled in a
					 career and technical education program must include the student's educational
					 and occupational objectives and the results of the assessment of student
					 competencies under subsection (d).
(f) Safety education, consisting of safety
					 practices, accident prevention, occupational health habits and environmental
					 concerns shall be integrated into the instruction and practices in career and
					 technical education programs.
(g)
					 School districts and ACTSs administering career and technical education
					 programs shall develop written policies regarding admissions. Course
					 announcements, guidance materials and other communications must convey the
					 philosophy of equal access to students considering enrolling in ACTSs and
					 include a description of admissions policies. The policies must assure that
					 when admissions to ACTSs must be limited, the admissions shall be on a
					 nondiscriminatory basis.
The provisions of this §
													4.31 amended under sections 121,
						  2603-B and 2604-B of the Public School Code of 1949 (24 P.S. §§
														1-121,
						  26-2603-B and
						  26-2604-B).
This section cited in 22 Pa. Code §
													4.23 (relating to high school
						  education); 22 Pa. Code §
													4.32 (relating to standards and
						  reports).