Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 200 - Board of Education › Chapter 20 - Council on Elementary and Secondary Education › Subchapter 10 - Academic Standards, Programs and Operations › Part 3 - Regulations Governing Career and Technical Education in Rhode Island (200-RICR-20-10-3) › Section 200-RICR-20-10-3.1 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 14, 2024
A. As used in these regulations, the
				  following words and terms have the following meaning, unless the context
				  indicates another or different meaning or intent:
1. "Apprenticeship" means a relationship
				  between an employer and an employee during which the worker or apprentice
				  learns an occupation in a structured program sponsored jointly by employers and
				  labor unions or operated by employers and employee associations.
2. "Articulation agreement" means a formal
				  agreement acknowledging, authorizing and conferring specific academic credit,
				  advanced standing and/or status for education or work.
3. "Career cluster" means groupings of
				  occupations and industries established by the United States Department of
				  Education and used to organize career and technical education and career and
				  technical education preparation programs.
4. "Career and Technical Education (CTE)"
				  means organized academic and work-related education that offers students
				  opportunities for career awareness, career exploration and career preparation
				  focused on providing them with the academic and technical knowledge and
				  work-related skills necessary to be successful in postsecondary education,
				  training activities, and employment.
5. "Career and technical education center"
				  means a grade 9-12 public educational facility with the primary purpose of
				  providing career preparation programs and other forms of career and technical
				  education, either as a stand-alone institution or in conjunction with
				  collaborating secondary schools.
6.
				  "Career and Technical Education System (CTE System)" means an organized,
				  coherent, and comprehensive set of educational opportunities that promote
				  strong academic skills, an awareness of careers and occupations, and the
				  mastery of rigorous and relevant technical skills that prepare students for
				  college, careers, and life.
7.
				  "Career innovation programs" means one of two forms of RIDE-approved career
				  preparation programs that provide CTE academic and technical instruction and
				  training through diverse venues and differing instructional approaches while
				  meeting all of the outcomes defined by career preparation program standards and
				  the program approval process.
8.
				  "Career pathway(s)" means industry sector-specific CTE programs coordinated
				  with postsecondary education and/or training programs that provide students
				  opportunities to attain necessary technical skills and credentials for
				  successful entry into the workforce.
9. "Career preparation programs" means career
				  preparation programs are the most intense level of career and technical
				  educational services available to secondary students. Career preparation
				  programs are of two types:
a. career programs
				  of study and
b. career innovation
				  programs.
10. "Career
				  preparation program review and approval process" means a RIDE-managed
				  standards-based review process that results in a written report that includes
				  the career preparation program's approval status.
11. "Career preparation program standards"
				  means Regents-adopted RIDE-published standards that provide the basis for the
				  quality assurance process and clearly articulate the requirements for the
				  quality, scope, and breadth of LEA-administered career preparation
				  programs.
12. "Career programs of
				  study" means one of two forms of RIDE-approved career preparation programs
				  offered through the CTE System at the secondary level. A career program of
				  study provides structured, sequenced academic and technical courses that lead
				  to an industry-recognized credential, where available or appropriate, or a
				  nationally-recognized certificate that validates skill attainment.
13. "Certificate" means documentation or
				  credential that can be earned by a student, which validates his or her mastery
				  of specific skills or sets of skills, completion of training requirements set
				  forth by a certifying body, and/or that validates demonstrated readiness to
				  enter an industry, educational setting, or the workplace.
14. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
				  Elementary and Secondary Education.
15. "Credential" means a specialized subset
				  of certificates, credentials provide portable, meaningful documentation that a
				  student has mastered an industry-established and validated range of skills, met
				  necessary training and education requirements, and demonstrated readiness to
				  enter a specific industry.
16.
				  "Embedded credit programs" means career and technical education courses and/or
				  learning opportunities that provide students multiple opportunities to reach
				  and demonstrate proficiency simultaneously in technical and core academic areas
				  including ELA, math, science, technology, and the arts.
17. "Graduation coursework requirements"
				  means the coursework requirements set forth in §2.3.1 of this Subchapter
				  (Secondary Design: Middle and High School Learning Environments and the Rhode
				  Island Diploma System), which can be met through enrollment in a state approved
				  career preparation program, expanded learning opportunities, dual enrollment,
				  on-line learning, and other non-traditional academic and career-readiness
				  programs.
18. "Individual Learning
				  Plan (ILP)" means a student-centered planning and monitoring process that
				  guides and directs students' goals and educational development in three
				  domains: academic, career, and personal/social.
19. "Local Education Agency (LEA)" means a
				  public board of education/school committee or other public authority legally
				  constituted within the State for either administrative control or direction of
				  one or more Rhode Island public elementary schools or secondary
				  schools.
20. "Resident Local
				  Education Authority (LEA)" means the LEA in which a student should be enrolled
				  on the basis of residency.
21.
				  "State Education Agency (SEA)" means state department of education responsible
				  for ensuring the implementation of federal, state and Regents laws, statutes,
				  and regulations.