Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 120 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION › Part I - General Provisions › Section 8VAC20-120-20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Academic and career plan" means the student's program of
					 study for high school graduation and postsecondary career pathway based on the
					 student's academic and career interests. The academic and career plan shall be
					 developed in accordance with guidelines established by the Board of Education.
					 (Also see the definition of "program of study.")
"All aspects of an industry" means strong experience in,
					 and comprehensive understanding of, the industry that the individual is
					 preparing to enter.
"Board" means that the Board of Education is designated as
					 the State Board for Career and Technical Education to carry out the provisions
					 of the federal Perkins Act of 2006 and any new amendments or acts, and as such
					 shall promote and administer the provisions of agricultural education, business
					 and information technology, marketing, family and consumer sciences, health and
					 medical services, technology education, and trade and industrial education in
					 the public middle and high schools, regional schools established pursuant to
					 § 22.1-26 of the Code of Virginia, postsecondary institutions, and other
					 eligible institutions for youth and adults.
"Career clusters and pathways" means a grouping of
					 occupations and industries based on commonalities. Sixteen career clusters
					 provide an organizing tool for schools, small learning communities, academies,
					 and magnet schools. Within each career cluster, there are multiple career
					 pathways that represent a common set of skills and knowledge, both academic and
					 technical, necessary to pursue a full range of career opportunities within that
					 pathway, ranging from entry level to management and including technical and
					 professional career specialties. Based on the skills sets taught, all CTE
					 courses are aligned with one or more career clusters and career pathways. The
					 states' career clusters refers to a clearinghouse for career clusters research,
					 products, services and technical assistance for implementation of the states'
					 career cluster framework for lifelong learning.
"Career and technical student organization" means an
					 organization for individuals enrolled in a career and technical education
					 program that engages in career and technical activities as an integral part of
					 the instructional program. These organizations may have state and national
					 units that aggregate the work and purposes of instruction in career and
					 technical education at the local level; if so, these organizations shall be (i)
					 National FFA Organization, formerly known as Future Farmers of America; (ii)
					 Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA); (iii) Future Educators Association
					 (FEA); (iv) Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA); (v) Family, Career
					 and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA); (vi) DECA, formerly known as DECA: An
					 Association of Marketing Students; (vii) Technology Student Association (TSA);
					 (viii) Skills USA; and (ix) other student organizations that may be approved at
					 the state and national levels.
"Categorical entitlement" means the amount of funding a
					 local education agency is eligible to receive for a specific purpose, subject
					 to state or federal regulations and the availability of funds.
"Competency-based education" means relevant learning that
					 contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and
					 problem-solving skills, work attitudes, workplace readiness skills, technical
					 skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of an
					 industry, including entrepreneurship, of an individual. Evaluation of student
					 progress is based on standards of the occupation or field and the maintenance
					 of student records of achievement in skill development.
"Cooperative education" means a method of education for
					 individuals who, through written cooperative arrangements between a school and
					 employers, receive instruction, including required rigorous and challenging
					 academic courses and related career and technical education instruction, by
					 alternation of study in school with paid employment in any occupation field,
					 which alternation (i) shall be planned and supervised by the school and
					 employer so that each contributes to the education, employability, and career
					 objective of the individual; and (ii) may include an arrangement in which work
					 periods and school attendance may be on alternate half days, full days, weeks,
					 or other periods of time in fulfilling the cooperative program.
"Data" means information, both written and verbal,
					 concerning career and technical education programs, activities, and students.
					 Data include financial, administrative, demographic, student performance, and
					 programmatic information and statistics.
"Department" means the Virginia Department of
					 Education.
"Disability" means, with respect to an individual (i) a
					 physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the
					 major life activities of such individual; (ii) a record of such impairment; or
					 (iii) being regarded as having such an impairment.
"Displaced homemaker" means an individual who (i) has
					 worked primarily without remuneration to care for a home and family, and for
					 that reason has diminished marketable skills; has been dependent on the income
					 of another family member but is no longer supported by that income; or is a
					 parent whose youngest dependent child will become ineligible to receive
					 assistance under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act ( 42 USC §
					 601 et seq.) not later than two years after the date on which the parent
					 applies for assistance under such title; and (ii) is unemployed or
					 underemployed and is experiencing difficulty in obtaining or upgrading
					 employment.
"Entitlement" means the amount of funding a local education
					 agency is eligible to receive, subject to state or federal regulations and the
					 availability of funds.
"Equipment" means tangible nonexpendable personal property
					 including exempt property charged directly to the award having a useful life of
					 more than one year.
"Extended contract" means a period of time provided to
					 instructors for employment beyond the regular contractual period.
"Federal program monitoring" means monitoring and
					 evaluation program effectiveness and ensuring compliance with all applicable
					 state and federal laws.
"Follow-up survey" means the collection of information
					 regarding the status of students following completion of a career and technical
					 education program.
"Individualized education program" or "IEP" means a written
					 statement for a child with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and
					 revised in a team meeting in accordance with this chapter. The IEP specifies
					 the individual educational needs of the child and what special education and
					 related services are necessary to meet the child's educational needs (
					 34 CFR
					 300.22 ).
"Individual with limited English proficiency" means a
					 secondary school student, an adult, or an out-of-school youth who has limited
					 ability in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language
					 and (i) whose native language is a language other than English and (ii) who
					 lives in a family or community environment in which a language other than
					 English is the dominant language.
"Industry credential" means the successful completion of an
					 industry certification examination or an occupational competency assessment in
					 a career and technical education field that confers certification of skills and
					 knowledge from a recognized industry or trade or professional association or
					 the acquiring of a professional license in a career and technical education
					 field from the Commonwealth of Virginia. The certification examination or
					 occupational competency assessment used to verify student achievement must be
					 approved by the Board of Education.
"Local career and technical education plan" means a
					 document submitted by a local education agency as prescribed by the Board of
					 Education describing how the career and technical education programs required
					 for funding will be maintained and how career and technical education
					 activities will be carried out with respect to meeting state and local adjusted
					 levels of performance established under Perkins Act of 2006, Accountability,
					 § 113 ( 20 USC § 2323 ).
"Local education agency" means a public board of education
					 or other public authority legally constituted within a state for either
					 administrative control or direction of, or to perform a service function for,
					 public elementary schools or secondary schools in a city, county, township,
					 school district, or other political subdivision of a state, or for a
					 combination of school divisions or counties that is recognized in a state as an
					 administrative agency for its public elementary schools or secondary
					 schools.
"Maintenance of effort" means the assurance that localities
					 continue to provide funding for career and technical education (CTE) programs
					 at least at the level of support of the previous year.
"Nontraditional fields" means occupations or fields of
					 work, including careers in computer science, technology, and other current and
					 emerging high skill occupations, for which individuals from one gender comprise
					 less than 25% of the individuals employed in each such occupation or field of
					 work.
"Performance measures" means core indicators of performance
					 for careers and technical education students at the secondary level that are
					 valid and reliable and that include measures identified in the accountability
					 section of the Perkins Act of 2006 ( 20 USC § 2323 ).
"Program of study" or "plan of study" means planning a
					 sequence of academic, career and technical, or other elective courses that (i)
					 incorporate secondary education and postsecondary education elements; (ii)
					 include coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic
					 standards and relevant career and technical content in a coordinated,
					 nonduplicative progression of courses that align secondary education with
					 postsecondary education to adequately prepare students to succeed in
					 postsecondary education; (iii) may include opportunity for secondary students
					 to participate in dual or concurrent enrollment programs or other ways to
					 acquire postsecondary education credits; and (iv) lead to an
					 industry-recognized credential, license, or certificate or an associate degree
					 at the secondary or postsecondary level or a baccalaureate or higher degree at
					 the postsecondary level. (Also see the definition of "academic and career
					 plan.")
"Section 504" means that section of the Rehabilitation Act
					 of 1973 ( 29 USC § 791 et seq.), as amended, that is designed to eliminate
					 discrimination on the basis of a disability in any program or activity
					 receiving federal financial assistance.
"Special populations" means
(i) individuals with disabilities;
(ii) individuals from economically
				  disadvantages families, including foster children;
(iii) individuals preparing for
				  nontraditional fields;
(iv) single
				  parents, including single pregnant women;
(v) displaced homemakers; or
(vi) individuals with limited English
				  proficiency.
"Training agreement" means a written statement of
					 commitment from the student, the parent, the training station, and the
					 teacher-coordinator. It is a required formal document that spells out the
					 responsibilities of all involved parties in the cooperative education method of
					 instruction.
"Training plan" means a required formal document that
					 identifies classroom and on-the-job instruction that contributes to the
					 employability and on-going development of each cooperative education student.
					 (A recommended format is available from the Department of Education.)
"Work station" means an area in a classroom/laboratory that
					 includes the necessary environment, instructional and consumable materials, and
					 equipment to enable each student to accomplish competencies within a career and
					 technical education course.
"Workplace readiness skills" means a list of personal
					 qualities and people skills, professional knowledge and skills, and technology
					 knowledge and skills identified by Virginia employers that are essential for
					 individual workplace success and critical to Virginia's economic
					 competitiveness. These skills will be updated as required.
"Verified unit of credit" or "verified credit" means credit
					 awarded for a course in which a student earns a standard unit of credit and
					 achieves a passing score on a corresponding end-of-course Standards of Learning
					 (SOL) test or an additional test approved by the Board of Education as part of
					 the Virginia assessment program.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16 and 22.1-227 of the Code of
						Virginia.