Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 780 - Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education › Chapter 20 - Programs and Services › Subchapter 3 - Secondary, Full-Time and Short-Term Adult Careertech Programs › Section 780:20-3-2 - Programs: admissions, operations, enrollment, and length

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Nondiscrimination; admission
				guidelines.
Students shall be provided access to CareerTech programs and
				facilities without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, or disability.
(1)
Agricultural Education.
Agricultural Education programs are designed for junior high and high school
				grades eight through twelve and shall be provided by comprehensive school
				districts. Technology center school districts shall be prohibited from
				operating Agricultural Education programs or FFA chapters in any location. Each
				student enrolled in an agricultural education program shall participate in a
				supervised agricultural experience project. For each agricultural education
				program which is funded by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology
				Education, the local school district shall provide transportation services, for
				the agricultural education program and FFA program related duties and
				activities. (FFA is an integral part of the agricultural education
				program.)
(2)
Business,
				Marketing and Information Technology Education.
Business, Marketing and
				Information Technology Education programs are designed to prepare students in
				grades 6 through 12 and adults for pathways to careers in business, marketing
				and information technology.
(3)
Family and Consumer Sciences Education.
(A)
Comprehensive Family and Consumer
				Sciences Education.
Family and Consumer Sciences programs are designed
				for students grades 6 through 12 to experience hands-on experiential and
				problem based learning to explore opportunities for careers, post-secondary
				transitions and pathways in family and consumer sciences related
				areas.
(B)
Occupational
				Family and Consumer Sciences Education.
Occupational Family and Consumer
				Sciences programs are designed to prepare students in grades 11 and 12 and/or
				adults for careers in specific family and consumer sciences
				occupations.
(4)
Health Careers Education.
(A)
CareerTech health careers.
Health Careers Education programs are
				designed to prepare junior high students, high school students and adults for
				employment in a health career of their choice.
(B)
Requirements for applicants.
Applicants for admission to Health Careers Education programs must meet
				requirements as set by the individual program, state statutes, and any other
				requirements of the appropriate licensing or accrediting
				agency.
(5)
Science
				Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
(A) Science Technology Engineering and
				Mathematics programs are designed to prepare students grades 5-12 for hands-on
				and problem-based curriculum that allows students to explore opportunities for
				careers, post-secondary transitions and pathways in Science, Technology,
				Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
(B) Science Technology Engineering and
				Mathematics academy programs in technology centers are designed for grades ten
				through twelve. A Focus Field of Study must be submitted, approved by the
				Oklahoma State Department of Education and kept on file with the occupational
				division for technology center programs that includes tenth grade.
(C) An Active Technology Student Association
				(TSA)/CTSO is an integral part of the STEM education program. An active TSA
				chapter includes but is not limited to the elections of an officer team, a
				program of work that is planned and executed yearly by the TSA chapter, chapter
				students attend TSA Fall Leadership Conference, and chapter students compete in
				TSA competitive events at the TSA State Leadership Conference. Full-time STEM
				instructors shall have no other extracurricular duties or responsibilities
				other than those required through the TSA student organization and normal
				school supervisory duties.
(6)
Trade and Industrial
				Education/TechConnect.
Trade and Industrial Education/TechConnect
				programs in comprehensive schools are designed for students in grades 6 through
				10 for hands-on experience and problem-based learning that allows students to
				explore opportunities for careers, post-secondary transitions and pathways in
				Trade and Industrial Education. The state program administrator must approve
				exceptions. Trade and Industrial Education programs in technology centers are
				designed for students in grades 11 and 12 and/or adults. In technology center
				programs, tenth-grade students, or over-age students in a grade lower than the
				eleventh, may be enrolled upon approval of the sending
				school.