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 780:20-3-1 - Administration and supervision

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Advisory committee.
Each
				approved CareerTech program must have an occupational advisory committee that
				is formally organized and meets at least once annually. The membership of the
				advisory committee must be diversified with the majority of membership
				representative of occupations for which the program is training.
(b)
Civil rights compliance.
In
				order to receive federal funds, local administrators must comply with all civil
				rights procedures and prohibitions that include, but are not limited to, the
				following:
(1)
Annual public
				notification.
All recipients offering CareerTech programs shall, at the
				beginning of the school year, advise parents, employees, students, and the
				general public that all occupational opportunities will be offered without
				regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
(2)
Employment.
Recipients
				offering CareerTech programs shall not engage in any employment practice that
				discriminates on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or
				disability.
(3)
Accommodations
				for individuals with disabilities.
Students with disabilities shall be
				placed in the regular educational environment of any career and technology
				education program unless it can be demonstrated that the education of the
				individual with a disability, even with the use of support services, cannot be
				achieved satisfactorily.
(A)
Support
				services.
Support services are considered on a case-by-case basis and
				depend on the functional impact of the individual student's disability on
				learning and which laws to the student's education. Decisions on what type of
				support services are to be utilized are a team decision. The team is made up of
				persons knowledgeable of the student, their disability, the course requirement
				as well as the local policy and laws.
(B)
Individual needs.
When
				students with disabilities are enrolled in any career and technology education
				program, evidence must exist as to how the student's individual needs are being
				met.
(C)
Participation in and
				review of IEP/504 Plans.
A representative of the area technology center
				shall be on the IEP/504 team when enrollment in a career and technology
				education program is considered to be an appropriate part of the student's
				IEP/504 Plan. Career and technology education instructors, whether teaching in
				an area technology center or in a comprehensive school program, shall have
				access to a copy of the IEP/504 Plan before the identified student enters the
				program. State accreditation standards: Part I, Standard III, Support Services,
				210:35-11-51(b).
				Guidance and counseling services; Part II, Standard III, Support Services,
				210:35-13-74(e).
(D)
Standard IV OAC
				210:35-11-31.Program
				of studies.
Students who have Individualized Education Programs may earn
				academic credit toward high school graduation for coursework completed in a
				career and technology education program, provided that state and federal
				legislation and policies are followed and:
(i) The IEP team documents the specific
				competencies for the career and technology education program which address the
				sets of competencies and/or Prior Academic skills required for the academic
				course and that the course is taught by a highly qualified teacher:
(ii) The IEP is developed with the full
				participation, as an IEP team member, of a representative from the technology
				center in which the student will be enrolled:
(iii) The specific course for which the
				student will receive credit is documented through individualized education
				program for the student; and,
(iv)
				The high school and the IEP team monitor the student's progress to assure both
				the high school and the technology center are meeting the provisions of the
				IEP, [34CFR 300.347]
(E)
Adult 504 Plans.
Students who
				have provided appropriate documentation of a disability, who have been
				determined under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act or the Americans with
				Disabilities Act as a qualified individual with a disability in relation to the
				career and technology education program, and who require necessary
				accommodations in order to participate in and benefit from career and
				technology education will have an accommodation plan in place. This plan will
				be developed by a group of persons knowledgeable about the student, including
				the student, and will specify the agreed upon services necessary for the
				student to participate in and benefit from career and technology
				education.
(F)
Staff
				Development.
Regular staff development shall include instruction in
				maintaining confidentiality, modifying instruction, and reviewing and
				interpreting special needs documents.
(4)
Apprenticeship.
Agreements
				entered into for the provision or support of apprenticeship training shall not
				discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or
				disability, and should so state.
(5)
Comparable facilities.
(A)
Facilities.
Changing rooms,
				showers, and other facilities provided for CareerTech students of one sex shall
				be comparable to those provided to CareerTech students of the other
				sex.
(B)
Nondiscrimination.
CareerTech
				facilities may not be located, constructed, modified, or renovated in a manner
				that creates, maintains, or increases student segregation on the basis of race,
				color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
(6)
Financial assistance.
Financial assistance in the form of loans, grants, scholarships, special funds,
				subsidies, compensation for work, or prizes shall be provided to CareerTech
				students without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, or
				disability, except where necessary to overcome the effects of past
				discrimination.
(7)
Printed
				materials.
Counseling and other printed materials shall be provided to
				CareerTech students for program selection recruitment, career/employment
				selection, and promotional activities without regard to race, color, national
				origin, sex, age, or disability.
(8)
Work-site learning.
(A)
Nondiscrimination.
Work-site
				learning opportunities shall be made available to CareerTech students without
				regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
(B)
Nondiscrimination on the job.
All written agreements between school and employer must contain an assurance
				from the employer that students will be accepted and assigned to jobs and
				otherwise treated without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, or
				disability.