§ 1532. Minimum standards; measurement of standards
(a) The State Board shall adopt by rule:
(1) Minimum standards for the operation and performance of career technical centers that
include the education quality standards adopted by the State Board under subdivision
164(9) and section 165 of this title.
(2) Standards for student performance based on the standards adopted by the State Board
under subdivision 164(9) of this title and standards for industry recognized credentials.
(3) The minimum number of days of career technical instruction for each academic year.
(4) The minimum number of hours of instruction for each course of study within career
technical education.
(5) The availability of remedial programs offered to students by career technical centers
or by another school, agency, or program.
(6) Accounting procedures and standards, including methods for calculating tuition for
career technical education.
(7) A system of equipment inventory, amortization, and maintenance.
(8) Procedures and requirements for measurement of student knowledge and skill upon entry
into and exit from the career technical program. The purpose of the measurement shall
be to determine student achievement in relation to the standards for academic and
career technical competence as adopted under subdivision (2) of this subsection. Aggregate
results shall be reported to the communities in the service region along with other
items reported pursuant to subdivision 165(a)(2) of this title.
(b) The following shall be adopted by procedure or rule:
(1) competencies that graduates of each kind of career technical program should be able
to demonstrate, including career technical competencies necessary for the student’s
intended employment;
(2) minimum admissions competencies for entrance into each career technical course of
study;
(3) procedures by which the Secretary will review and comment on the employment qualifications
of candidates for positions at career technical centers for whom State salary assistance
will be requested;
(4) requirements for career technical centers to provide programs designed to acquaint
prospective students with career technical courses of study;
(5) procedures by which the Secretary will review and approve use of course of study credits
in career technical education to meet State graduation requirements;
(6) procedures, including communications with the sending school districts, to identify
unique or specific circumstances relative to a student’s progress or safety. (Added 1983, No. 247 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1987, No. 238 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a; 1991, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.); 1997, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. April 27, 1998; 2015, No. 23, § 27.)