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HJ 125 Career & technical education; Bd. of Education, et al., to develop atempl. for st/wide arti. agrmnt.

Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Template for a statewide articulation agreement. Requests the Board of Education, the State Board for Community Colleges, and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to develop a template for a statewide articulation agreement for career and technical education. The resolution notes that articulation agreements can provide a seamless pathway for students to progress from high school to community college for completion of industry certifications and state licensure requirements and, for certain students, to enrollment in four-year institutions of higher education. Because an educated workforce is the only way to maintain the economic base of the Commonwealth, the Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education recommends that all levels of public education cooperate in the development of a template for articulation agreements in order to facilitate students' movement through a K-16 system that allows smooth transitions between high school, community college, and four-year institutions of higher education. The template will be developed by a taskforce of staffers and stakeholders that will identify obstacles and issues, including any issues relating to credentialing of teachers and how credits can be transferred from one high school to another, from any high school to any community college, and from any community college to the public four-year institutions of higher education. The taskforce is also directed to develop a template that provides for flexibility for school divisions, community colleges, and four-year institutions of higher education, taking into account the various curricula that are offered in the many schools, colleges, and universities, and the local economic and other conditions. The template is to include some standardization of credit transfers, provide options for the various corners of the Commonwealth that are tailored to match the capabilities of the educational agencies in local areas while offering opportunities for improvement in cooperation and collaboration between and among the various levels of educations, a list of programs and courses that are articulated, the identity of the agencies that are articulated for each program or course, the tuition charges for the various classes at the different levels, information on limitations on enrollment in the various programs or classes, and the effect, if any, on tuition charges of articulation agreements in the community colleges and four-year institutions of higher education.


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