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2024 SESSION
24104546DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-227.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-227.1. Career and technical education.
A. The Board of Education
shall incorporate into career and technical education the Standards of Learning
for mathematics, science, English, and social studies, including history, and
other subject areas as may be appropriate. The Board may also authorize, in its
regulations for accrediting public schools in Virginia, the substitution of
industry certification and state licensure examinations for Standards of
Learning assessments for the purpose of awarding credit for career and
technical education courses, where appropriate.
B. The Board shall also develop a plan for increasing the number of students receiving industry certification and state licensure as part of their career and technical education. The plan shall include an annual goal for school divisions. Where there is an accepted national industry certification for career and technical education instructional personnel and programs for automotive technology, such certification shall be mandatory.
C. With such funds as may be appropriated for such purpose,
there shall be established, within the Department of
Education, a unit of specialists in career and technical
education. The unit shall (i) assist in developing and revising local career
and technical curriculum to integrate the Standards of Learning, (ii) provide
professional development for career and technical instructional personnel to
improve the quality of career and technical education, (iii) conduct site
visits to the schools providing career and technical education, and (iv) seek
the input of business and industry representatives regarding the content and
direction of career and technical education programs in the public schools of
the Commonwealth.
D. The Board shall develop guidelines for the establishment of High School to Work Partnerships, hereafter referred to as "Partnerships," between public high schools and local businesses to create opportunities for high school students to (i) participate in an apprenticeship, internship, or job shadow program in a variety of trades and skilled labor positions or (ii) tour local businesses and meet with owners and employees. These guidelines shall include a model waiver form to be used by high schools and local businesses in connection with Partnership programs to protect both the students and the businesses from liability.
Each local school board may establish Partnerships or delegate the authority to establish Partnerships to the local school division's career and technical education administrator or his designee, in collaboration with the school counselor office of each public high school in the school division, and shall educate high school students about opportunities available through such Partnerships.
Students who miss a partial or full day of school while participating in Partnership programs shall not be counted as absent for the purposes of calculating average daily membership, but each local school board shall develop policies and procedures for students to make up missed work and may determine the maximum number of school days per academic year that a student may spend participating in a Partnership program.
E. Each public middle school and high school, regardless of whether such school offers career and technical education courses, may establish career and technical education student organizations.