Education Code re: CTE Referenced in ED Code 52060
State Priority #4: Student Achievement
C. Career Readiness
ARTICLE 1. Regional Occupational Centers [52300 - 52334.5]
52302.
(a) On or before July 1, 2010, the governing board of each regional occupational
center or program shall ensure that at least 90 percent of all state-funded
courses offered by the center or program, in occupational areas in which both the
program or center and the community college offer instruction, are part of
occupational course sequences that target comprehensive skills. Each
occupational sequence shall do all of the following:
(1) Result in an occupational skill certificate developed in cooperation with the
appropriate employer advisory board created under Section 52302.2.
(2) Provide prerequisite courses that are needed to enter apprenticeship or
postsecondary vocational certificate or degree programs. Where possible,
sequenced courses shall be linked to certificate and degree programs in the
region.
(3) Focus on occupations requiring comprehensive skills leading to high entrylevel wages or the possibility of significant wage increases after a few years on
the job, or both.
(4) Offer as many courses as possible that have been approved by the University
of California as courses meeting the “A-G” admissions requirements.
ARTICLE 4. High School Career Technical Courses [52370 - 52377]
52372.5.
(a) For purposes of this section, a “linked learning program” is a program that is
all of the following:
(1) A multiyear, comprehensive high school program of integrated academic and
technical study that is organized around a broad theme, interest area, or industry
sector, including, but not necessarily limited to, the industry sectors identified in
the model standards adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 51226.
(2) A program that ensures that all pupils have curriculum choices that will
prepare them for career entry and a full range of postsecondary options,
including two- and four-year college, apprenticeship, and formal employment
training.
(3) A program that is comprised, at a minimum, of the following components:
(A) An integrated core curriculum that meets the eligibility requirements for
admission to the University of California and the California State University and is
delivered through project-based learning and other engaging instructional
strategies that intentionally bring real-world context and relevance to the
curriculum where broad themes, interest areas, and career technical education
are emphasized.
(B) An integrated technical core of a sequence of at least four related courses,
that may reflect career technical education standards-based courses, that
provide pupils with career skills, that are aligned to and underscore academic
principles, and to the extent possible fulfill the academic core requirements listed
in subparagraph (A).
(C) A series of work-based learning opportunities that begin with mentoring and
job shadowing and evolve into intensive internships, school-based enterprises, or
virtual apprenticeships.
(D) Support services, including supplemental instruction in reading and
mathematics, that help pupils master the advanced academic and technical
content that is necessary for success in college and career.
ARTICLE 5. Partnership Academies [54690 - 54697]
54692
(e) Assurance that each academy pupil will be provided with the following:
(2) Career technical education courses offered at each grade level at the
academy that are part of an occupational course sequence that targets
comprehensive skills and that does the following:
(A) Provides career technical education in high skill occupations of regional and
local economic need.
(B) Focuses on occupations requiring comprehensive skills leading to higher than
entry-level wages, or the possibility of significant wage increases after a few
years on the job, or both.
(C) Provides a sequence of courses that build upon each other in knowledge,
skill development, and experience, and ends in a capstone course that includes
an internship component.
(D) Prepares pupils for employment and postsecondary education. Sequenced
courses shall be linked to certificate and degree programs in the region, where
possible.
(E) Whenever possible, prepares pupils for industry-recognized certifications.
(F) Whenever possible and appropriate, offers career technical education
courses that also meet the subject requirements for admission to the California
State University and the University of California.
(3) A class schedule that limits the attendance to the classes required in
paragraphs (1) and (2) to pupils of the academy. Whenever possible, these
classes should be block scheduled in a cluster to provide flexibility to academy
teachers. During the 12th grade the number of academic classes may vary.
(4) A mentor from the business community during the pupil’s 11th grade year.
(5) An employer-based internship or work experience that occurs in the summer
following the 11th grade or during 12th grade year.
(6) Additional motivational activities with private sector involvement to encourage
academic and occupational preparation.