To continue existing work force preparation programs, other than career and technology agriculture, fifty percent of the graduates available for placement must be placed during the prior three years in the area for which training was provided. Each graduate of a work force preparation career and technology education program must be surveyed by his school district ten months after graduation to determine job placement status. The school districts shall make an annual report to the State Board of Education of the findings of its survey. The State Board of Education shall report the results of the district surveys to the Governor, General Assembly, and the Advisory Council on Career and Technology Education. The State Board of Education may waive the fifty percent requirement upon recommendation of the school district, if the district demonstrates that a program responds to the employment needs of new or expanding businesses or industries. Students must be advised before enrollment in a work force preparation program of possible discontinuation of the program, if placement data indicate possible discontinuation, and of the employment outlook for graduates of the program. A student enrolling in career and technology programs that are not preparatory for employment must be advised clearly of this fact by the school district.

HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 9, Division II, Subdivision A, SubPart 5, Section 1(C); 2005 Act No. 49, Section 16, eff May 3, 2005.

Effect of Amendment

The 2005 amendment deleted "Commencing with 1987-88,' at the beginning of the first sentence, substituted "work force preparation" for "job preparatory" and "career and technology" for "vocational" and "Advisory Council on Career and Technology Education" for "Advisory Council on Vocational Education", and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout.