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POLICYCAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 4402
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Career and Technical Education Student Selection

Students in the Madison Metropolitan School District will have equal access to work- based learning programs, such as cooperatives, internships, simulations and youth apprenticeships.. Employees of the Madison Metropolitan School District will take affirmative steps to enroll under-represented groups in work-based learning programs, including ethnic minorities, men and women interested in non-traditional careers, and students with exceptional education needs.

Prospective students will be considered eligible for entrance into a work-based learning program when they:

  1. Have been classified as credit eligible or are planning to terminate their formal high school education;
  2. Have completed the required prerequisite(s);
  3. Have a career objective in the area of desired training;
  4. Have plans to enter employment and/or continued education related to their high school career and technical preparation.
PROCEDURECAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION 4402
Pupils

Career and Technical Education Student Selection

High School PRINCIPALS will establish procedures to implement the above Policy. The procedure shall include provisions for:

  1. Counseling for both males and females into non-traditional careers;
  2. Inservice for staff concerning the needs of students from under-represented groups, such as ethnic minorities, men and women interested in non-traditional careers, and students with exceptional education needs;
  3. Flexibility in prerequisite(s) for under-represented groups who have higher than average unemployment and dropout patterns;
  4. Guidelines for screening qualified applicants for acceptance into work-based learning programs when the number of on-the-job training stations and/or allocations limit the number of students to be served.

All High School PRINCIPALS will publish this Policy and student selection procedures for work-based learning in the faculty handbook.

8/26/02

 

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