CHAPTER 9. Career Technical Education [52300. - 52462.]
Heading of Chapter 9 amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1058, Sec. 45.
§§ 52300–52462 · 78 sections
ARTICLE 1. Regional Occupational Centers §§ 52300–52334.7 · 44 sections
- § 52300 In enacting this article, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide qualified students with the opportunity to attend a technical school or enroll in a…
- § 52301 (a) (1) The county superintendent of schools of each county, with the consent of the state board, may establish and maintain, or with one or more counties may…
- § 52301.3 Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 52301, the State Board of Education may grant permanent status to the Kern Union High School District to operate a…
- § 52301.5 For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “California Occupational Information System” means the statewide comprehensive labor market and occupational supply and…
- § 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…
- § 52302.2 (a) The governing board of each regional occupational center or program shall establish and maintain an employer advisory board or boards pursuant to…
- § 52302.3 (a) Every career technical course or program offered by a school district or districts or county superintendent or superintendents sponsoring a regional…
- § 52302.5 A regional occupational center or regional occupational program shall do all of the following: (a) Provide individual counseling and guidance in career…
- § 52302.8 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that vocational training resources that are provided through regional occupational centers and programs are an…
- § 52302.9 Regional occupational centers and programs may jointly establish, operate, and share the enrollments and costs of career technical education instruction with…
- § 52303 “Regional occupational program,” as used in this chapter, means a sequence of career technical or technical training programs that meet the criteria and…
- § 52304 Subsequent to completing the survey required by Section 52302 and prior to establishing a regional occupational center or program authorized by Section 52301,…
- § 52304.1 The governing board of each school district maintaining a high school shall annually review and assess the participation of pupils in grades 11 and 12 in…
- § 52305 A regional occupational center or regional occupational program may: (a) Be established pursuant to Section 52301 to provide day, including Saturday and…
- § 52306 (a) Any business, commercial, trade, manufacturing, or construction activity referred to in subdivision (c) of Section 52305 may be undertaken as part of a…
- § 52307 To the extent feasible, in establishing programs pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 52305, efforts shall be made to work cooperatively with sheltered…
- § 52308 A regional occupational center or program may lease buildings of not more than one story or equipment for a term not to exceed 10 years, subject to an…
- § 52309 (a) The curriculum initially provided by a regional occupational center or regional occupational program upon commencing operation shall be subject to the…
- § 52310 Credits earned from courses completed in a regional occupational center or regional occupational program may be applied toward fulfillment of requirements for…
- § 52310.5 (a) Each regional occupational program or center shall be maintained by, and subject to the authority and control of, its governing board. (b) The governing…
- § 52311 Each regional occupational center shall be established at a readily accessible place selected to serve the pupils who will attend the center. The county…
- § 52312 For the purposes of this chapter the county superintendent of schools, the governing board of the school district, or the governing boards of school districts…
- § 52313 The county superintendent of schools or governing board of a school district or districts, as the case may be, maintaining a regional occupational center, or…
- § 52314 (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any pupil eligible to attend a high school or adult school in a school district subject to the jurisdiction of a…
- § 52314.5 A regional occupational center or program established and maintained by a county superintendent of schools, school districts, or joint powers agencies pursuant…
- § 52315 (a) A visually impaired, orthopedically impaired, or deaf person who is not enrolled in a regular high school or community college program may attend a…
- § 52316 Any pupil enrolled in grade 10, 11, or 12, and who is also attending a regional occupational center or regional occupational program may be excused from…
- § 52317 The governing board of any regional occupational center or program operated by a joint powers agency, a single district, or a county superintendent of schools…
- § 52319 (a) Whenever the establishment and maintenance of a regional occupational center by two or more school districts has been undertaken pursuant to an agreement…
- § 52320 For the purposes of receiving advances of funds from the county treasury only, a regional occupational center shall be deemed to be a school district.
- § 52321 (a) (1) Commencing in the 2009–10 fiscal year, a regional occupational center or program established and maintained by school districts or joint powers…
- § 52322 The State Board of Education shall make provision in allocating any funds received from the federal government pursuant to Public Law 576 of the 90th Congress…
- § 52323 No instruction shall be given in a regional occupational center except by a qualified teacher holding a certificate issued pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing…
- § 52324.6 (a) Any regional occupational program shall be eligible to apply for apportionments as a necessary small regional occupational program under this section if it…
- § 52325 A day of attendance for pupils enrolled in a regional occupational center or program is 180 minutes of attendance.
- § 52327 (a) The governing board of a school district maintaining a regional occupational center may establish a bookstore on school district property for the purpose…
- § 52327.5 Each governing board establishing or maintaining a regional occupational center or program pursuant to Section 52310.5 shall meet the requirements set forth in…
- § 52328 (a) Any school district, located in whole or in part in a county contiguous with the Republic of Mexico, or any county superintendent of schools of a county…
- § 52329 (a) The governing board of a school district located in a county, or the county superintendent of schools maintaining a regional occupational program in a…
- § 52330 The governing board of any school district or the county superintendent of schools that is operating or jointly operating a regional occupational center or…
- § 52331 A regional occupational program or center, established pursuant to Section 52301, may contract with a community college district to provide career technical…
- § 52334 (a) Indirect costs charged to regional occupational centers and programs may not exceed the school district or county office of education, as appropriate,…
- § 52334.5 (a) Within existing resources, the department shall conduct monitoring reviews of each regional occupational center or program at least once every four years…
- § 52334.7 (a) The Superintendent may certify, by name, any regional occupational center or program, county office of education, or adult education program established…
ARTICLE 1.5. Apportionment of Funds for Regional Occupational Centers §§ 52335–52335.12 · 2 sections
- § 52335 For purposes of this article, “ROC/P” means regional occupational center or program.
- § 52335.12 (a) As a condition of receiving state or federal funds, the regional occupational center or program shall report annually to the department the academic and…
ARTICLE 1.7. Career Preparatory Program §§ 52336–52336.5 · 4 sections
- § 52336 (a) Any business, trade or professional association, union, or state or local governmental agency operating within this state may establish and operate, under…
- § 52336.1 Any pupil who has successfully completed his or her education through grade 10, with the written consent of his or her parent or guardian, may choose to follow…
- § 52336.3 (a) The State Department of Education shall adopt rules and regulations by January 1, 1996, in relation to the following: (1) An application process for…
- § 52336.5 (a) A private entity establishing a career preparatory program pursuant to this article shall not be eligible for any moneys from the state or any school…
ARTICLE 4. High School Career Technical Courses §§ 52370–52377 · 10 sections
- § 52370 The governing board of any high school district may provide for the maintenance on Saturday of special day and evening classes in career technical training…
- § 52371 Pilot programs may be established by school districts to provide for the maintenance on Saturday of classes in career technical training, upon the approval of…
- § 52372 The governing board of any high school district, subject to the provisions of this code relating to courses of study for high schools, the governing board of…
- § 52372.1 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall adopt rules and regulations for cooperative career technical education programs and community classrooms.…
- § 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…
- § 52373 (a) The governing board of any high school district maintaining an agriculture course may transport pupils, instructors, or supervisors of classes to and from…
- § 52374 The duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the governing board of any high school district with respect to any high school established…
- § 52375 No pupil shall be required to pay any fee or charge for enrollment or participation in activities of career technical student organizations which are a part of…
- § 52376 (a) The governing board of any school district that maintains a high school may expend supplemental funding apportioned pursuant to Section 54761 for the…
- § 52377 Any reference to “vocational” education, skill training, instruction, or training in this code shall be deemed to be a reference to “career technical”…
ARTICLE 5. Summer Vocational Education §§ 52381–52386 · 4 sections
- § 52381 The Legislature finds that it is urgently necessary to reduce the continuing high level of unemployment among the youth and young adults by broadening and…
- § 52382 A program of summer career technical and technical education may be established pursuant to this article by the governing board of any school district…
- § 52383 Wages earned by pupils participating in a program of summer career technical and technical education, shall be paid weekly, or, if not reasonably possible,…
- § 52386 The governing board of a school district may contract with and receive and expend funds from any other public or private agency, foundation, or corporation for…
ARTICLE 6. Summer Environmental Internship Program §§ 52410–52414 · 5 sections
- § 52410 Upon the approval of appropriate school district personnel, or the approval of the county superintendent of schools as to students under his jurisdiction, and…
- § 52411 Duties of environmental interns employed pursuant to this article shall be established by the employing agency in conjunction with the local school district or…
- § 52412 Approval of environmental internships shall be required by the district superintendent or the county superintendent of schools.
- § 52413 Successful completion of a summer program and submission by the environmental intern of a suitable project report to the school district may result in academic…
- § 52414 The school district or county superintendent of schools and the employing agency shall jointly apply to the Conservation Education Service for funds. The…
ARTICLE 7. Agricultural Career Technical Education §§ 52450–52454 · 5 sections
- § 52450 The Legislature of the State of California recognizes that agriculture is the most basic and singularly important industry in the state, that agriculture is of…
- § 52451 The State Department of Education shall adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this article. The rules and…
- § 52452 (a) There is hereby created within the department an agricultural career technical education unit to assist school districts in the establishment and…
- § 52453 (a) The State Director of Career Technical Education shall establish and convene an Agricultural Advisory Committee representative of the various and diverse…
- § 52454 (a) The curriculum of school districts that choose to participate in the state program of agricultural career technical education shall include all of the…
ARTICLE 7.5. Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Program §§ 52460–52462 · 4 sections
- § 52460 The governing board of a school district which operates an agricultural career technical education program may apply to the Superintendent of Public…
- § 52461 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall award grants to applicant school districts which meet the following requirements: (a) The school district shall…
- § 52461.5 (a) For purposes of this article, “agricultural career technical education equipment” shall mean any nonsalary item of expenditure, including, but not limited…
- § 52462 The State Board of Education may, with the advice of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, adopt rules and regulations governing the distribution of funds…