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Streamlined Career and Technical Education Standards Update

Explore the impact of excessive regulation on CTE programs, and the Education Transformation Task Force recommendations for flexibility, efficiency, and clarity in standards. Learn how recent updates align with state and federal requirements for improved program quality.

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Streamlined Career and Technical Education Standards Update

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  1. Career and Technical Education Program and StandardsN.J.A.C. 6A: 19

  2. Education Transformation Task Force: Problems with excessive regulation • Stifles innovation – educators need autonomy to craft their own path to success, while being held accountable for results • Redirects focus – State requirements that are not focused on student learning, fiscal integrity, or health and safety distract educators from the work that matters most: preparing students to graduate from high school ready for success in life • Focus on compliance – culture of overregulation can lead educators to expect that regulatory compliance, rather than student learning, defines success

  3. Task Force regulatory changes – benefit to educators • Ease reporting requirements to the State • Reduce unnecessary or burdensome requirements • Provide flexibility in operations • Provide flexibility in programs • Provide flexibility in staffing • Enable high-quality, impactful professional development • Clarify confusing code requirements

  4. Background • Code was originally scheduled to sunset December 2011. • Comprehensive review and update. • Grammar, stylistic & organizational revisions • Combined definitions from two sections • Aligned language to other chapters of code (Standards & Assessment; Licensure; Special Education) • Removed duplicative or outdated language

  5. Updated Language to Reflect Perkins Legislation Requirements • Includes relevant terms: • Program of Study • Industry- Recognized Credentials • Technical Skill Attainment • Reflects the required post-secondary connection in CTE programs • Responsibility for reporting performance data for secondary & postsecondary CTE programs

  6. Private Career Schoolsserving adult students • Authority of DOE outlined in N.J.S.A. 34: 15C-10.1 (2005) • Joint approval by Department of Labor and Workforce Development and NJDOE • DOE approves only curricula & instructional staff • Updated language to ensure instructors hold a high school diploma or GED and at least two years of related work experience.

  7. Taskforce Recommendations Examples • Removed requirements for maintaining separate fiscal accounts for CTE • Eliminated specific health and safety sections related to storing equipment & flammable liquids since this is found in Safe Schools Manual • Limited requirement for CTE Safety & Health Plan to only programs for Hazardous Occupations

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