Delaware General Assembly

House Education 4/9/03

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

4/9/03

Smith

Reps. Ewing, Gilligan, Hudson, Valihura

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STUDENT VOCATIONAL AND CAREER ENHANCEMENT.

This Act creates two programs designed to enhance the vocational and career opportunities of students in Delaware. These programs are the Vocational and Career Assessment Program and the Vocational and Career Development Program. The Assessment Program is designed to assist seventh and eighth grade students who are expecting to enter a secondary school in Delaware and their parent, guardian or custodian (hereinafter "caretaker") in determining how to best serve the students' future educational needs. Each school administering the Assessment Program is required to prepare a vocational and career analysis (based on the information provided by program) and is required to advise and counsel the student and caretaker regarding whether the student's needs would best be served by pursuing a secondary education in a general academic setting, a college preparatory setting, or a vocational education setting. The final decision rests with the student's caretaker. The Development Program is designed to create a well integrated system of apprenticeships, internships, and cooperative education initiatives in the State and to assist students attending Delaware's secondary schools in developing a career path. These internships, apprenticeships, and cooperative education initiatives are established by contract and are designed (i) to integrate work-based and school-based learning, (ii) to ensure that a participating student receives relevant and quality work experience while achieving academic proficiency in core subjects, and (iii) to prepare the student to continue developing his or her career path either in a post-secondary educational institution or in the workforce in a position above entry level. The student's career path is the coherent course of study that the student pursues which is designed to impart upon the student those academic, SCANS, and career-specific skills needed for entry into a broad cluster of related occupations and/or for admission into a post-secondary educational institution.

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