SB 540, as amended, Wyland. Career technical education: recognition certificates.
Existing law authorizes a school district to issue diplomas or certificates evidencing the completion of a prescribed course of study following a pupil’s satisfactory completion of that course of study.
This bill would authorize a school district or county office of education to award a pupil a career technical education certificate if the pupil meets specified requirements, including satisfactory completion ofbegin insert the equivalent ofend insert 4 semester-long career technical education courses, a structured work-based learning experience, and a related culminating project. The bill would prohibit the award of a career technical education certificate awarded under the bill from being construed as equivalent to the award of a high school diploma or as a change to the statutory curriculum or compulsory education requirements.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 52377.3 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district
4or county office of education may award a pupil a career technical
5education certificate if all of the following requirements are met:
6(1) The pupil has satisfactorily completedbegin insert the equivalent ofend insert four
7semester-long career technical education courses. To the extent
8possible, the courses shall be within the same industry sector as
9identified in the California Career Technical Education Model
10Curriculum Standards adopted by the state board.
11(2) The pupil has
satisfactorily participated in a structured
12work-based learning experience related to the career technical
13education courses.
14(3) The pupil has satisfactorily completed a culminating project
15related to the career technical education courses.
16(b) The award of a career technical education certificate under
17this section shall in no way be construed as equivalent to the award
18of a high school diploma or as a change to the requirements of
19Section 48200 or 51225.3.
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