HOUSE BILL NO. 2680 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON.
5821H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To repeal section 170.029, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to career and technical education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 170.029, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu 2 thereof, to be known as section 170.029, to read as follows: 170.029. 1. The state board of education shall develop a statewide plan for career and 2 technical education (CTE) that ensures sustainability, viability, and relevance by matching 3 workforce needs with appropriate educational resources. 4 2. The state board of education, in consultation with the career and technical 5 education advisory council as established in section 178.550, shall establish minimum 6 requirements for a CTE certificate that a student can earn in addition to the student's high 7 school graduation diploma. Students entering high school in school year 2017-18 and 8 thereafter shall be eligible to earn a CTE certificate. 9 3. The statewide plan shall establish CTE requirements intended to provide students 10 with the necessary technical employability skills to be prepared for an entry-level career in a 11 technical field or additional training in a technical field. The provisions of this section shall 12 not be considered a means for tracking students in order to impel students to particular 13 vocational, career, or college paths. The state board of education shall work with local school 14 districts to ensure that tracking does not occur. For purposes of this section, "tracking" means 15 separating pupils by academic ability into groups for all subjects or certain classes and 16 curriculum.
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HB 2680 2
17 4. Each local school district shall determine the curriculum, programs of study, and 18 course offerings based on the needs and interests of the students in the district and meeting the 19 requirements of the statewide plan. As required by Missouri's state plan for career education 20 and the Missouri school improvement program, the state board of education shall work in 21 cooperation with individual school districts to stipulate the minimum number of CTE 22 offerings. Each local school district shall strive to offer programs of study that are 23 economically feasible for students in the district. In establishing CTE offerings, the district 24 may rely on standards, technical coursework, and skills assessments developed for industry- 25 recognized certificates or credentials. 26 5. To enable school districts to offer CTE programs of study that are current with 27 business and industry standards, the department of elementary and secondary education shall 28 convene work groups from each program area to develop and recommend rigorous and 29 relevant performance standards or course competencies for each program of study. The work 30 groups shall include, but not be limited to, educators providing instruction in each CTE 31 program area, advisors from each CTE program area from the department of elementary and 32 secondary education, the department of higher education and workforce development, 33 business and industry, and institutions of higher education. The department of elementary 34 and secondary education shall develop written model curriculum frameworks relating to CTE 35 program areas that may be used by school districts. The requirements of section 160.514 36 shall not apply to this section. 37 6. No later than January 1, 2017, the department of elementary and secondary 38 education shall develop a process for recognition of a school district's career and technical 39 education program that offers a career and technical education certificate. 40 7. The department of elementary and secondary education shall develop 41 performance standards, course competencies, and a written model curriculum 42 framework related to insurance licensing and certification for all career and technical 43 education programs. The department shall consult with the department of higher 44 education and workforce development and the department of commerce and insurance 45 when developing such performance standards, course competencies, and written model 46 curriculum framework. The department shall make such model curriculum framework 47 available for use in the 2027-28 school year and all subsequent school years. All career 48 and technical education programs shall adopt the department's model curriculum 49 framework or a substantially similar curriculum for the 2028-29 school year and all 50 subsequent school years. 51 8. The department of elementary and secondary education shall promulgate all 52 necessary rules and regulations for the administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a 53 rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in HB 2680 3
54 this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 55 provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 56 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to 57 chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are 58 subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule 59 proposed or adopted after August 28, 2016, shall be invalid and void. ✔
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