§115C-154.1. Approval of local vocational and technical education plans or applications

The State Board of Education shall not approve any local vocational and technical education plans or applications unless:

(1)        The programs are in accordance with the purposes of G.S. 115C-151;

(2)        The vocational programs and courses are not duplicated within a local school administrative unit, unless the unit has data to justify the duplication or the unit has a plan to redirect the duplicative programs within three years;

(3)        For all current job skill programs, there is a documented need, based on labor market data or follow-up data, or there is a plan to redirect the program within two years;

(4)        New vocational programs show documented need based on student demand, or for new job skill programs, based on student and labor market demand; and

(5)        All programs are responsive to technological advances, changing characteristics of the work force, and the academic, technical, and attitudinal development of students.

Local programs using the cooperative vocational and technical education method shall be approved subject to students enrolled being placed in employment commensurate with the respective program criteria.

(1987, c. 738, s. 185; 1993, c. 180, s. 3.)