The Board of Education desires to provide opportunities for district students to receive specialized training and career technical skills through a regional occupational center or program (ROC/P) that prepares them for employment, advanced training, or postsecondary education.
(cf. 6112 - School Day)
(cf. 6178 - Career Technical Education)
(cf. 6178.1 - Work-Based Learning)
The district shall refer eligible students to an ROC/P that has been established by the County Superintendent of Schools and is under the governance of the County Board of Education. (Education Code 52301, 52310.5)
The Board and Superintendent or designee shall maintain effective communications with the County Board and County Superintendent in order to ensure that district students receive a high-quality career technical program. The Superintendent or designee shall work with the County Superintendent to identify appropriate means for the district to provide input into ROC/P program development, budget adoption, program evaluation, and other matters.
The Board may enter into a contract with the county-operated ROC/P to provide district teachers, student support services, facilities, or other services to students enrolled in the ROC/P.
Student Eligibility and Participation
To enroll in the ROC/P on a part-time or full-time basis, a district high school or adult student must have his/her admittance approved by the ROC/P based on a determination that he/she will benefit from the program. To be eligible, a student must be at least 16 years of age, unless he/she meets one of the conditions specified in Education Code 52314. (Education Code 52314, 52314.5, 52315)
(cf. 5147 - Dropout Prevention)
(cf. 6200 - Adult Education)
Program Evaluation
The Board also shall review student achievement data for participating district students.
(cf. 0500 - Accountability)
(cf. 6162.5 - Student Assessment)
(cf. 6162.51 - Standardized Testing and Reporting Program)
(cf. 6162.52 - High School Exit Examination)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
1205 Classification of counties
37223 Weekend classes
39807.5 Transportation to ROC/P, parent/guardian payment
41850 Transportation to ROC/P, apportionments
44910 Permanent employment status; preclusion of ROC/P service
46140 Attendance credit
46300 Computation of average daily attendance
48410 Exemption from compulsory continuation education
48430-48433 Continuation education, ROC/P classes
51225.3 Requirements for graduation
52300-52335.6 Regional occupational centers/programs
52378 Supplemental school counseling program, grades 7-12
60850-60859 High school exit examination
60900 California longitudinal student achievement data system
GOVERNMENT CODE
6500-6536 Joint powers agreements
LABOR CODE
3368 Workers' compensation, responsibility in jointly operated ROC/P
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CODE
15037.1 Education and job training, performance accountability
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
10080-10092 Community classrooms
10100-10111 Cooperative vocational education
11500-11508 Regional occupational centers and programs
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20
2301-2414 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
6319 Highly qualified teachers
Management Resources:
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
2008-2012 State Plan for Career Technical Education
Regional Occupational Centers and Programs Operations Handbook March 2008
Model Programs and Practices: Setting Standards for Regional Occupational Centers and Programs (ROCPs), rev. October 2007
Career Technical Education Framework for California Public Schools, Grades Seven Through Twelve, January 2007
California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards, Grades Seven Through Twelve, May 2005
WEB SITES
CSBA: http://www.csba.org
Association for Career and Technical Education: http://www.acteonline.org
California Association of Regional Occupational Centers and Programs: http://www.carocp.org
California Department of Education, ROC/P: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ct/rp
Commission on Teacher Credentialing: http://www.ctc.ca.gov
Policy PARADISE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: May 19, 2015 Paradise, California