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BESE hears update on high-school opportunities, CTE planning to boost credential attainment
Summary
The department outlined efforts to increase the percentage of graduates who are college-, career-, or service‑ready by expanding work-based learning and targeted technical assistance for career and technical education (CTE) programs; 17 school systems are in an initial planning cohort covering nearly 100,000 students.
The committee received an update March 11 on the department’s effort to raise the percentage of Louisiana high-school graduates who are college-, career‑, or service-ready as measured by the Acceleration Index. Ernie Singleton, assistant superintendent for career and college readiness, described three key endeavors: planning, alignment with workforce demand, and action-plan development.
Singleton said the department identified an initial cohort of 17 school systems for targeted technical assistance, representing just under 100,000 students. Of those 17 systems, department staff reported that 59 percent had completed initial onboarding and diagnostic planning work; six action plans (21 percent) had been developed and entered into quarterly support cycles.
The department released guidance documents, including a Building Quality CTE Programs document and work‑based learning guidance, and said it will continue onboarding additional systems in the 2025–26 year.
Board members praised local CTE examples. One BESE member reported interviewing three students in a local CTE nursing program who will graduate high school and move to a one‑year LPN program at a community college; the board member described that as evidence of pathway success.
Ending: The department urged further employer and higher‑education partnerships and said it will continue quarterly check-ins with participating districts; BESE members asked the department to continue sharing specific local exemplars of successful pathways.
