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Pomona Unified staff propose making two‑year CTE completion a graduation pathway to boost College & Career Indicator
Summary
District staff presented a plan to revise graduation requirements so a completed two‑year Career Technical Education (CTE) pathway counts as a college‑and‑career indicator on the California Dashboard; board members asked implementation and equity questions.
District staff presented a proposal May 7 asking the Pomona Unified School District Board of Education to consider changing high school graduation requirements so that completion of a two‑year Career Technical Education pathway would more consistently qualify students as "college and career ready" on the California School Dashboard.
The presentation, led by Luis Rodriguez (College and Career Readiness) with program administrator Monique Cardenas, said the change would align graduation requirements with California’s College and Career indicators and increase the district’s Dashboard results without reducing students’ access to electives or A–G college eligibility.
Why it matters: Under California’s Dashboard, college and career readiness is measured by multiple indicators. Pomona Unified staff said many of the district’s students currently meet college readiness through A–G course completion, while relatively few meet the career readiness indicator through CTE completion. The…
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