Board reviews CTE policy changes: middle-school pathways, industry certification and work-based learning

Apr 16, 2025

Trustees were briefed on state-driven changes to career and technical education policy. Staff said districts must give middle-school students pathways to continue at the high-school level, report course lists to the state and more flexibly meet some new career-fair requirements.

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At the April 16 workshop the board heard proposed revisions to the district's career and technical education (CTE) policies that implement recent changes in state law. The staff presenter said the updated policy requires districts to provide opportunities for students in middle-school career-themed courses to continue related pathways at the high-school level.

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