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Adult‑diploma students may be blocked from daytime CTE classes by agency guidance, providers tell committee
Summary
Adult education providers told the House Commerce & Economic Development Committee that new Agency of Education guidance interprets enrollment rules to exclude adult‑diploma students from daytime regional CTE programs, an unintended change providers say is not driven by statute. The committee requested the guidance memo and will follow up with AOE.
Adult education providers told the Vermont House Committee on Commerce & Economic Development on April 16 that a recent Agency of Education (AOE) guidance memo has effectively barred adult‑diploma students from enrolling in daytime regional career and technical education (CTE) programs, even though providers say the underlying statute did not change.
"Under the adult diploma program, the agency of education new guidance has interpreted enrollment rules in a way that excludes these students from participating in CTE," Michelle Foust, executive director of Northeast…
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