Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, December 1, 2023
RELATES TO: KRS 151B.025, 156.029
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 151B.025 transfers
authority for state-operated area vocational education centers, except for
program standards, to the Department of Adult and Technical Education,
Workforce Development Cabinet. This administrative regulation establishes
minimum standards for the management of a vocational department of a public
high school or an area vocational education center owned by a local school
district.
Section 1. A vocational
department of a public high school or area vocational education center may be
established when the following standards are met:
(1) The facility shall be used exclusively or
principally for providing vocational education in no less than five (5)
different occupational clusters to students in preparation for entering the
workforce or postsecondary education.
(2) The facility shall provide the vocational
preparation component of the educational program for a minimum of 180 high
school students.
(3) Each
vocational education program offered in the facility shall meet the minimum
state requirements for teachers, curriculum, and equipment and be approved by
the chief state school officer.
(4)
For a department constructed as a separate facility to serve two (2) or more
high schools in a single local school district, a department constructed as a
separate facility to serve two (2) or more high schools in two (2) or more
local school districts, and a department constructed as a separate facility to
serve only one (1) high school for a single local school district, the
administrator of the center shall hold the certificate for administration,
supervision, and coordination of vocational education. For a department
constructed as an addition to the high school facility which is owned and
operated by a single local school district for the benefit of only one (1) high
school, the assistant high school principal or vocational education department
head may be charged with supervision of the total vocational program; but he or
she shall have the administration, supervision, and coordination certificate
for vocational education.
(5) The
facility shall be available to all residents of the area designated and
approved by the State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education.
(6) The center shall be available, on a need
basis and with approval of the State Board for Adult and Technical Education,
to offer programs for postsecondary students and adults within the designated
area.
(7) A minimum of five (5)
acres of usable land shall be provided for building, expansion, and
parking.
Section 2. The
maintenance of area centers shall be provided as follows: maintenance of
vocational education facilities owned by the local boards of education shall be
the responsibility of the local boards of education and shall be accomplished
from funds designated by the State Board for Elementary and Secondary
Education. Maintenance shall be in accordance with current and approved plans
and specifications filed in the office of the chief state school officer as
specified by contractual agreements with the state board or its designated
representatives.
Section 3.
Requirements, procedures, and responsibilities in relation to construction of
area vocational education schools shall be as follows:
(1) Any local educational agency preparing to
construct an area vocational education school shall submit to the chief state
school officer an appropriate application with proper explanation and
supporting evidence to justify the need. Each local educational agency shall
complete the necessary surveys to determine the needs, interests, and abilities
of the potential enrollees, the demands of the labor market, and the facilities
that can be provided.
(2) The State
Board for Elementary and Secondary Education shall approve applications for
area vocational education schools before any financial resources available
shall be used for construction of a facility. Any local educational agency
using local funds for the construction of an area vocational education school
shall submit an application for program approval of the facility if operating
expenses are anticipated from the financial resources available to the state
board.
(3) Facilities which are
constructed exclusively or principally for providing vocational education in
less than the minimum number of vocational preparation programs as required in
administrative regulations pertaining to minimum standards for establishing the
facilities shall be constructed without federal financial assistance. The
programs to be offered in the facilities shall be approved under normal
procedures for operating vocational programs by the local educational
agency.
Section 4.
Procedures for determining the number of secondary school students eligible for
enrollment in area vocational education centers when more than one (1) local
school district enrolls students in such a facility shall be as follows:
(1) The enrollment quota for eligible
secondary school students, fifteen (15) years of age and older, for each
cooperating local school district utilizing the facilities of an area
vocational education center shall be determined on a pro rata basis. Quotas
shall be determined by the following factors:
(a) The ratio of secondary school students
who are enrolled in grades nine (9) through twelve (12) in a given school
district to the total number of students enrolled in grades nine (9) through
twelve (12) in all of the cooperating local school districts;
(b) The total enrollment capacity of the area
vocational education center during the regular school day; and
(c) The total capacity of each vocational
education program offered in the area vocational education center during the
regular school day.
(2)
Each participating local school district shall receive its equitable quota of
secondary school students to attend the center and to enroll in the different
programs offered in the center. If a given local school district does not fill
its quota, the enrollment vacancies shall be reallocated to the other
cooperating local school districts on the same basis that the original quotas
were established.
(3) Quotas shall
be determined by the chief state school officer or the applicable regional
executive director of vocational education and the principal of the area
vocational education center working in cooperation with the official steering
committee appointed for the area vocational education center. Quota
calculations shall be submitted to the chief state school officer for
consideration and approval.
(4) The
State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education shall annually submit to the
State Board for Adult and Technical Education a report on vocational education
in these high schools.
20 Ky.R. 3386; eff.
8-4-1994; Crt. eff. 11-16-2018.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 156.029,
156.070