Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 156.802, 158.810(4)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 156.070(1) provides
that the Kentucky Board of Education shall have the management and control of
the common schools. KRS 156.802(5) requires the board to establish program
standards for secondary area career and technical education and technology
centers. This administrative regulation establishes program standards for
work-based learning in state-operated area technology centers and local school
districts.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Apprentice" means a worker at least
sixteen (16) years of age, except where a higher minimum age standard is
otherwise fixed by law, who is employed to learn an apprenticeable
occupation.
(2) "Career and
technical education" is defined by KRS 158.810(4).
(3) "Career pathway completer" means a
student who has completed a minimum of four (4) credits within a Kentucky
Department of Education approved career pathway.
(4) "Cooperative education" means a form of
work-based learning consisting of in-school instruction combined with program
related on-the-job paid work experience in a business or industrial
establishment.
(5)
"Entrepreneurship" means education that allows individual students to develop a
deeper understanding of economic principles and to apply classroom learning by
organizing and operating a business enterprise.
(6) "Internship" means a type of work-based
learning that provides work experience in a particular occupation, often
leading to course credit and compensation.
(7) "Journeyperson certificate" means the
culmination of an apprenticeship that leads to a nationally recognized and
portable credential.
(8)
"Mentoring" means a form of work-based learning that involves business and
community volunteers developing one-to-one relationships with students to build
an understanding of careers and work ethics that goes beyond the formal
obligations of a teaching and supervisory role.
(9) "Registered apprenticeship program" means
a program validated by the United States Department of Labor and combines paid
on-the-job training and classroom instruction under the supervision of an
experienced industry professional.
(10) "Registered youth apprenticeship" means
a program that combines academic and technical classroom instruction with work
experience through a United States Department of Labor registered
apprenticeship program.
(11)
"Registered youth pre-apprenticeship" means a program or set of strategies
designed to prepare students for entry into United States Department of Labor
registered apprenticeship programs.
(12) "Related technical instruction" means
the classroom component of a registered apprenticeship, which requires 144
hours for every 2,000 hours of the apprenticeship.
(13) "School-based enterprise" means a
simulated or actual business conducted within the school setting.
(14) "Service learning" means a teaching and
learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction
and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility,
and strengthen communities.
(15)
"Shadowing" means a form of work-based learning that allows students to learn
through observation by spending time with an individual from a chosen
occupation.
(16) "State
apprenticeship agency" means the state agency and staff responsible for
registered apprenticeship activity, which acts on behalf of the United States
Department of Labor.
(17)
"Work-based learning" means an effective teaching approach used to engage
students in real-life occupational experiences that incorporates structured,
work-based learning activities into the curriculum and allows a student to
apply knowledge and skills learned in class and connect these learning
experiences in the workplace.
Section
2. Cooperative education shall meet the minimum requirements
established in this section.
(1) To
participate in cooperative education, a student shall be at least sixteen (16)
years of age.
(a) A student who is under
eighteen (18) shall secure a verification of age issued by the local
superintendent of schools.
(b) A
student who is between age eighteen (18) to twenty-one (21) shall have a
certificate of age on file with the employer.
(2) A student shall have:
(a) Successfully completed the basic career
and technical skill prerequisites required by the preparatory program the
student is pursuing; and
(b) Gained
sufficient knowledge and skills necessary for success in a cooperative
education program.
(3) A
student shall be:
(a) Enrolled in a course
included within the student's chosen career pathway within the same academic
year; or
(b) A career pathway
completer by the conclusion of the student's junior year; or
(c) Enrolled in an approved registered youth
or pre-apprenticeship program.
(4) A student may receive academic credit on
an hour-for-hour basis equivalent to a Carnegie Unit only for work experience
directly related to the student's individual learning plan (ILP) and approvable
under the minimum requirements for high school graduation, 704 KAR 3:305.
(5) A student shall receive
a salary for the work experience phase of instruction in accordance with local,
state, and federal minimum wage requirements.
(6) The school shall arrange and coordinate
with the employer for on-the-job training. A training agreement by the school,
student, parent (if the student is a minor), and employer shall be placed on
file with the school. This agreement shall be monitored and evaluated by the
certified program area teacher.
(7)
The program shall include an evaluation component to assess the effectiveness
of the program in assisting students in the achievement of their educational
and career goals.
(8) The student
shall spend a minimum of ten (10) clock hours per week in a salaried position
which provides work experience directly related to the student's career goals
as identified in their individual learning plan (ILP).
(9) The school shall provide work site
supervision of the student by a certified or classified staff member on a
regular basis throughout the period of time a student is participating in the
cooperative education program.
Section
3. Other types of work-based learning opportunities for secondary
students may include service learning, mentoring, shadowing, entrepreneurship,
school-based enterprises, internships, and registered youth or
pre-apprenticeships.
Section 4.
Local districts and state-operated area technology centers shall have the
responsibility of coordinating work-based learning programs and shall comply
with the Kentucky Work-Based Learning Manual.
(1) Work-based learning programs shall be an
integral part of the school's program of studies and be described in the
school's scheduling resources.
(2)
A student participating in an approved work-based learning activity shall be
counted in attendance as provided in 702 KAR 7:125, Section 1(4)(a).
Section 5. Incorporation by
Reference.
(1) "Kentucky Work-Based Learning
Manual", August 2023, is incorporated by reference.
(2) This material may be inspected, copied,
or obtained, subject to applicable copyright law, at the Kentucky Department of
Education, Office of Career and Technical Education, 5th Floor, 300 Sower
Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. This material may be viewed at:
http://education.ky.gov/CTE/cter/Pages/WBL.aspx.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 156.070(1),
156.802(5)