New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 33 - EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Part 2 - ESTABLISHMENT OF ACADEMIC AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS
Section 6.33.2.6 - OBJECTIVE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. To establish challenging academic and technical standards with benchmarks and performance standards for students and to assist students in meeting such standards, including preparation for high skill, high wage or high demand occupations in current or emerging professions as defined in the scope of this regulation.
B. To establish the program requirements for career and technical education courses and programs at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels.
C. To establish administrative requirements relating to career and technical education, instruction, programs, and services at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels.
D. To establish a process for career and technical education program evaluation.
E. To assure accountability in the use of federal and state funds allocated for career and technical education programs.
F. To promote, strengthen, and assure the operation of quality career and technical education programs.
G. To promote provision of guidance and career counseling services.
H. To promote and strengthen partnerships with local schools, businesses, industry, and the entire community.
I. To establish follow-up and technical assistance procedures which provide for continuous assessment and improvement of career and technical education programs and services.
J. To establish career and technical education programs that offer a progressive, planned program of study which prepares students for: entry into an associate degree or two-year certificate program at a postsecondary institution; entry into a baccalaureate program at a four-year postsecondary institution; or entry into full-time employment in a chosen field, with the option to continue education.
K. To establish career and technical education programs that include, but are not limited to, school-based learning, work-based learning, and connecting activities which may include apprenticeship programs, academies, school-based enterprises, entrepreneurship, school-to-work programs, in-plant training programs, cooperative education programs, as well as other models which provide a planned program of study to develop employability skills and prepare students for further employment
