Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) Technology
Center districts shall be established through criteria and procedures
established by the State Board of Career and Technology Education and shall be
operated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board of
Career and Technology Education and the State Board of Education. [Reference:
70:14-103 and 104]
(b) The
Technology Center curriculum shall serve as an extension of the high school for
students currently enrolled in a high school. The Technology Center is a
separate entity in that it also provides training for adult students and serves
the needs of business and industry training.
(1) All high school students shall be
enrolled through a cooperative effort of the sending comprehensive high school
and the Technology Center except in cases where the student's parent or
guardian has provided an affidavit and sufficient evidence that he/she is
participating in a home-schooled education plan. [70 O. S., Section
10-105]
(2) The comprehensive high
school shall notify the Technology Center when students wish to withdraw from a
Technology Center. The Technology Center shall also work with the comprehensive
high school any time it is recommended that a student withdraw from
participation in a Technology Center program.
(3) Student discipline and control shall be a
cooperative effort between the comprehensive high school and the Technology
Center. Each institution shall enforce rules and regulations in accordance with
their board-approved policies. Both institutions shall recognize the student's
right to due process.
(4) Secondary
career technology programs in the Technology Center shall be offered only to
11th or 12th grade students. Special permission may be granted for exceptions
to enroll under the following provisions:
(A)
Sophomores may be enrolled at the discretion of the high school principal and
the Technology Center administration. Factors to be considered for sophomore
enrollment include over-age students, potential drop-outs, and students with
special needs. The high school principal shall present to the Accreditation
Section of the State Department of Education a list of any sophomores included
under this provision.
(B) Students
who are on an Individualized Education Plan may participate in the Technology
Center program for up to four years. The maturity level of the student should
be considered by the IEP team prior to enrolling a 9th grade student at the
Technology Center.
Added at 8 Ok Reg
2159, eff 5-17-91 (emergency); Added at 9 Ok Reg 2371, eff 7-13-92; Amended at
15 Ok Reg 356, eff 10-13-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2306, eff
6-11-98; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 20, eff 9-17-01 (emergency); Amended at 19 Ok Reg
982, eff 5-13-02
