Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Pursuant to Subsection
53F-2-311(3)(c),
the Superintendent shall disburse 40 WPUs to a school district operating an
approved school district technical center.
(2) Except as provided in Subsection (4), to
qualify for the school district technical center WPU disbursement, the school
district, schools shall:
(a) provide at least
one facility other than an existing high school as a designated school district
technical center;
(b) employ a
full-time CTE administrator for the center in addition to the district CTE
director;
(c) enroll a minimum of
400 students grades 9 through 12 in the school district technical center
courses;
(d) prevent unwarranted
duplication by the school district technical center of courses offered in
existing high schools, and partnering higher education institutions;
(e) centralize high-cost programs in the
school district technical center;
(f) conduct approved programs in a minimum of
five CTE career cluster areas;
(g)
conduct a minimum of 15 different state approved CTE concentrator and completer
courses; and
(h) submit
verification of all requirements stated in this section annually or as
requested to the Superintendent.
(3) A district that serves 18,000 students or
more in grades 9-12 may qualify for up to two district technical center
locations through an application process prescribed by the
Superintendent.
(4) To qualify for
the school district technical center WPU disbursement, a district serving rural
and necessarily existent small schools, as described in Section
53F-2-304 shall:
(a) provide at least one facility other than
an existing high school as a designated school district technical
center;
(b) employ a full-time CTE
administrator for the center in addition to the district CTE
director;
(c) enroll a minimum of
300 students in the school district technical center courses;
(d) prevent unwarranted duplication by the
school district technical center of courses offered in existing high schools,
and partnering higher education institutions;
(e) centralize high-cost programs in the
school district technical center;
(f) conduct approved programs in a minimum of
four CTE career cluster areas;
(g)
conduct a minimum of 12 different state approved CTE concentrator and completer
courses; and
(h) submit
verification of all requirements stated in this section annually and as
requested to the Superintendent.
